Yes. Manufacturers make them in 2 styles:
- plain stainless braid outside (looks great in a show car)
- stainless braid covered by clear plastic tube (keeps the dirt out of the braid)

In a road car, I'd go for the latter

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Where do you get the correct flairing tool from. They need both single and double flairs....

look on ebay.. I got my kit from there.. about 40 bucks all up bender and cutter also

Don't re-use the old pipe fittings, any brake shop can sell you new ones. They are copper plated to delay the rust monster..

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

brake pro
thornleigh
couldn't get any closer

Cheers

Aaron

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i'll have to go round the corner and speak tp the guys at brakepro then, see what goodies i can get through them,

are the braided brakelines with plastic ontop flexi or solid?

blake

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flexi

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Too many cars, and too little time.

and i guess they cost a pretty penny.......

i'll stop in this arvo at brakepro on the way home, see what i can get through them,

blake

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71K 'Kaye', KAZZ69's work in progress
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71 MS75 toyota crown COUPE yes A COUPE!
76 ra23 celica wid 1ggte, GT3071r, 13.5@106mph with alot of spinin....

wheels keep on turnin!

I replaced all my rigid brake lines. I collected the female fittings that were in good condition from some old pipes and had them bright zinc silver plated ( these fittings in my opinion are better than the brass one available today ). New male fittings are readily available from brake specialist repair shops ( generally cheaper than hydraulic shops ) I measured each pipe with a dressmakers ribbon tape and my local brake shop double flared and ball flared, where applicable, a straight pice of bundy tube to my lengths. I have found you don't need a special bending tool for this 3/16 inch pipe. I have used dowel, plastic plumbers pipe and even an old milk bottle to achieve original factory appearing tubes. For my Deluxe most of the bends were bent around the stepped flange end of an old VH-44 hydraulic chamber that was clamped in a vice! The hard pipe I found to replace was the main line from the front tee to the rear pressure restricter as it is normally fitted before the subframes. I did this in 3 pieces, front with a join at the front bulkhead about 5 inches above the floor. The rear I fitted by swinging the verticle part of the pipe down through 90 degrees and making the final lower 90 degree round bend around a split piece of large wooden dowel. A length of pipe was bent up at the front to match the angle of the bulkhead and with a union joined to the new front pipe. The rear of this pipe I marked where the nipple fitting needed to be to connect to the rear joiner. The pipe was removed and the brake specialist flared the end to my marked length. Pipes refitted and Bobs your uncle. The beauty of this steel bundy tube is it is ok for tweeking into the correct positions and angles on final fitment. I would first practise by making a new clutch master cylinder supply line and a brake master cylinder to tee junction as these are accessible and small ones to stuff up.

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hey fellas, spoke to brake pro on monday arvo,

said bout $40 for copper tubing for the mini, and bout another $40-45 for the fitting's,

i'll buy the tools...just for the sake of having more tools

sweet, blake

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66 panelvan, going no where fast...
71 MS75 toyota crown COUPE yes A COUPE!
76 ra23 celica wid 1ggte, GT3071r, 13.5@106mph with alot of spinin....

wheels keep on turnin!

don't use copper tubing unless you want to redo them all again.... there illegal. Use steal tube. should actually cost less anyway.

Cheers

Aaron

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If you want Copper I have some cut to length..but they are of no use to any one here

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hey, i dont know if it was actuall copper, it was gold colour tubing...its what barke pro recomended,

or i can get another type, dark green in colour???

which would be better?

blake

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71K 'Kaye', KAZZ69's work in progress
66 panelvan, going no where fast...
71 MS75 toyota crown COUPE yes A COUPE!
76 ra23 celica wid 1ggte, GT3071r, 13.5@106mph with alot of spinin....

wheels keep on turnin!

That is copper coated steel tube, referred to as "bundy" tube. Good stuff

If in doubt, whack a magnet on it

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Too many cars, and too little time.

ahh, now i understand.....

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71K 'Kaye', KAZZ69's work in progress
66 panelvan, going no where fast...
71 MS75 toyota crown COUPE yes A COUPE!
76 ra23 celica wid 1ggte, GT3071r, 13.5@106mph with alot of spinin....

wheels keep on turnin!