Does any one have them installed on their 4g's? I want to pick up a set but idk which ones fit for my 4g.

 

I was just thinking about these the other day, so I just tried searching for the Goodridge G-Stop kits. There appear to be no current listings for the 4th gen TL in any of the catalogs I've been able to find online.

 

From experience - If you're not tracking it, really no benefit. While it definitely "looks cooler", you're not going to exceed the factory line pressure/temps before those pads glaze anyway. Now the 6 speed guys - a better clutch line might help the power shifts...was always a weak spot on the S2000 after you'd heated it up.

 

Still want to get them though. Quality >> saving a couple bucks. I've e-mailed some places but since its Memorial Day weekend they prolly gonna get back to me by tomorrow hopefully

 

Stainless steel brake lines will firm up the brake pedal. The stock lines are rubber and after repeated braking the brake fluid gets hot and causes the lines to bulge. Stainless steel lines don't bulge. The pedal will not get mushy like with factory brakes.

http://store.excelerateperformance.c.../i-465652.aspx

 

^ How hard are they to install?

 

Engine braking is win!

 

i installed SS lines on my 3G.

jack car up and on stands.
take off wheels.
use flare nut wrenches on the lines.
once you have one line off, the brake fluid will drain.
take the other 3 off. push brake pedal to empty out all fluid.

install new SS lines with the flare nut wrench.
put new brake fluid in.
bleed brakes.
put on wheels, lower car.
very easy.


stock on top, ss set on bottom.


stock lines on passenger side.


line removed from driver side.

 

cool, doesn't sound too bad at all. Thanks for the write up.

 

always remember to use Flare nut wrenches or you'll round the nut, as i have found out.

 

Definitely good to know, I don't own any of those so I'll have to pick some up. Is there a specific size I should get or just a set?

 

About 15 minutes per side plus the time to flush the brake fluid.

 

i had to buy a couple.
the 4g might utilize different sizes than the 3g, but if i remember correctly, i used 10mm, 12mm, and 14.

 

Sounds like a fairly easy job to do, I think I'm gonna plan to do it at my next oil change.

 

I will be doing this also.I have them on my GSX-R so my car might as well have them too.

 

anybody have the Goodridge SS lines?
http://www.buybrakes.com/c-79_2010-a...ake-lines.aspx

anybody else make rubber/teflon coated ss lines for the 4g?

 

Yeah but mine's a 3g. Good lines. Just worried about exposed braides so I plasti dipped the lines. Beyond that they feel great. My brakes need an overhaul though. Shit looks nasty down there.

 

Yeah that's what i'd be worried about too. Esp since i drive 100km per day (60mi) just to get to work and back, and the roads here are super gross in winter.

Wouldn't the plastidip melt though?

 

Good move.

Always use plastic encased SS brake lines.

For SS lines with no plastic sleeve and exposed braids, sands and minute abrasive particles can work their way in between the outside braids and inside hose, and over time, be able to cause wear with the inside hose which will then burst under pressure with no prior warning.

 

The xlr8 ones are teflon coated

 

It'll embed deeper in the braids but won't go in any deeper since it never returns to a liquid form. The part that you have to worry about is it flaking off after getting brittle.

 

thoughts on the xlr8 ones then? lol anybody have those on?

 

We've sold hundreds of our XLR8 stainless steel brake lines. They are made for us by a major company and are DOT approved. They've proven durable and are high quality.

 

i mean, if you've been reading the thread, you've would have read that SS lines are great, but get the ones that are coated.

and guess what? XLR8 lines are Teflon coated!
ive been using them for 3 years now.