Zot

Welp, I had my Earl's SS lines (thanks to Rick's and Earl's for getting them out to me in time) my Porterfield R4S pads, Speed bleeders and fluid changed today. Drove around for several hours and I must say that the pedal does feel much better. Engages sooner and is much stiffer to the touch also. Feel really good. This is just street driving so far but I do feel a good improvement.

Heading out to the Button Willow event next weekend which is why I had this done. Will see how things go there and let you all know. I must say though for just over $100 it sure does seem worth it. Just my thoughts.

Zot

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Pierre'stook wrote:


[QUOTE] On the track, they (SS lines) provide, argueably, by themselves, a

Chris S

Hi Pierre,

It's brilliant Chris checking in ...I guess you must have a wooden right leg or something, b/c I do appreciate the different feel of SS lines even in moderate use. I don't understand why some folks keep talking about this mod as being more appropriate for track/racing use. Sure, it's great for these purposes, but works equally well on the street. I'll say it again - SS lines DO NOT increase braking power or fade resistance, but do provide a more direct, less mushy feel.

I've installed SS and Kevlar lines in 2 cars and 6 motorcycles, so I have a pretty good breadth of experience in feeling the difference in a variety of vehicles.

Hardway07

i guess i'll be getting the Earl's lines, if i don't feel any difference, oh well,atleast i know i got steel lines instead of rubber.

MikeyCB

I honestly don't know enough about the design of the stock lines on the S, but I've heard that there's no point in replacing them unless you make sure you're replacing every section that has rubber. I was told that some people replace the 6 or 8" of line to the brakes themselves, but elsewhere there is still rubber defeating the purpose.

I don't know if that is relevant here.

Jasonoff

Where else do we have rubber other than connecting the caliper to the hard line at all 4 points?

iam7head

rubber and rubber rubs and before you know it you are torning off the layer of brake line

you will not able to achieve uniform distribution of force with zip ties and best of all tie zip actually has a free play in it if you know what i mean.

so NO, it will not work.

For the folk going for SS line: make sure you get the one with a rubber outter layer to protect the line from being slow grind to the dead by sand trapped inside of the SS brace.

make triple sure you change it every couple of year even it looks perfectly fine on the outside, since you cannot see the condition of the rubber liner inside.

people are know to blew up SS line because they always looks shiny and new and they never bother to throw away good looking stuff

SilverDC2 AP1

i put some in my integra and it improve the feel greatly. it felt so much better.

its worth experienmenting with