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Yesterday, Fred32V and I were lucky enough to have to change a
blown brake line on my son's 1997 Saturn. The brake line was about
24" long, and the local store sold lines in the length of 20" or 30". The
old line also had bubble flares on the ends. Now, the last time I did
brake line repairs on a car was quite a while ago, but brake line technology
is way better than it used to be! We didn't want to try to flare the line,
so we bought the longer of the two lines, with the intent of just bending
the line with multiple extra bends to "take up the slack" in the line. The
new lines, whatever they are made of, bend by hand like copper, are rust-proof
and last forever. We used brass bubble flare adaptors to make the line match
up to the fittings on the car. What a breeze!! No more brake line benders, steel
line and all the crap that went along with old school brake line repair. To put
the line in the car, which meant fishing it through a wheel well and making
about 4 90 degree bends in the line took us about 5 minutes, and we bent
it perfectly on the first try. Amazing!! I don't know what material the new lines
are made of, but if you have to do a brake line repair, do yourself a favor and
ask the parts store counter help some questions first, that saved us huge
amounts of time and frustration! ( Sorry no photos!! )

GM

This? http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS-Performance- ... 4/10002/-1

Those are the ones! Great stuff!!

GM

So I had my first experience with these new brake lines, and the only word is incredible.

I tigthened the straight line at the wheel end, then spent about 30 seconds forming it to fit. The loop at the end is to take up the extra length. 30" length was about $8 at Napa.

Love it!

-Dave

I'm still of the mindset of cutting the old line out and duplicating it on the floor.

The copper coat line is no good for this because it bends TOO easily. Pick it up and it sags under its own weight.

I love the plastic coated stuff, though. Bends easily without kinking and it can hold a shape.