biketopia

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Well, I stand corrected, classic tube does make kit for your car, in SS and regular steel, so I guess it depends on if your lines all need replacing or do just want to add line lock and delete ABS.. If you need to do lines, but still want to delete ABS etc then SS can be a mother to flair and cut.

01ssreda4

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Yeah stainless line is wicked to bend/flare. F that nonsense.

szalkerous

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Saw this pop up in my subscribed alerts.

Just want to throw it out there that when I had to deal with doing brake/fuel lines, both major companies (Classic Tube and the other one I forgot but has a very similar name) both got the bend design wrong. I had to fight with the custom SS fuel lines multiple times back and forth to get a set that was even close, and even then it wasn't what I would call "perfect" and required a lot of forcing and cussing to get close.

Do not discard your existing lines (Those lines are the only way you can have a custom shop fabricate new ones if you need to go that route.) and keep ALL fittings until the new ones are fit to the vehicle and tested. Pay attention to EVERY mount point and bolt you remove, because if you lose one or screw up which goes where and ties to what heat shield you'll regret it.

This is coming from someone who felt the unnecessary pain of dealing with this job and the lack of OEM lines being available anymore. It wasn't fun at all. Don't even bother with trying to bend them yourself. I bought a $300 kit to flare and bend and after trying three or four times and wasting tons of nickel line I gave up. These newer cars are just too complicated with very little tolerance. My two cents.

OH, and one more thing: Don't even bother with standard steel lines. If yours rotted out once, they'll do it again. Just go SS (or if a custom shop will bend Nickel Copper) and forget the rest.

5.7stroker

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Thanks for all the input everyone. So basically what is needed is to have one of those companies pre-bend me a kit made of nickel copper, so that when I go to delete the ABS and TC and hook up my line lock, I can bend it and flare it as needed, and most of it will be routed correctly right out of the box.

I'm off to read this great post: https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...bs-delete.html

biketopia

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That will work, I'd just be wary of the price, isn't it close to 300 for the SS set but not much cheaper for plain steel? You can get a 25 foot roll of nickle copper line from the parts store for under 50 bucks, probably cheaper online plus a few fittings, just keep all your old ones. If you have the time and ability to make flairs and bend line you should be able to do it yourself for less. Now I totally understand bending line is an art, and some simple tools like a line straightener and small hand held pliers type bender come in handy. My brother is a wiz at line bending so I had him do my lines, but with some patience and time you can make it look just as good and then you don't have to dick with the lines going to where the ABS was, you can make them exactly how they need to be from the word go. These are the two tools my brother keeps at his ready when doing lines for the custom cars he builds.

http://www.eastwood.com/brakequip-3-...ng-pliers.html

Vexzer

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ABS Deletion.Here are some picts of my recent Steve SJM Manufacturing http://www.sjmmanufacturing.com/index.html kit install with stock lines and motor in car.