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What kind of brake flare on an '84 Z28 w/ rear discs?

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Old Apr 19, 2021 | 03:40 AM
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What kind of brake flare on an '84 Z28 w/ rear discs?

What the title says. Making new lines from the master cylinder because for some reason they're not routed under the steering shaft from the factory and every set of third-gen headers in existence squats directly on them. If you know what the stock tube size is and roughly how many feet of line I'll need, that would be a great help too.
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Old Apr 19, 2021 | 07:06 AM
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Re: What kind of brake flare on an '84 Z28 w/ rear discs?

You can rebend the factory lines to go behind the steering shaft or even out of the way of the tubes. No need to make new ones unless yours are rusty or you just want to.
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Old Apr 19, 2021 | 11:31 AM
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Re: What kind of brake flare on an '84 Z28 w/ rear discs?

Sometime in mid 84 they changed from SAE inverted flare, to metric bubble flare.

If you had a 83 or 85 we could tell you for sure which one you have. 84, not so much.

As said, you can often re-route them, if there's enough length there.
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Old Apr 19, 2021 | 12:41 PM
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Re: What kind of brake flare on an '84 Z28 w/ rear discs?

Thanks, guys - there's enough length for sure and the lines are in good shape, I just wasn't sure I could bend them that far without kinking them.
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