Hello,
Has anybody ever replaced the brakelines on an 2006 Xb with stainless steel brake lines?
Just wanted to know if there is anything special I need to do and how difficult it was. Plus a good place to buy them would be apprecated also
Thanks
RVH

 

curious as well...

 

Vivid Racing. $63.99 for the front. $63.99 for the rear.

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/i...Path/4238_4331

I have dealt with them and they are straight up.

 

I use angency power SS lines and they work great. They are high quality and not expensive. I think i bought them off of vivid racing as well.

 

if you go on ebay look up a seller stripper performance.

they sell agency power lines. at 63.99 shipped front and 63.99 shipped rear but they allow the use of best offer.

i offered them 50 for the front and 50 for the rear , they accepted.

 

After installing the lines is it pretty straight forward bleeding the lines? I read about replacing them on another car and they said they had to bypass the ABS with somekind of special tool to bleed the lines. Does anyone know if you have to do that on the Xb?
RVH

 

bleeding in straight forward. Even though i didn't do it myself, my mechanic bled them like if it was any other car. No problems in that department. I really dont think its necessary for any kind of special tools.

 

Guys, we have them in stock ready to go. Give us a call or send us a PM if you have any questions.

Its a pretty easy install, you can do it in your driveway, no problem.

 

is there a noticeable difference between stock and steel?

 

steel is noticeably prettier than stock.

 

+1 for stripper

 

phsyically, the steel line looks better. And for braking performace the SS lines will not expand during high pressure braking and you will not get brake fade.

 

I have them on my BMW and both my motorcycles. Technically, they improve the feel of the brakes. When you push down on the brake peddle, the pressure gets transferred to the disc/drum brakes. With the rubber brake lines you get some expansion initially - you feel this as the spongy part when you push down on the brake peddle. This is what the SS brake lines eliminates. Don't think they do much about brake fade, fade is more related to brake disc size, pads and the ability of the brakes to release the heat that is built up during braking. I like them a lot. You will have to bleed the brakes afterwards, but as noted above relatively easy to do. You can get a power bleeder that pressurizes the brake fluid from the master brake reservoir. It will make it much easier to do compared to the old fashion way of pumping the brakes.

 

i use this for bleeding brakes
Matco Quik Draw



it is inexpensive and very fast (watch that resevoir!!)

I have seen the pressurizing units blow up resevoirs when mechanics don't set it up correctly, that tiny plastic bottle cannot handle 95psi shop air USE A REGULATOR
just be careful....and "pump it.." ... " hold it." ....is still the best way to bleed brakes
because you get the system flowing closer to operating pressures
and you make a friend (sucker behind the wheel that agreed to help)

just my $0.02

 

just saw this... some guy just got them for 40 bucks for front and back agency power lines. great price!!

oops* forgot the link...
here it is
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...067581832&rd=1

 

wow. insane price. wish i'd seen that about a month ago.

 

i dont know if i would trust cheep brake likes, my life and the family is worth more than that

 

they are agency power brake lines... at least they are supposed to be. I bought them. I also bought the header from this person and the price for both was great. We will see if they are the real deal. Should ship soon I presume.

 

i bought the perrin fuel rail from that seller for 105 bucks should be getting it on monday

 

My stuff shipped the othre day, should be here monday also.