Custom braided ptfe lines.

[VernySanders]

Anyone have any experience with these? I first plan on making custom extended brake lines and fuel lines covering my entire truck leaving no stock line.

My main question is, is there a guess of how many feet of like I should purchase?

 

[Riceye]

Just to clarify, you mean brake hoses (flexible), not brake lines (rigid steel), right?

My take on braided lines is to avoid. Dirt and other micro-abrasives can get trapped in between braiding and erode the inner materials as the hose flexes causing unseen damage. I'll probably get flamed by braided hose users, but why would you pay extra money for a product that really does not perform any better, and may fail prematurely?

If you do go braided, be absolutely certain thy are DOT-approved.

A wordy explanation of brake hose types and drawbacks

 

[VernySanders]

Just to clarify, you mean brake hoses (flexible), not brake lines (rigid steel), right?

My take on braided lines is to avoid. Dirt and other micro-abrasives can get trapped in between braiding and erode the inner materials as the hose flexes causing unseen damage. I'll probably get flamed by braided hose users, but why would you pay extra money for a product that really does not perform any better, and may fail prematurely?

If you do go braided, be absolutely certain thy are DOT-approved.

A wordy explanation of brake hose types and drawbacks

I will read the article you posted! The hoses I would he going with are PTFE which is a very high strength teflon as opposed to the traditional braided rubber hoses. These hoses I'm shopping for are also double braided the inner lining being braided 308 stainless steel and the outer material being braided nylon. The ptfe is rated for e85, gas, oil, brake fluid etc and offers extremely little resistance to fluid as fluid flows through it. They will not erode from ethanol either. However of course they are more pricey. The kits I'm looking at come with 20ft of line with 10 different connectors of different bends. Do those details change your thinking personally? If not would you explain why? Asking just for pure informational purposes because you've already given some genuinely good reasons not to go with it but given the materials these particular hoses are made out of still convinces me to go with the custom lines.

 

[Riceye]

Do those details change your thinking personally? If not would you explain why? Asking just for pure informational purposes because you've already given some genuinely good reasons not to go with it but given the materials these particular hoses are made out of still convinces me to go with the custom lines.

It's your truck, do as you like!

Honestly, if the materials you are considering are DOT-approved, can be acquired for a comparable price and has legit positive end user-tested reviews, why not?

They sound expensive, though. Myself, I'd use the conventional stuff and spend the difference elsewhere (better beer?).

If you do use the product, please write up a thread here to share your experience. I'm always down with a better mousetrap. They might have a good application on my Vanagon Westfalia. Fuel line durability and fires are a huge concern with them.

Cheers!

 

[Riceye]

Also, care to share a link to the product?

Thanks.

 

[Riceye]

The kits I'm looking at come with 20ft of line with 10 different connectors of different bends.

Wait... After rereading your post, I have a question. Does the kit include a length of unfinished line that you cut to shorter lengths and install the ends you prefer prior to installation?

Deal breaker for brake lines. May still be acceptable for fuel, though.

Sorry for not catching that the first time around.

 

[VernySanders]

Wait... After rereading your post, I have a question. Does the kit include a length of unfinished line that you cut to shorter lengths and install the ends you prefer prior to installation?

Deal breaker for brake lines. May still be acceptable for fuel, though.

Sorry for not catching that the first time around.

https://www.amazon.com/EVIL-ENERGY-...tfe+hose+6an&qid=1571924939&sr=8-8&th=1&psc=1

This is what I'm looking at for the fuel lines. 6an is comparable to the diameter of the stock line from the information I've gathered. I'm going to look into how to do a stainless braided brake line though. Even if it's with different materials and I need to get special tools. I'll make my money back 10 times over from doing all my buddies brake lines haha

 

[snivilous]

Just go to summit and buy the length you want and adapter fittings to metric. My land cruiser I ran all AN-3 brake lines and then used metric adapter fittings to integrate with the stock components. I just needed to carry one spare line to replace any line on the whole vehicle. Nothing was custom, all plug and play.