Best way to sort a flexi brakeline to go between Triumph and Ford?

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saitrix

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Hi,

Well it's time to sort my brakes out. Discs for the Dolomite are expensive for what they are, so I am thinking about upgrading to a more modern setup. Standard is ~220mm solid discs. Looking at using Sierra calipers with mk2 Golf Gti discs (239mm vented). Only thing is, what is the best way round doing the flexi hose between the existing solid brakeline and the caliper? As it will be going from Triumph to Ford. Can you buy the bits separately and make them up yourself?
 
Motorfactors should have catalogues with images/specs of flexi's that might do the job for you.
Many manufacturers also have online catalogues, Brakeworld have a decent online catalogue with numerical lists of parts that you could go through until you find something suitable.
http://www.brakeworld.co.uk/brakeworld/appguide/webframe.htm
The sites seems to be down atm though. At least this way, they should be fairly cheap and easy to get hold of.

edit: sites up, with the numerical lists of flexis
 
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With further research also seems like rally design have them, looks like I'm all sorted on that side. Now to get an adaptor made for the caliper.
 
a set of custom hoses shouldn't be too much more, should be about the same as the cost of a standard hose + adapter. Less places to possibly leak too :)
 
why not re-make the end of the solid pipes to take the correct braided hoses for ford fittings? Pretty sure a flare tool and a few fittings are going to be much cheaper than custom hoses, a flare tool is also a pretty good tool to have. (assuming you have replaced brake lines with copper).
 
For reference Steve Lang on the NSRA forum makes up braided brake hoses. He made the front ones for my Anglia and charged £25 for the pair. You just need to supply a pair of ends so he knows what fittings to get and let him know what length.
 
-westy- said:
a set of custom hoses shouldn't be too much more, should be about the same as the cost of a standard hose + adapter. Less places to possibly leak too :)
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not really less places to leak, and if you're solid pipes are not copper you're gonna have great fun trying to flare them with a cheap tool in situ.

i got my custom flexys from Earls at silverstone
 
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