Cleaning up or painting brake lines.

[Rally Pack 2000]

What do you do with your old brake lines to restore or clean them? Do you just clean them up with something like never dull polish or do you paint them? I have seen a paint called Eastwood Brake Gray. About to paint up the booster to tidy the engine bay but the original brake lines are looking pretty old and weathered. Any tips or suggestions?

[colr6]

Weren't the original ones green ?

[Ray]

talk to trevor at stage 1, he does absolutely brilliant repro ones, the best

 

not sure abut the shipping to australia tho

[Rally Pack 2000]

Weren't the original ones green ?

 

Ours werent green just zinc plated steel. Im not sure what the European Escorts had on them originally but I ordered a pair of lines from the UK just for the struts to calipers and they were made of copper but wasnt allowed to fit them as it breaches Australian law. They have to be steel.

[colr6]

You have some strange things out there, is there no one out there who can make the pipes for you ? Or use the company who Ray has suggested and have them shipped

[Rally Pack 2000]

You have some strange things out there, is there no one out there who can make the pipes for you ? Or use the company who Ray has suggested and have them shipped

 

I must admit I was surprised by it when I first found out. Just that under Australian design rules the copper ones dont meet the corrosion and pressure standard.

 

In answer to your question, yes I can get them to make replacements at brake speciality shops but they are quite expensive and did have to have one made for the Twincam once as I twisted the end off one just trying to fit a new master cylinder. While it appeared very close to the original it was very difficult to fit as things were just ever so slightly different in shape. Given the ones on the Mk2 work ok I just wanted a way to freshen them up a bit.

 

On a side note has anyone tried to replace the seals on the standard booster? I have read that many find it near impossible to crack the thing open to fit the kit? Save me having to start a new thread. Thanks

[Danish]

I must admit I was surprised by it when I first found out. Just that under Australian design rules the copper ones dont meet the corrosion and pressure standard.

 

 

Are you not allowed to use cunifer or cupra-nickel either?