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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 10:57 AM
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brake lines

my car decided to give me some gray hair. I went to go wash it and when i was leaving the car was. My brakes didnt feel right. So I go home. Which was a short distance away.
We took the tire of and saw this. If you look you can see a cut
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 10:58 AM
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brake line

here is a better picture. After it was taken off.
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 11:13 AM
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I was gonna put my car on the road in October when my brake line decided to blow

So now I'm just gonna redo all my brakes and brake lines for the spring.
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 11:32 AM
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Looks familiar. I had a hardline rust through. I ended up replacing 4 feet of hardline for one little rust spot. A week or so later the rubber line burst. At least you can get that part in a parts store instead of getting raped at the stealership.
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 04:24 PM
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A good time to replace the stock rubber brake lines with Stainless Steel Braided lines of your choice. They will be a great improvement over the old rubber ones, do both front and rears at the same time..

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