Braided brake lines

[Khare]

Also pray the bleed nipple's aren't seized, I was very gentle with mine but still broke it. Ended buying a new caliper in the end, they are cheap enough.

Just for the record, I don't have a rear compensator, removed it and just ran two pipes from the front to the back (one each side). Haven't had any issues so far.

Nipples were given a nipple cripple at conversion time as barked had to be rebled, so about 6 months ago.

[LazyLunatic]

Also pray the bleed nipple's aren't seized, I was very gentle with mine but still broke it. Ended buying a new caliper in the end, they are cheap enough.

Just for the record, I don't have a rear compensator, removed it and just ran two pipes from the front to the back (one each side). Haven't had any issues so far.

Nipples were given a nipple cripple at conversion time as barked had to be rebled, so about 6 months ago.

[Bellend]

Advice for tight ones, is IF there is space is stick a proper brake spanner on it and molegrip the edges so it doesn't open at all. 

[Khare]

Bought that draper one RJ suggested.

[Mikester]

Ive just fitted goodridge braided hoses with brembo discs and ferrodo ds2500 pads. Cant complain

You wont be disappointed.

[Khare]

I do need some new rear discs and pads, even to get a full new set of oem stuff is so expensive!

[thai-wronghorse]

Personally id advise against spending much on the rear brakes unless you've mega power under the bonnet as they hardly do any of the work anyway. If i remember rightly it's something like 70/75% up front and the rest at the rear on most vehicles therefore making fully working factory issue rear discs more than sufficient.

[Khare]

Personally id advise against spending much on the rear brakes unless you've mega power under the bonnet as they hardly do any of the work anyway. If i remember rightly it's something like 70/75% up front and the rest at the rear on most vehicles therefore making fully working factory issue rear discs more than sufficient.

Oh I know, the rear is just a direct OEM replacement. No fancy pads or discs there 

288 discs cost I think 40 each from GSF, and pads around the 70 mark, so that's a good 150 for the fronts alone. A while back I worked out I needed around 250 to sort the brakes completly.

[Khare]

Brembo max discs are 43 each and ferodo ds2500 pads are 95 for the front set.


Ouch!

[AudiA8Quattro]

Agree with advice about brake pipe spanner, or use a flared one.
NEVER use a normal open ended spanner on a brake line, well i learnt the hard way