Fixing Brakes Advice

[Grazy]

Hi people , need to replace brakelines on my 8v Gti 91 , is there any special tools or advice needed to do this ?  I have a dry lock up to do work in and have from wednesday onwards to do it so any advice gratefull recieved ,
   I have Bently manual and will be reading this lots too 

[pro-biotic]

ines as in metal pipes aswell as flexis?

id get myself :-
a flairing kit
 a load of pipe
the spring clip pipe to flexi holders

before starting might be an idea to check if all your bleed nipples are free

[Oilburner]

ines as in metal pipes aswell as flexis?

id get myself :-
a flairing kit
 a load of pipe
the spring clip pipe to flexi holders

before starting might be an idea to check if all your bleed nipples are free

Oh yes; deffinately check the bleed nipples are free and not seized. Snapped bleed nipples = 

I did the lines on my old v6 barge and 2 snapped of trying to 'gently' ease them open.... 

Do you think i was p*ssed off??

[pro-biotic]

11mm flair nut spanner too - better than rounding off things

[oakgreengolf]

when undoing the bleed nipples use a ring spanner not the flair nut spanner.

[golfnut8v]

get into all the bleed nipples and other connections with a wire brush and wd......make sure you polish all shiney clean before you try  any movement at all..........move all nipples slowly one/two turns forward and then turn back to free all sh1t off threads...do not rush this if you do it will end in tears.....

[Grazy]

Cheers people , Will be looking forward to this i think    So how much pipe will i need - Gonna replace it all i think

Iam a real novice on the tools so please bear with me 

[golfnut8v]

you have never done this before???

[oakgreengolf]

I had all the pipes made up and i still found it a pain. change the brake compensator too whilst your there £35 ish from gscp's. Best bet is to take the pipes off and get them made up, that way you won't have to flare them yourself.

[Grazy]

Nope never done it before 

Cheers Oakgreen , where could i get pipes made up ??