Prices on replacing hard brake lines

[KVF]

I paid $15 for a doulble-side, three wrench set of metric brake line wrenchs at the local Autozone.

And that's here in the land of cowboys and pick-up trucks.

Lol. It's all good. Here in yuppie land I couldn't find an AutoZone, Sears, or anyone else that had one.

ditto. I'm good on flare wrenches - it's the routing I'm worried about..

Yeah, I've seen your stellar work and I'm surprised you didn't already tackle this. However, if you don't care to run the lines in the factory location, you can just rough them out with sub in place and route the new ones as you like (make sure to keep them out of harms way). Otherwise, you don't need the sub all the way out... You can simply lower it. Good luck guys.

[jrobie79]

so where are you guys getting your hardlines? I suppose I could drive up to bavauto so they dont bend in shipping, but can you buy the right size at an autoparts store? I figured I would throw a coat of por-15 on my lines after everything is all hooked up and known to be working, that way I can avoid this in the future....good idea or no?

[Simon S]

I purchased the long line from dealer because I was afraid - like yourself - of it getting bent in shipping. When I picked it up from the ass-raping local dealer, it had three very soft bends in it - forming a kind of triangle. I was fine with this. It was easy to transport - and its coating wasn't comprimised.

Benifit of OE: correct length. no flaring to do on ends. If you get lines from parts store, then you need flaring tools.

Cost is negligible between OE and parts store when it's said and done.

As far as coating - that's a tricky one. The OE lines have a sort of plastic/rubberized coating already on them. I don't think 'painting the plastic' will be worth while. Maybe though. Shit - can't say for sure there..

[Simon S]

After reviewing this thread - I'm noting above where a guy purchased copper lines. As far as OE vs. parts store - I will say that the copper lines sound pretty f'ing attractive to me now..

Also - I've posted what I'm running into at length in a realated thread.