I have an appointment on Monday at Stillen to have the steel braided brake lines installed. I'm keeping my stock sport brakes and just adding the lines. Has anybody done this? Do they make a significant difference in stopping power?

 

i don't think they will... especially since you're just keeping the stock rotors... i think it's more aesthetics... if you want real stopping power just go aftermarket... but i think the akebono's are good as is...

 

On the Stillen website it states that the steel braided lines will have less bulging, which will take away some of the mushy feel of the brakes. I guess it will make the braking a bit more tighter so you can go deeper into a turn. Anyway, that's what they are saying in the blurb.

 

I haven't on the G (yet) but I have on other cars. It makes the most drastic differenc on older cars. On newer cars, you'll get firmer more precise pedal feel as stated and slightly less fade under heavy use conditions (at the track). Will you stop any shorter? Not really.

It's very important to properly bleed the lines once installed, otherwise it's a waste gettng them. You should also consider switching to high performance brake fluid like Motul RBF 600 or something similar.

 

You should feel a slight difference and +1 on the high performance brake fluid though. Then once you need it do a rotor and pad swap and that should help a little bit more too.

 

wrong! It makes a huge difference. I had it on my modified miata. Steel lines are amazing. Brake feel gets firmer and most of the fade and mushy feel goes away with it.

 

Sweet Dustin! Let us know what you think bro... I agree 100% to what Black Betty and krayzrac3r said... Oh, and mushy brakes FTL...

 

it won't do anything for stopping power but it'll make a pretty good difference in how the pedal feels and modulates. Normal brake lines I believe are just rubber hoses which have some flex in them as the fluid gets pumped around...so you'd have a much firmer brake pad feel when you get on them, probably give you some more confidence.

 

Thanks for the input! I'll post up how it goes next week. The guy I talked to at Stillen said they will bleed the lines and that they will use Motul RBF 600.

 

good choice.. I'm gonna be doing mine soon as well... I'm also using motul fluid

 

wassup Dustin!!! what brand are those lines?? should give you better pedal feeling....whens the next palomar??

 

I asked the guys at Technosquare and they said its not needed..

 

of course it's not needed....but if you want a more solid brake pedal feeling...it is needed....rubber lines flex alittle thus giving you a mushy feeling

 

Any aftermarket products aren't needed.

 

The brake lines are made by Goodridge. Wassup! I was hoping to go to Palomar last Friday but things didn't work out.