This morning when i took my Grandpa to town so he could go to Mexico with a friend i noticed my brake pedal went to the floor! to shorten the story alot i am plugging the line to the rear passenger brake because the factory iron brake line is rotten with rust. so my other friend is going to fly up and drive down a vehicle and i need a brake line. i cant have normal factory iron brake line cause i'll have the same problem so my question:

WHAT IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE EITHER ONLINE OR IN STORE THAT I CAN ORDER STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES FOR THE REAR OF MY 91?????????

 

just saw these and i really want them. would these be good?
http://www.stoptech.com/products/sta...al_lines.shtml

 

I don't know if they're the cheapest or if they have exactly what you need as far as fit, but Marlin Crawler has some SS brake lines I think.

 

i didnt see any for the 2nd gen 4Runners on MC website. but i'm now looking at either skyjacker braided SS lines or goodridge lines

 

anybody got more info please

 

looks like you need the actual metal brake PIPE... not the hoses that u can upgrade to stainless steel...

they are not expensive at all from a dealer... and the one to the right rear is the most common to fail (atleast up in canada it is) and unfortunately, it usually fails just above the gas tank, which usually requires dropping the fuel tank to replace... often times, if you have a flare tool, and some flare pipe joints, you can replace a section of the pipe, rather than the whole thing... it happens quite a bit up here... a buncha mechanics i know have bot 3 or 4 of these 4runners from customers who do not want to pay for the repairs...

 

Where did it rust?

The "easy" but EXPESNIVE way is to redo the whole thing using custom lenghts of Earls flex SS line... Mine is done partly that way.

The other way is to get some SS sticks and a flare tool THAT IS RATED FOR SS and make em yerself...

Or

order the OEM prebent lines (actually not that expensive)

and if you have money - send the OEM lines to one of the SS brake line places (see the back of a 4WD magazine) and have em make some up for you.

IMHO - just order the OEM lines and redo it again after 15 years...

At least in Belize they dont use road salt on the roads (tho beach driving is rough on the steel)

 

Here in Ontario, we build our own lines for customers every week. Lines can start rusting out in as little as 7 years (Corollas, 10 years if you're lucky). Factory prefabs are nice, but we can make 'em out of rolls much cheaper. Or if you want a clean, straight look I'll make 'em out of 1.8M (5') sections w/unions and use a bender.

Honestly, unless you're building a show car, stainless lines are not worth the money.

 

thank you all for your input, hopefully i get more info on brands and selection before i have to order.

 

It rusted right above the gas tank i guess it is the usual place. so i am looking into either getting pro comp, skyjacker, Earls Flex SS or Goodridge and replacing both rear lines at the same time.

The beach driving and parking 800 feet from the ocean doesn't help.

 

replace the gas tank lines while you have the tank out....

BTDT

 

I would just buy some line from your auto parts store and bend your own (much cheaper) I bend my own line every time I need to fix some. As for flaring your own ends this fairly easy with the flaring kit and those are cheep too.

 

i'm either getting Goodridge or Earls, depends how long it takes earls to ship from UK to texas.

 

Dont bother dropping the tank its just going to be a headache and you're probly going to break something else. There is a ton of room to run your own brake lines out of the way of moving parts without a problem. Just go to carquest, autozone, advance, etc and buy a 25 foot roll of 3/16" brake line. You can rent the flaring tool i believe from autozone to make STANDARD FLARE (not bubble flare). You can get a hand full of line nuts from carquest also, metric thread for 3/16" line. If you can't rent the tool or dont know how to flare lines, you can just get sections of pre-flared lines with nuts on them in various lenghts ranging from 8 inches to 60 inches and use unions to connect them. Honestly I'd be surprised if you spent more than 75 bux to run from the master cylinder back and if you are worried about rust, paint them with undercoating. Your stock steel lines have lasted this long so I wouldn't bother with stainless.