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Sam
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Pointless mod or something that everyone should do on their cars?

One of the brake hoses on the Cougar needs replacing (was picked up on the last MOT) so I thought I may as well get all four changed, as the car is at an age where everything starts breaking

Goodridge lines seem only about £20-£30 more than the rubber ones off eBay (no idea what Ford charge, probably 1000% more ).
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Made a different with V6 brakes on my old corsa. not massively but you could see the old rubber ones flex under hard breaking
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Should be done imo.
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i have the full set of goodridge ones on my car, deffo seems to keep it routed to the spot in the garage so i'm happy
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Made a good difference to mine
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I'd say its worthwhile.


Failing that, price up new hoses, price up braided hoses and see what the difference is. Probably make it a bit more appealing...

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Are Goodridge the best ones to get?
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rally design sell braided hose cheap
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Pointless on your road car
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if you're needing to replace and it isnt much more expensive just replace with braided (the flexi's - not the copper shit)
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http://bit.ly/kh12qs

That's a link to the Goodridge ones from a seller on eBay.

It says they have a PTFE inner with a stainless steel outerbraid and I think I read somewhere else they have zinc fittings/connectors or whatever, no mention of copper so I assume these are good?
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AK means replace the flexi pipes with braided hoses, not the normal copper lines that run from front to rear/left to right.

That should be the right kit though.
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what steve said.

Rallydesign are dirt cheap for them
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ring them as they dont list them, but cheap as you like

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/index.php?cPath=85_86_87_93&osCsid=f95olpk71veub3qr237ca777l4
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yup, I meant dont be a bampot and run braided lines throughout the car - no need
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Just dropped Rally Design an email so will see what they say.

Thanks for the help guys
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Sorry another question - how long should it take to replace all 4 lines and bleed the system/put new fluid in etc.?

Ford reckon it's about 5 hours labour - at a cost of £500ish
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WTF

it would take me about 30-45mins
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
Sorry another question - how long should it take to replace all 4 lines and bleed the system/put new fluid in etc.?

Ford reckon it's about 5 hours labour - at a cost of £500ish


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Originally posted by Steve
WTF


That's what I said! He seemed a bit clueless TBH, maybe he thinks I am on about having the metal pipes changed too (which I specifically told him I'm not)?
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possibly
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Fancy fitting them for me Steve?
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depends how urgently im completely busy for about 3-4 weeks
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Will be putting some on the Rex soon, they just firm up the pedal a bit, wouldn't say it's an essential mod unless you're actually changing the hoses or disconnecting the calipers for some reason.

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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
i have the full set of goodridge ones on my car, deffo seems to keep it routed to the spot in the garage so i'm happy
Did they help to balance the car during your neighbourhood burnout?
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i was replacing everything else so got them, probably not much more expensive then VW charge, same reason i bought a set of samco hoses.

actually cheaper than VW

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