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Steve
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22nd Apr 10 at 11:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is it possible to get shorter brake hose lines, that go into the calipers, my standard ones are quite squashed up and bent now the cars been lowered, could do with replacing for shorter ones
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No Steve, every brake hose ever is the same size.
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22nd Apr 10 at 11:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i would assume there is some website that specialises in various length hoses for this very reason
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What about when you jack your car up are the brake hoses still too long then?
You need to make sure the hose isnt going to go tight when the suspension is extended.
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Get some braided ones maybe?
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you can have ones made up from braided hose, but i would of thought yours will be fine.

you need some slack in them for turning etc
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braided is an idea andrew,

ian hoses are still very bent up when jacked up, thats when i noticed it was bad, so will only be worse when on the floor
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pics Steve!!!
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dont have any to hand, jacking car up again later to do abs sensor so can get pics then
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are they like this?



mine run in a big bendy S shape
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nah mine are worse this is them when they were standard



they are squashed right up now

[Edited on 22-04-2010 by Steve]
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If you speak to goodrich they will make you the hoses whatever length you specify. I had some made up for a motorbike with a non standard set of forks on it so they needed to be a custom length.
As already mentioned though measure the hose with the car jacked up and the wheels turned full lock so you get enough slack.


I'd imagine every single lowered car on here is running standard length brake hoses its not really a big issue.
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yeah i just noticed it was really bad with the coilover setup i have now
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Are they getting kinked or do they rub on the wheel/chassis?

If not i wouldnt worry about it.
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poss il get a pic later
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Steve check these threads

http://the-corrado.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=84563&hilit=brake+hose

DG Autotech have made those up^^^ an sure they could build a few hoses to your spec

and a warning to everyone

http://the-corrado.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=91892&p=1059282&hilit=brake+hose#p1059282
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22nd Apr 10 at 12:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes thats a good point hoses bent too much can fail mot
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Get some braided ones on there and it will be fine. They are less prove to kinking or getting damaged due to the way they are constructed

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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22nd Apr 10 at 17:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
heres what they look like obviously not under compression
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being honest steve, you are just trolling. nothing wrong there and you know it.
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looks quite kinked near the banjo bolt imo
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just make another thread about the banjo bolt then ffs.
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Hmm..
I think i would modify the hose bracket, if that was shorter/higher up there would be less kink.
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I wouldn't even bother with the hassle, mine were quite curly with my Fiesta when it was lowered but it was never an issue, if it bothers you that much cable tie it back but remember they will stretch on full lock
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Try Earls motorsport, they will make custom hoses.
http://www.earls.co.uk/index.php

Much better service, and prices compared to goodridge.

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