"homemade" A/C lines

["Craig D. Niederst" <niederst@telerama.com>]

Coinciding with the first use of the A/C last month, I noticed a small
amount of bluish green fluid coming out of the A/C high pressure line. I
just received a call from the place where I go to have my car serviced, and
they tell me the line does have a leak, and a new one from the dealer is
$200. He then tells me that they seldom use the dealer parts for these
lines, but they make their own at a fraction of the cost. Sounds good to me,
but has anyone else dealt with these "homemade" components? TIA.

Craig
'92 100S (71k)