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Old 1st June 2011, 11:07 PM
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It was just a thought Steve as I made my own,maybe better as suggested previously to mock it up and then get them made to suit.

The bits cost me £60 ish and there were a few spares thrown in.

I made some for the racer I built and they had bulkhead one end and 1/8 NPT straight into the caliper .
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Old 4th June 2011, 01:06 PM
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hi everyone i just have a question does anyone have a list of all the brake fittings and the length of the flexi braided hoses for rear and front and i want to use disks in the rear and will this list contain the info for which must be female and male fittings.please
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Old 4th June 2011, 09:35 PM
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Depends on what calipers and where you mount the rears and what position you fit the brackets.
Min of four bulkhead fittings fitted to pipe at each corner at about 450/500mm.
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Old 30th July 2011, 08:45 PM
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if someone can give me a hose lengths and what ends suit a book car with sierra calipers i can get a group buy setup with hel or goodridge hoses
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Old 31st July 2011, 09:26 AM
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I can recomend Russ Bost of Furore cars for custom brake hoses, well made at a good price.

http://www.furorecars.co.uk/
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Old 9th August 2011, 07:31 PM
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I have touched on this before but without an answer. Has anyone had problems with the iva and stainless braided brake hoses? The reason for asking is that i had an mot refusal on a car for not having a bs rated hose. I just took the car somwhere else but have always wondered if the guy had a point. ????????????

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Old 9th August 2011, 08:18 PM
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The IVA inspector WILL reject braided hoses with the non-approved self-assembly fixings on the end - it happened with SVA, and I'm sure it will be the same for IVA (but I'm happy to be proved wrong). The only ones they would accept for SVA had crimped end fittings rather than the DIY compression ones.

I don't know if there's any requirement for markings on the hose, as there is for fuel pipe...
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Old 9th August 2011, 11:50 PM
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mine went through iva with euroquip self made lines.
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Old 10th August 2011, 08:40 AM
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Are we in agreement that its a lucky dip. So you could be lucky and sail through or if you get the wrong man have to rip the lot out and start again along with a re test fee.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Old 10th August 2011, 08:41 AM
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Last car I built had braided hoses through out, not one piece of copper or rubber pipe. You have to make sure it's protected as it acts like a saw and WILL make it's way through most things... Buy the hose by the mtr then buy fittings as you need them, easier to make up than all that faffing about with flaring tools as it's a nut and an olive, if it leaks nip it up.....simples. On evey single bike with discs the first thing I changed were the brake lines as don't trust the rubber stuff as it pumps up prior to braking force applied, braided gives you firmer brakes and being able to stop is far better than all that 100's of BHP nonsense
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