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Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by Toe-side » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:50 pm

Good news.
That is the way to go then.
I started looking at making my own lines up. Parts and Hose are available on ebay but rather have them made up by a Pro set up.
What colour are you going for?
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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by sk93 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:00 pm

they do colours?
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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by craig3.2 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:07 pm

Yes, Ian...I did this on my Black 05 3.0i, and got them in a nice blue finish, though not something you really saw, lol.

I think you can get them in just about any colour...reds/blues/greens, bright silvers, etc. etc. :D
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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by sk93 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:31 pm

well, I'm waiting to hear back from someone who pm'd me indicating they had a spare set..
but if I don't hear back before the end of the month, I'll be getting some - probably a lovely red :)
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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by craig3.2 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:34 pm

Cool.....go nice with the Sterling Grey :D
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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by sk93 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:41 pm

I don't think it'll still be sterling grey by the end of the year ;)
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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by Mr Whippy » Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:21 pm

Well I just had my MOT and it failed on rear brake pipe corrosion. So it just looks like the ends of pipes 1 and 2 as they get towards the end of the plastic cover, and possibly parts of 4 running over the tank.

http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E85/R ... pipe_rear/

BMW Cooper parts site says part 4 is £20 or so, so seems to make sense to just make joins up the front end in the engine bay and run new copper pipe all the way back to the start of the flexi and part 4 as they are straight runs down the car... and then replace part 4 from BMW (as it'll be shaped nicely to go over the tank)?

Anyone else had to do this?

I'd be tempted to get new BMW pipes from front to back but knowing my luck the connections to the DSC block would fail and I'd be left needing to do serious work to fix them hehe :D


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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by wilbo » Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:48 pm

Hoping to upgrade to braided HEL hoses soon. After reading this thread, and a few linked within it, it looks like there are 2 hoses on each rear side to replace, as well as 1 each side on the fronts, so 6 in total. Does anyone has the dimensions for the rears, using standard calipers and discs?

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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by Toe-side » Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:11 am

wilbo wrote:Hoping to upgrade to braided HEL hoses soon. After reading this thread, and a few linked within it, it looks like there are 2 hoses on each rear side to replace, as well as 1 each side on the fronts, so 6 in total. Does anyone has the dimensions for the rears, using standard calipers and discs?
Check out GaryBlokes link on removing the centre connection and replacing with one flex. I have carried out the same mod. The centre section was in a terrible state on mine 2003 and would have need replaced if I had gone for the 2 flex set up. I m on holiday at present but I think garybloke has some dimensions for the single rear flexible in his post.

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Re: Replacement rear brake hoses / lines?

Post by tertius » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:36 am

If anyone is interested I have a brand new set of Goodrich braided hoses I no longer need. They are for the M and the standard "short" rears, but I imagine they'll fit.

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