Braided brake lines are the hot rodder's wet dream. That and all cables in braided fashion. Needless to say, this is more costly than the usual steel line. The cons with the steel lines are you have to carefully bend them and figure out how to bubble the ends. This gets complicated with that long brake line that goes from the front of the car to the back. Look at the way it twists and turns, like a snake it slithers around impossible corners to the back of the car. The pros for braided lines, they are flexible and the ones I bought were pre-made in various lengths. They are very strong and help to give a firm brake pedal.
You can see one line in place and another has just been removed - rusty!
One thing that is interesting is the cost compared with the length. A 10 inch line is $10. A 48 inch line is $16. Since the long line is about 82 inches, I put a 3 foot and 4 foot line together.
Notice in the picture how I painted the chassis area under the master cylinder. This area tends to get wet and stay wet therefore it rusts. I scrapped off what I could and then hit it with multiple layers of Rustoleum. The other side was done as well. I hope to replace all lines with these braided lines before I get ready to bleed them. Right now it's just the front and the long line to the back that are done.
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