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    Few stock brake questions - lines, calipers

    Getting ready to start reassembly on my vert - ordered a box of new hardware to put together the subframe, trailing arms, and rear brakes including new parking brake hardware.

    First question - should I just suck it up and replace the hard lines that run front to rear to the rear brakes? I know they aren't expensive, I just haven't had much experience in the way of replacing them, bending them, etc. Any idea how long they are?

    Second question - this is going to be a street car, with maybe a few autox days. I'm leaning on just rebuilding my stock ATE calipers, and figured if I tore them down completely and rebuilt them, they should be fine. The pistons gave me a good fight though, and now I think I should replace them. Problem is, you have to buy the stainless steel aftermarket ones, as they don't make the stock ones as a separate part. So, is it worth rebuilding the stock calipers with these $66 pistons, or should I just upgrade to something else?

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    It can try your patience to replace the long hardline that goes from the front of the car to the rear. The other rear lines are easy when the rear subframe is out. Bending isn't too bad with some brake line bending pliers.

    Originally posted by whysimon
    WTF is hello Kitty (I'm 28 with no kids and I don't have cable)

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      Originally posted by FredK View Post
      It can try your patience to replace the long hardline that goes from the front of the car to the rear. The other rear lines are easy when the rear subframe is out. Bending isn't too bad with some brake line bending pliers.
      There's a decent amount of corrsion - it'd be a shame to replace everything else then have one of those lines rot out lol. Now is the best time I think...

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        yeah definitely. It's happened more than once to members of this board that live in the rust belt. I had my front to rear hardline rupture while I had my car up on jackstands, fortunately, so I wasn't stranded somewhere with no brakes!

        Originally posted by whysimon
        WTF is hello Kitty (I'm 28 with no kids and I don't have cable)

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