1 Topic by firegremlin (edited by firegremlin 2011-01-31 08:18 PM)

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Topic: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

Particularly 1st gen 300ZX, RWD 200SX, and 86-88 Maxima owners, for you have the same (or similar) calipers as I do.

Now that our Stanza Wagon has frankenrotors on the back, I wanted to get some stainless steel lines to compensate for our unusually weird and scratch-prone brake line layout and to replace the all-original Stanza lines mixed with even more original (read: rotten) Maxima ones. Naturally, nobody makes "86 Maxima" or "86 Stanza Wagon" braided stainless steel brake lines, so I need something that's mass-produced, cheap, long enough, and with compatible fittings.

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

The camera died BEFORE we started cutting into the rear suspension arm with a sawzall to fit in the caliper. But! Here's a picture of what soon became (probably) the world's only 2wd Stanza Wagon with disks in the back, taken as I was test-fitting the disk assembly.

I mean... WHY?

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs040.snc6/167004_10150366860740511_672510510_16738218_3687138_n.jpg

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

is that heater keeping you warm?

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

Yup. I live in an apartment so I coughed up an extra $100/month for an "external" garage, which is, naturally, not climate-controlled. It was ~20F that evening.

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

firegremlin wrote:

Yup. I live in an apartment so I coughed up an extra $100/month for an "external" garage, which is, naturally, not climate-controlled. It was ~20F that evening.

Hmm, you and I have similar race workshops, then.  You must live in a much nicer apartment complex, though...

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

I just pull out enough to win.

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

Go to your friendly neighborhood parts store, beg barter and plead to jump behind the desk and rummage through their brake lines. Find the longest one with compatible fittings.

Take note of its applications. Buy it. Check fitment. Return it ("Still not long enough, man") and order SS lines.

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

Wait, a Stanza wagon AKA Nissan Prairie minivan with the wide open pillarless door opening? Awesome!

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

What calipers did you put on the car? And what rear axle are you running??

Call a place called Hose Stop in Whittier, CA.

Brad makes SS brake lines, so he can make you up a set. If you know the caliper, he should be able to figure out the right fitting for it. Or take the old brake line (or just the fitting that interfaces with the caliper) and send it to him along with a drawing of what you want and he'll make it up.

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

Pegasus Racing has ANY fiting you want, thus there are adapters for most any MXXx00 thread to AN-_ whatever.  When I built my ZR-1 BBK for my Cavalier that is where I got my lines and fittings.

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

The rear calipers are stock Maxima rears, 1986. In fact, the whole assembly including bearings and everything is off of a Maxima. The axle (or rather spindle, it's a FWD Stanza) is a stock wagon torsion bar with stopper plate cut down to make room for the caliper. Apart from the cutting and creative brake line bending, this was a bolt-in affair.

I think I figured out the measuring thing - Advance Auto Parts list hose lengths in "specs", so I just have to find the right car and order SS kit for it.

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Re: Nissan folks! How long are your brake lines?

Try this:

Take the Maxima brake line to a place that deals with semi trucks and heavy duty equipment parts. They usually make custom hoses while you wait to fix truck parts. There is a place outside of Chicago that I take my part store expensive hoses and they fix them for a fraction of the price. A place like that could make a custom  brake hoses for your Stanza. Call a couple of truck part stores in your area about that, if they don't do that type of work they may know someone that does.

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