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General => General discussion => Topic started by: bomp on 29 November 2006, 00:22
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Brake Speed Motor Factors Cardiff
I highly recommend making a visit to "Brake Speed Motor Factors" to get your rigid brake lines made up. They sell a 24 foot length of copper based brake line for £8.00 (I paid £28.00 for my Golf MK2 VAG 5M roll, "gutted")
The guy measured the length of the two rigid pipes that I gave him (off rear axle) and spliced off what he needed from the VAG pipe. He put 4x fittings on and flared the ends for a total of £5.00. "Happy Days"
He wouldn't bend the pipe though, because he was very busy, and when I got home to bend the pipe I found out the reason for his reluctance to do it... It took me fekin ages to form them to the same shape as the original pipes. (I don't have a pipe bender so I used the circumference of my bench vice handle).
The guy did say that the VAG pipe was the dogs nads that money can buy but a cow to bend, and the pipe they supply will perform to the same standard but can be bent easily with just your thumbs. (But I would still use a round object to bend it to be honest).
The only complaint I would have to say is the wait at the counter, but these people are busy, 5 or 6 of them all stuck on phones so it’s obvious that most of their business is done over the phone. But for the cost of £5 I’m more than willing to wait again when I get round to doing the front end of my car.
Brake Speed Motor Factors Cardiff
Unit 50/Portmanmoor Rd Ind Est, , Cardiff, CF24 5HB
Phone: 029 2048 9644
Map
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&db=GB&overviewmap=&client=public&advanced=true&addr2=&addr3=&Find..x=20&Find..y=3&cname=&pc=CF24%205HB