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Old 05-10-2012, 09:42 PM
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I was lucky it happened at less than 20 mph. They are all so rusty, it's a wonder that they lasted until now.
I am thinking about getting pre-bent stainless. I think it would be cost effective, since the ABS unit alone has about 30 lines () on it. Anybody have experience with "inline tube" dot com?
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Never dealt with them, but I got pre-bent stainless lines from ClassicTube.com last fall, and they fit great. I think it was about $300 for the whole set.

Blowing a line ain't fun, it happened to me twice on my truck. Once at about 5mph in front of my house, and the other at about 105mph crossing the finish line at the track.
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I have a 99 that is pretty rusty. Well when I bought it, a line was blown. I just replaced every line on it before I drove it. It wasn't too bad. I got a roll of tubing, and bent my own.
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Having done it both ways, pre-bent line is MUCH easier, and looks much cleaner. I bent lines for a truck at work, and even with the truck on a lift it was much more difficult than putting the pre-bent lines in without a lift.
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I like the sound of that better than gadgetized's answer. I am not very fast at making double flares.
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Originally Posted by MikeGyver
I like the sound of that better than gadgetized's answer. I am not very fast at making double flares.
Yeah after all the double flares, my hands were sore puppies.
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