Graham, what is your concern in regards to removing the caliper har line? Personally I don't see a problem, otherwise I wouldn't have... Maybe they are supposed to be fitted that way... It is easily possible to assume that the hardlines are old and easily damaged while removing the rubber lines. Personally I like removing 18 year old parts of my car and replacing them with new.
Interesting thread, to say the least. I have Goodrich lines on my car and they were installed roughly 8 years ago. I got them through TTZ who bought them in from Stillen in the states. The front lines fit up perfectly and have all the correct mounting attachments. My rear sets were about twice as long as I needed them to be but once I had looped them they actually fit quite well with enough length to not bind on anything but not so long as to drag or flail about. I've done a lot of miles on the car since they were fitted and have never had an issue with them. I regularly inspect them whenever I am doing any work in the area and while they don't look new anymore they definately look in good condition. Just my input.
Have to agree with GJ Being a mechanic and working on cars everyday. I wouldn't leave out the metal clips on the mounting points out when working on brakes. I should have looked closely before buying these. As GJ said for track use maybe, but for road use- not a chance.
IF you look at the point of attachment of the stock hose to the hard pipe. It is actually raised significantly above the caliper for a reason, to increase the clearance to the bottom wish bone under spring compression and reduce the movable length of the hose. I beleive the issue is that the longer the hose length, the more mass is required to accelerate up and down as the springs compress and contract. The stock hose is very short for a reason. It minimizes the moving hose mass as the suspension compresses and also meets the whipping spec. I am Sure Nissan didnt go to the expense of making all those brackets and hard pipes for the rear brakes if they didnt need to. Stock hose is more or less confined to vertical movement using the existing Nissan system. With the hose longer as per the Goodrich kit. There is now a full spectrum of lateral and verticle movement as the now longer hose whips around as the suspension compresses and extends. IMO this adds an undesirable extra stress on that pipe that will lead to early failure. You are free to disagree, But I beleive my opinion is based on a sound engineering logic. You will note Wykkd even detailed he needed to coil up the extra pipe to minimize droop and therefore whipping. Would have been easier and cheaper to just make it the right length. Not a lot wrong with the actual hose I would expect. I wouldnt be surprised of that same length hose is used a many multiple Goodrich kits, and is is just EASIER for them to supply it as it is, rather than make one that actually fits the stock location. Z1 got this right, and this is what should have been supplied.
Fitment part 2 OK the rep has been and gone and confirmed that the set supplied for test fitting were in fact in-correct. There are no more correct Z32 kits in the country so it will be some time before UAS are able to do a satisfactory in-house test fit. So at the moment Chrispy is the expert on Z32 goodridge lines as he is the only one who has successfully fitted a set All jokes aside, buyers of the UAS lines have all been PM'd so as appropriate action can be taken. Meanwhile UAS are working on a goodridge product that will mount as per the factory lines AND have collars and date tags etc needed for ADR compliance. Stay tuned...
Update on New Goodridge Lines New goodridge lines now available through UAS featuring anti whip collars, correct tags, swaged fittings, lifetime warranty, AND ferules to mount in the same way as OEM lines. I have some pics I will post later. These will be more expensive than previous version as a little more involved -all info will be posted in FSBB section when available.
they are SDR approved (Simons Design Regulation ) ,but seriously ,how many highly modded zeds on this forum are adr approved ??? just saw an sdr tag on my coilovers and hids as well :zlove:
Pics Pic of the new lines. This set is for sandeep so hopefully he will open it up soon and post up some better pics
Not the same. These new lines were made locally by goodridge AUS using my rubber lines as a template. I'm sure the Coz lines are similar as there are only so many ways to make a Z32 braided line but not the same and most importantly do not meet the requirements to be ADR compliant.
