Spider steel brake line kits

[bluespider262]

Hi guys,

Are any of the steel line kits the vendors offer easier to install than others?

I've used classic tube pre-bend lines on several other vehicles in the past 5-10 years and they fit pretty good, and only needed a "shipping bend" or two straightened out, and those are plainly marked with a paper label where those bends need to be removed.

Are the spider kits just as easy? I'm ham fisted with brake lines. I always end up screwing one (or two or three) up when I make my own, even with a proper bending tool and all that.

[bluespider262]

Just an update - I ended up going with the copper alloy kit from Vicks.

It wasn't pre-bent, but that copper alloy is sooooo easy to work with I will never use anything but when dealing with hard lines in the future.

The lengths were right on vs. stock for 4 of the 6 pieces. A couple we an inch or two shorter but it caused no difficulties for me on the install.

I ended up running the rear line over the brake booster because it was long enough and would have required the arms of three small children to route it underneath there with the starter and all that in the way. It was kinda a pain even going above the booster because things are really cramped in that corner and the line has to make a 90 degree bend out of the trans tunnel area so you don't get a lot of room to move things around.

I strongly recommend this kit to anyone doing their lines and it was only like another $10 or $20 over the steel line set.