Porsche caliper braided hoses

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-Neil-

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For those who have fitted Porsche calipers to their M's, what did you do for a braided hose solution?

From looking around the front hose length is the same as the E46 M3 but the rears are a two piece which I'll just replace with the one hose, I've measured the whole length of the two hoses and pipe to be just over 700mm.

For the fronts these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-M3-FRONT-PORSCHE-BRAIDED-BRAKE-LINES-/161341045837?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2590acfc4d

Neil.
 
This is what I used, HEL lines, work perfectly.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-M3-REAR-HEL-PERFORMANCE-BRAIDED-BRAKE-LINES-PORSCHE-BREMBO-CALIPERS-/111046301899?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19dae018cb
 
TomK said:
This is what I used, HEL lines, work perfectly.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-M3-REAR-HEL-PERFORMANCE-BRAIDED-BRAKE-LINES-PORSCHE-BREMBO-CALIPERS-/111046301899?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19dae018cb
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Cheers, I take it those will only replace the rear lower hose and not both?

I think I might just let the garage choose the lengths and fittings best suited to our cars and then have them made them up by Merlin Motorsport at castle combe.

Neil.
 
Not totally sure what you mean. Only one hose goes to each caliper, there are two nipples for bleeding purposes. I might be wrong though as no mechanic :oops:

Edit: Thomas at porsche calipers (the link I gave is their ebay store I think) knows pretty much everything about these boxster/bmw conversions. Give him a call, nice chap. I transferred my setup from my e46 m3 which used the mentioned lines to the Z4MC and there was no issue, a little tighter perhaps but nothing to worry about at all.
 
Each rear caliper only one hose connected to it, but the hose is two pieces with a fixed pipe in the middle like so:

Caliper>Hose>Pipe (on upright)>Hose>Pipe (on car)

So you'll still have a section of oem rubber hose on each side about a foot long or so.

I think I bumped into you a few months ago at the ragged cot, we parked alongside each other :)

Neil.
 
Ha ha, yes indeed I remember that!

From recollection I'm pretty certain that the hose goes directly from the caliper to the pipe on the car, there is a little plastic guide clip that the hose goes through on the upright but does not need to be split.

Hope to see you around sometime :thumbsup:
 
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