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Subject:Re: stainless braided brake lines
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Tue, 18 May 2004 23:49:37 +1200

>I need to replace the flexible rubber brake lines on my '85, and I
>really want to use those nice stainless braided lines. They are
>available for many street cars, including most front-wheel-drive
>Volkswagens. I have had them on a Golf, a Jetta, and a Quantum in
>the past and think they are great.

Make sure you get genuine braided steel hoses... most are fake...
ordinary lines with a braided sheath over the rubber. These will give
zero benefit.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut