Earls SS brake lines


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Why would you need or want this? :scratch:

 

They don't expand under pressure like rubber hoses. I had them on my 96GT and they made a noticable difference in pedal feel, for the better.

 

For maximum blingage?

Unless you've done some type of super brake upgrades, I don't see why the stock lines aren't good enough.

 

You folks apparently dont use your brakes a lot to know it would make a difference.

-Dan

 

What he said

I bet they are going to be a lot cheaper then Steeda's too...

 

What he said. Braided steel lines contain and prevent expansion of the "rubber" lines within, resulting in a profound difference in the feel of the pedal (or the lever, in the case of motorcycles, where it's even more noticeable, given that you are using your hand).

They modulate much better, take less effort (in a hydraulic system, some of the energy you are inputting is to "expand" the lines, when they aren't solid or braided steel), virtually cannot rupture, and look beechin'!

By the way, Earl's are great places for various gearhead stuff, racer and amateur alike. Lotsa' hard to find stuff not carried at your average parts store.

Are the Earl's lines their own, or made up for them by Russel's and sold by Earl's (as I'm used to seeing....)

 

Aw come on man, are you for real? Steeda have high prices? No way Just because they charge nearly $9 to ship a billet aluminum power plug-in thing that would fit in a padded envelope and be mailed for $2, doesn't mean they have high prices


/sarcasm off

 

Wouldn't these make it easier to hook up line locks? You wouldn't have to bend and flare your own tubes?

 

I one word....


YES

 

I bought a couple things from Steeda a while back I will never buy another thign from them :bang: Over priced and the quality isn't very good IMO.

 

Earls makes their own stuff, they do not out source. I use Earls fittings and there is a difference between their stuff, Aeroquip and Russels.

Also, Russels is an Edelbrock performance brand and Earls is of Holley.

-Dan

 

I asked, because I've gotten Russell's stuff at an Earl's before, as well as steel lines for compression fittings for my motorcycle. Specifically, the Earl's up in Vista, CA. They may make what they package as Earl's, but they do handle other lines in my experience.

 

Well that's good because now we can use these and buy a $130 line lock kit from Jegs instead of buying that dumb $300 05 specific kit

 

Yeah but you would still have to find the right adapters, which as I understand it is the hard part.

 

...and apart from any adapter issue, be sure you get some clips to secure the lines...away from anything you don't want "sawed". Abrasion from steel braided lines is pretty much like a flexible rat-tail file. And keep in mind that you can't make tight right angles.

(I have split-loom around the braided lines on my motorcycle at all possible contact points, as I did oil lines also...brake stuff may already have a coating in kit form)

 

You are correct in my case. I just throw a chute out the window at the end of the quarter..

 

$130 plus whatever the SS line kit and fittings cost... you may not save much. Is the $130 Jegs kit OK for ABS?

 

I won't stop till I have a set of these on my Stang.

 

As if I needed more stainless steel braided hose...



-Dan