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S70JPS
Original Poster
290 posts
89 months
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a car i am working on has failed its mot for corroded brake pipes. Numpty question do you buy these things pre formed or do you just buy a roll of pipe. I'm a competent plumber and diyer so should be able to tackle this. If anyone could shed some light it would be much appreciated
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GnuBee
774 posts
84 months
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Either - OEM parts will be pre-formed, some 3rd party suppliers will supply pre-formed pipes as well. Places like ThinkAutomotive will supply you with the "raw materials" for you to make your own.
If it's not a job you're going to be doing regularly it's probably better to get OEM or 3rd part pre-formed parts. Buying the raw pipe is not terribly expensive, the cost is in the fittings and the flaring tool (and you don't want a cheap one).
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maniac0796
1,290 posts
35 months
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GnuBee said: Either - OEM parts will be pre-formed, some 3rd party suppliers will supply pre-formed pipes as well. Places like ThinkAutomotive will supply you with the "raw materials" for you to make your own.
If it's not a job you're going to be doing regularly it's probably better to get OEM or 3rd part pre-formed parts. Buying the raw pipe is not terribly expensive, the cost is in the fittings and the flaring tool (and you don't want a cheap one). Reminds me of a silverline flaring tool my friend got for about £6, and asked me to do his brake pipes. Thing was a heap of s  t. In the end I told him to wait a day longer and I'd flare them up at work using a proper tool.
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Tony427
1,078 posts
102 months
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I'd just take off the old pipe and take it to a local motor factors who will use it as a pattern to make a new pipe.
Shouldn't cost more than a tenner and as you'd have to buy a roll of brake pipe, and the right connectors, and the flaring tool ( remembering that cheap flaring tools never work properly) it would be madness to try to make them yourself.
Chers,
Tony
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S70JPS
Original Poster
290 posts
89 months
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Are the redy made kits any good? £117 for all the pipes with clips and connectors fitted?
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MG CHRIS
2,690 posts
36 months
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I replace brake pipes regulary in the garage i work and if you haven't got a good brake flaring tool it's better to get one pre made a lot cheaper than having to buy the tool, pipe ends, brake pipe etc.
But it can be done using a cheap tool but i would rather spend the money getting the pre made pipes.
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