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Old 01-27-2008, 12:01 PM   #1
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Great info here! BTW, what kind of brake lines are you using Randall?? Stainless or OEM??
Stainless that have some sort of plastic coating on them. I then put the plastic coil from the old OEM ones on the new ones to help protect them a bit more.

My existing brake lines were original and were crusty. I'm really glad I replaced them, or should I say I will be really glad I replaced them when I get my front caliper problem sorted out.
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Old 01-27-2008, 01:47 PM   #2
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Hi Randall,

W/c SS lines did you purchase?? Do you have a pic??

Hope you're making headway on your caliper issue!
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Old 01-29-2008, 09:08 AM   #3
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No pics. I just bought the aftermarket SS brake lines from gforcebrakes.com. :dance:

They appear to be very high quality though. I think they were $23 each or something like that. Weltmeister has some for a similar price.

Quick update on my brake problem:

Bought a $155 sleeve kit from Time Sert. They had a distributor in Dallas with the kit I needed and the correct sleeve lengths required.

Bought two new caliper bolts from Sunset for $2.18 each. In stock. BTW, a local giant corporation-owned stealership said they'd order them for me for $8.90 each plus freight to order them and it would be 2-3 weeks. Let me write this one more time just to vent:

I ABSOLUTELY LOATHE THE SONIC GROUP. JOIN ME IN BOYCOTTING THEM.

Thank goodness for the independent Pcar dealer that just opened on the north side. They only wanted $2.90 for the bolts, but didn't have them in stock either.

Saturday I will tackle drilling out the caliper bolt holder (or whatever it's called) and put in this way-cool insert gizmo and get my brakes bled and get my boxster home where it belongs.

Say a prayer for me and my car if you're reading this before Saturday.

New wheel carriers, which comes after this if it doesn't work, are $560 EACH from Sunset and 3 weeks away in Germany. Add to that a whopping bill for installation for the same amount and the nearly mandatory "what the heck, let's replace the wheel bearings, struts and oh yeah, buy some of those lowering springs I wanted to do one day" and boom! $3800 out of pocket for a stupid and seemingly simple brake job. :chicken:

Any boxster lookers reading this thread that are considering buying an old boxster, remember that the older, cheaper boxster you buy is going to cost you a LOT more to own over the long haul.

[I still love my boxster in particular though. It has become part of the fabric of my life, not another car I've owned in the parade of cars I've owned.]
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Old 01-29-2008, 11:29 AM   #4
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Good luck on sat, take your time and it should work out fine. Take pictures as you go. I for one would like to see how it goes. If i lived closer i'd come and watch and drink your beer heheh
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Old 01-29-2008, 01:10 PM   #5
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Thanks for the info Randall!

Don't forget the pics??

Good luck !!
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Old 01-30-2008, 06:55 PM   #6
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Hokey smokes, Bullwinkle, err, I mean Randall!

Don't worry!

Your car is safe in my shop. I even went out this evening and stroked its little
top so it would feel safe here.

(So the rest of you know, it is residing, safely, in my shop building)

The odd thing is that after I caressed it, its front trunk lid popped open and the washers squirted all over. Does it always do that? Was it just happy to see someone care???

Have you been neglecting your car?

We may need to talk about this.

Oh. I think Randall is dead on about the Sonic bunch -- their reputation isn't, umm,
what it oughta be, in both of our opinions. I am phrasing this much nicer than I
could.

Okay, the "caliper bolt holder" (odd phrase from one who owns the Bentley manual),
also sometimes called the hub carrier, is gonna need a helicoil equivalent. No big
deal (hopefully!!!).

Oh, one last thing. I may order pizza for lunch. That way all the gas you, hmm,
how shall I say this, emit? maybe we can recycle back into your GAS tank.

We can, working together like good Algore savetheearth liberals (Ack!!!) keep
your car in tip top shape.

See ya Saturday, I presume?

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Old 01-31-2008, 06:04 AM   #7
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Bright and early there, Mark. The wife is bringing me to Brett's house and we'll carpool to your place.
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Old 06-18-2008, 10:15 AM   #8
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Thanks for the info and pics. I hope I don't have the same problem when I change my front rotors. +1 on kicking the guy in the nuts that didn't use anti-seize. lol
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