Steel braided brake lines
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Steel braided brake lines
I have an appointment on Monday at Stillen to have the steel braided brake lines installed. I'm keeping my stock sport brakes and just adding the lines. Has anybody done this? Do they make a significant difference in stopping power?
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On the Stillen website it states that the steel braided lines will have less bulging, which will take away some of the mushy feel of the brakes. I guess it will make the braking a bit more tighter so you can go deeper into a turn. Anyway, that's what they are saying in the blurb.
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I haven't on the G (yet) but I have on other cars. It makes the most drastic differenc on older cars. On newer cars, you'll get firmer more precise pedal feel as stated and slightly less fade under heavy use conditions (at the track). Will you stop any shorter? Not really.
It's very important to properly bleed the lines once installed, otherwise it's a waste gettng them. You should also consider switching to high performance brake fluid like Motul RBF 600 or something similar.
It's very important to properly bleed the lines once installed, otherwise it's a waste gettng them. You should also consider switching to high performance brake fluid like Motul RBF 600 or something similar.
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wrong! It makes a huge difference. I had it on my modified miata. Steel lines are amazing. Brake feel gets firmer and most of the fade and mushy feel goes away with it.
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it won't do anything for stopping power but it'll make a pretty good difference in how the pedal feels and modulates. Normal brake lines I believe are just rubber hoses which have some flex in them as the fluid gets pumped around...so you'd have a much firmer brake pad feel when you get on them, probably give you some more confidence.
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Thanks for the input! I'll post up how it goes next week. The guy I talked to at Stillen said they will bleed the lines and that they will use Motul RBF 600.
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of course it's not needed....but if you want a more solid brake pedal feeling...it is needed....rubber lines flex alittle thus giving you a mushy feeling