RE: <E28> Anyone Tried Stainless Brake Lines?

[Ed Walters <EdW@xxxxxxxxx>]

I put a set of stainless lines into my 535is over two years ago and there
was a definite improvement in pedal feel.

Be careful of where you get your lines!  I bought my first set from a
certain Roundel advertiser that is notorious for selling less than top
quality parts.  (I found that out after I bought stuff from them.)  About
six months after installing the lines, two of the rear lines failed
catastrophically.  Brake fluid came right out the side of the hose, not at
the crimped ends.  These types of hoses can leak at the ends if abused or
kinked, but my hoses leaked in the middle.  When I called the company, they
were only mildly apologetic and reluctantly offered to send me new lines
which never arrived.  I now have a set of Earl's lines.

The moral: Get lines from only the most reputable sources to avoid the
parking lot drama that I experienced.

Ed

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