Braided Hoses

[Jakg]

Got some new calipers to go in the car, and I thought that if i'm going to have to drain the fluid out I might as well upgrade to braided hoses as well.


Seen some Goodridge ones on eBay for £50 - I assume this is for all 4 pipes.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

Couple of questions:

Firstly, is the kit all I need (just the pipes)?

Secondly - the ones i've found have zinc ends... I can go over stainless ends, but it's £10 extra. Worth it?

Thirdly - Goodridge or someone else?

[TheEnd]

They'll be fine as they are.
You will of course need to change the brake fluid as the same time as you'll lose a lot of it.

Just changing and bleeding the fluid does a lot to the feel compared to old stuff.

[tristancliffe]

Also remember that you can't see the rubber on braided hoses, so you can't tell if they're perishing. Thus you HAVE to replace them every few years as a matter of course, regardless of it actually needs it (as you can't tell).

So braided hoses end up being more expensive in initial outlay and over time. Not worth it for a road car in my opinion.

[garagewidow]

isn't the inner made of teflon and not rubber?

[Mr2Mike]

garagewidow said:

isn't the inner made of teflon and not rubber?