Brake Hose Recommendations?

[Friday88]

So I just noticed my front brake lines are cracking and flaking... not great.

Since they need to be replaced, I'd like to change to stainless steel. Eventually I plan on installing a 3" suspension lift, should I be looking for hoses that are longer than stock? Any specific information I should know about using stainless steel brake hoses? I've never has steel braided brakes on any vehicle before, but I want a firmer pedal and I want a stronger-than-stock option in case I'm offroad and something gets kicked up in there.

Thanks.

 

[JoshuaDudee]

So I just noticed my front brake lines are cracking and flaking... not great.

Since they need to be replaced, I'd like to change to stainless steel. Eventually I plan on installing a 3" suspension lift, should I be looking for hoses that are longer than stock? Any specific information I should know about using stainless steel brake hoses? I've never has steel braided brakes on any vehicle before, but I want a firmer pedal and I want a stronger-than-stock option in case I'm offroad and something gets kicked up in there.

Thanks.

If you plan on lifting it you'll need a lot more then just extended brake lines.
I use these brake lines front and back.

 

[pluton]

My stock lines...presumed to be original...are nearing 20 years old and have worked fine with a 2.5"F/3"R lift for just under 4 years and counting.

 

[turbo8]

My stock lines...presumed to be original...are nearing 20 years old and have worked fine with a 2.5"F/3"R lift for just under 4 years and counting.

Unless you are using a drop bracket lift there is no reason for extended brake lines on the front. Depending on what you do to the rear an extended brake line might be required.

 

[Scramble]

Stop Tech SS cheapest price is on E-Bay. Maybe an inch longer than stock but you only need longer for the rear when lifted.

 

[Friday88]

If you plan on lifting it you'll need a lot more then just extended brake lines.
I use these brake lines front and back.

I'll probably go with the ones You linked since I only need an extended rear apparently.

Can you clarify what other brake parts will I need with a 3" lift? I haven't heard anything about that.

 

[Friday88]

Stop Tech SS cheapest price is on E-Bay. Maybe an inch longer than stock but you only need longer for the rear when lifted.

Awesome thanks for the information. I thought I needed longer front ones too.

 

[mud4runner]

i'm thinking of lifting mine in the future too and didn't realize you needed extended brake lines? How do you determine how much you need? Is too much detrimental to braking? My brake lines need replacing, going to replace with SS

 

[MStudt]

Ditch those metal caliper lines, and run Tacoma soft lines. The Tacoma lines will run from your caliper up to the same fitting your current line connects to. In other words the Tacoma line will replace the hard line at the caliper, and your OEM soft line making it all 1 continuous line.

 

[Friday88]

Ditch those metal caliper lines, and run Tacoma soft lines. The Tacoma lines will run from your caliper up to the same fitting your current line connects to. In other words the Tacoma line will replace the hard line at the caliper, and your OEM soft line making it all 1 continuous line.

Are you referring to the rear brake lines at the caliper? Why is making these rubber a good thing?

 

[Friday88]

i'm thinking of lifting mine in the future too and didn't realize you needed extended brake lines? How do you determine how much you need? Is too much detrimental to braking? My brake lines need replacing, going to replace with SS

You need longer lines when lifted because while offroad the wheels can move farther from the body than they normally would, potentially causing the line to over extend and break.

The question I'm asking: are the longer lines required with a 3" lift.

The answers the other people gave are: Front, no. Rear, yes.

I'm going to order these.
https://wheelersoffroad.com/product.../1996-2002-4runner/96-02-4runner-brake-lines/

 

[Bumbo]

I would search for the appropriate part for a 3rd gen, but I used a Goodridge kit on my 4th Gen and everything worked out pretty good.

It was a 6 line set... Amazon looks like this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HZGYL98/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Friday88]

I would search for the appropriate part for a 3rd gen, but I used a Goodridge kit on my 4th Gen and everything worked out pretty good.

It was a 6 line set... Amazon looks like this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HZGYL98/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The 4th Gen uses 6 brake lines? I saw a good-ridge brand kit actually, and liked the price. Thanks.

 

[Bumbo]

The 4th Gen uses 6 brake lines? I saw a good-ridge brand kit actually, and liked the price. Thanks.

There are lines at each caliper along with two more that connect from the frame hard lines to the rear axle hard lines.

The goodridge set was nice, no problems so far. They come in different lengths... OEM, +2, whatever you want so make note of that in the model #. Their support was also pretty good when I called with some questions.

I highly recommend using some decent flare nut wrenches... I am pretty sure I would have buggered up my hard lines without them. I had apply some pretty good force when tightening.

 

[Scramble]

Ditch those metal caliper lines, and run Tacoma soft lines. The Tacoma lines will run from your caliper up to the same fitting your current line connects to. In other words the Tacoma line will replace the hard line at the caliper, and your OEM soft line making it all 1 continuous line.

Now you tell me.:fish:

 

[MStudt]

Are you referring to the rear brake lines at the caliper? Why is making these rubber a good thing?

I'm referring to the front.

Now you tell me.:fish:

I'm pretty sure this is old information actually. I think I found a thread from about 2009 that talked about this, and then I did a little more digging. It's well worth the extra effort to swap them out.

 

[theesotericone]

I'm pretty sure this is old information actually. I think I found a thread from about 2009 that talked about this, and then I did a little more digging. It's well worth the extra effort to swap them out.

So the banjo fitting just goes straight to the caliper. Sweet. I'm really liking this idea but Google is just returning TBU results when I google 4runner tacoma brake line swap. Any chance you have a link to the lines you used and a photo of the routing?

 

[Scramble]

I'm referring to the front.



I'm pretty sure this is old information actually. I think I found a thread from about 2009 that talked about this, and then I did a little more digging. It's well worth the extra effort to swap them out.

I over research everything & don't recall ever reading this. Oh well, my SS lines look cool.

 

[MStudt]

So the banjo fitting just goes straight to the caliper. Sweet. I'm really liking this idea but Google is just returning TBU results when I google 4runner tacoma brake line swap. Any chance you have a link to the lines you used and a photo of the routing?

Correct. The banjo fitting on the 4runner, Tacoma, and Tundra are all the same. These are the lines that I used when I did my TBU upgrade. You'll have to bend the little metal bracket on them to be able to use the factory mounting hole on the spindle.

I'm going to do a little work tonight on my 4runner, and I'll see if I can grab a picture of what I did.

 

[Friday88]

Correct. The banjo fitting on the 4runner, Tacoma, and Tundra are all the same. These are the lines that I used when I did my TBU upgrade. You'll have to bend the little metal bracket on them to be able to use the factory mounting hole on the spindle.

I'm going to do a little work tonight on my 4runner, and I'll see if I can grab a picture of what I did.

Oh I just realized there's a metal line below the rubber line at the caliper. Duh. Please post photos if you have a chance.