I'm going to be putting some front pads in next week and thought I might just upgrade my brake lines. It seems pretty straight forward. Drain the lines, remove the old one, put in the new lines and then fill the lines and bleed them to get any air out. Is that pretty much is?
Also another reason why I want to do this is because I feel them start to fade when I'm pushing the car hard up in the mountains.
better brake fluid, ATE blue or yellow can get good price for both fluid and Hawk pads from Discoveryparts.com 770-716-5986 Doubt Ron will be there but it's best to just call for pricing.
Ya, I forgot to mention that I was going to use ATE. But I do have a question on lines. Any lines better than another? I didn't think it would matter which ones I went with but just wanted to see what you guys are using.
For a street car, i wouldnt replace the lines unless it was a high mileage vehicle and i was replaceing just due to maintenace. Not enough benefit to justify the cost, even though the cost is minimal(all the SS lines make my pedal so much stiffer jazz is hocus pokus). Doesnt hurt, but pads, fluid are more then enough for most any street wrx.
So lines are needed or are not needed? Its mainly a street car that sees a bit of mountain time. Its not a big investment to do them, but if it wont help with the performance of the brakes then whats the point?
Its an inexpensive upgrade that is worth it if you ever plan on goering to the track...may as well Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
I put Goodridge brake lines and use blue ATE. It's an inexpensive mod that makes a slight difference. I did mine around 36000 miles, now have right under 58000 miles without any issues. But the key to having good brakes are good brake pads and bleeding the lines well.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_10 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8E600 Safari/6533.18.5) You'll find improved pedal feel by just flushing the brakes. Higher grade fluid is only needed if you're boiling the stock stuff. And at $16 for the ATE, you may as well just upgrade to it. Upgraded pads are only required if you're put driving the factory ones or if it's time to replace as the aftermarket pads may be less expensive than OEM. Finally, the are wrench is there ao that you so not strip the brass nut on the hard line, should you choose to replace the lines.