stainless brake tubes

[mattdh]

i was woundering if any body would want to go in on a group buy of stainless steel brake tubes?would like 4 or 5 more people. what would happen is i will send in my old brake lines,this guys scans them with a machine and another machine spits them out. so doing one set isnt bad but it would be cheaper to do 5 or 6 sets. so you dont have to send in your old lines and he only has to scan once and can produce as many sets as we want. ecr (east coast) has these lines for $325, should be able to get this done for closer to $200 maybe less?i am having this done no matter how many people (if any?) are in.just would like to save some $$ and you could too.let me know if interested or an questions

[TDI Guy]

Matt, I might be interested in a set if yyou can get a better Idea of the price... I saw the sets on ECR'$ site... they are expensive..

Randy

[Mike Hippert]

Hey Matt, What do you mean by "not for long" next to your description?

[mattdh]

randy i have to send my lines in frist. hopefully will send in on monday and have a better idea by middle of the week.randy do you know if the fittings are standard metric fittings or some off the wall size.michael i am refering to the arles blue. i was planning on shooting the truck another color because its totaly dismanteled right now(whats a better time to do it). was thinking a color off the older series trucks. im up for suggestions

[TDI Guy]

The fitting sizes are all metric just to let you know Matt. I am still up in the air on what color to shoot mine too... I want it a rover color but don't know which one yet?

Randy

[Mike Hippert]

I saw a Series 88 that was a nice dark green, Different then the 90s green, I have never seen a 90 in that color but it reminds me of expeditions and safari type stuff I thing it qould be a cool color for a 90 and still Land Rover.

[Buckon37s]

purple :lol

[Mike Hippert]

Dave, was that ever a Land Rover color? I think I saw a purple Rover once but I think it was a Rustolem Job.

[Buckon37s]

Yes, back in 1978 a rare model was released to celebrate Elton John's wild success. At the time Elton was the only export other than Land Rovers to be successful outside Great Britan. It had a special package which inluded pink diamond plate and shag carpet.

[Mike Hippert]

But did it have fuzzy dice and dingalberries?

[Buckon37s]

yes.

[dmarchand]

Yes, back in 1978 a rare model was released to celebrate Elton John's wild success. At the time Elton was the only export other than Land Rovers to be successful outside Great Britan. It had a special package which inluded pink diamond plate and shag carpet.


That's some funny shit.

[TDI Guy]

Well, what happened to the brake lines?

Randy

[mattdh]

randy i sent them one mon. they recieved them one thur. i have been waiting for a call back. i am going to call there in a few min.

[mattdh]

randy - just talked to them and he said they did get my box the other day they just have not had time to look at them, they are really busy and ontop of that they are short handed a couple of guys.he said they should look at them and get back to me on tues. so i hope your not in a rush becuase it could be as long as 3 weeks at the most before we see any lines. so i will let you know when i hear something more. buy the way i also sent my fuel and clutch lines in to see if he could do those so if any body wants in on those let me know. those lines are for a v8 im pretty sure thy are different on a tdi, right?

[mikeslandrover]

very different:grin

[mattdh]

mike this was a d90 with a 145k miles on it. i believe the lady that owned it first, put most of those miles on it driving from new jersy to the new england area for ski trips which = alot of winter driving.never less the thing was a bucket of rust under the skin.so im probably going just a little over border on the rebuild everything is galv.,stainless steel,powder coated, or por 15.

[mikeslandrover]

Sounds good. I've got to drop a new rad in mine soon, blasted thing runs hot.
Hope it's an internally blocked rad and nothing in the engine internals:rolleyes

[TDI Guy]

Yes, the clutch line is different on the TDI. I am in no rush so as soon as you find out just let me know.

Randy

[mattdh]

randy-man i am pissed! sorry i didnt fill you in yesterday,but i just talked to those line guys again today.well as of wed morning they have not seen my box and didnt not know where it was, so call back thurs. thurs day morning box was still lost they said they call me by noon. which they did-and they needed a discription of the box-well its 5 feet tall and brown.called back around 2 they found my box-great news.......no way, call us back fri morning.so today talked to them just now and was told over $400...what????so asked him what about the starting around $200 he feed me some crap about a having to make th fitting specialy in house (what a bunch of bull sh*t)i told him i could get them for a 100 less than what he just quoted me man then he really started to shovel out the bullsh*t. they must think i was born yesterday.i really dont think those lines are that complex!

[dmarchand]

Any further updates? I might be interested as well if the price is right.

[TDI Guy]

Yeah... ECR has the sets for $325 complete.

RAndy

[mattdh]

im getting another quote from a different company. called this guy told him my story and he does not see any reason they should be more than $250 and thats tops! i think the other guy was trying to screw me just because i told him it was land rover parts.( i forgot to add when i told him about ecrs price he looked it up and dropped the price to match.)so im getting my lines back soon (hopefully by mon.) and will send them in as soon as i get back from dallas(hopefully mon. after next) so if your not in a rush i will keep you posted

[dmarchand]

Thanks Matt. I'm not in a huge rush and if you can get them for $250, then count me in.

[mattdh]

just wanted to let you guys know i didnt forget about you. i was told i should recieve a price in the next couple of days.i will keep you posted

[mattdh]

if anyone is still interested-im sorry its taking so long but a little up date. i ordered my fuel lines today $325 for stainless. i thought that wasnt bad because new genuine lines are over $300.as for brake lines i was told $295 for a set but he is going to call me back on monday to let me know if buy more sets would be cheaper. i was pretty mad when he told me that i almost broke down and said f*** it im buying the from ecr just to prove a point(what point that would be-i dont know)i asked about the statement-i cant see them being more than $250-.just got the run around. any one still interested just let me know(if i can get a good price out of those guys)