has anyone here tried the earls lines that thunder racing sells..

http://www.thunderracing.com/index.c...ategoryid=1017

are those an improvment over stock? i wonder how a set of those, plus hawk pads and good brake fluid will do?

 

TTT!, my dad has a GMC 1500HD Crew Cab, and the brakes are alot more sensitive.. it makes the truck feel more secure.. and my brakes feel mushy on my regular silverado. I would also like to improve the brakes on my truck. Are the stainless lines a pretty good improvement? thanks.

 

Well ****-me-running...it's about time they released a kit for these trucks!

I have stainless lines on my F-150...brake pedal feel is much improved. It's firmer. Also the lines don't expand under pressure...the stainless won't crack over time either.

 

How hard wouild it be to put these on? Never really worked on brake lines before.

 

RGV -- Not too hard to install, really... assuming each end of the rubber hoses are easily disconnected. I haven't really looked at mine, but was wondering about a SS-brake line upgrade for a while.

It's a little messy, and brake fluid ranks just under gear-oil as far as "least liked fluids in my truck" goes.

It'd probably be a REAL good investment to install some speed bleeders at the same time here. I hate doing that job.

Deckhand -- I'm not sure about the 1500HD, but the 2500's brakes are boosted hydraulically off the power steering pump, rather than by engine vacuum. I heard the 2500 brakes generally respond better...

I'd venture to guess these braided lines will bring the 1500's up to par. They did wonders for my quad and street-bike.

 

Those Earl's are only for 2wd. Anybody find some for a 4x4 or will the 2wd lines work??

 

Oh yes, hydra boost brakes kick a$$. The 1500HD's should have them because they are really just 2500's in disguise.

It really shouldn't be all that hard to switch over to the hydra boost setup on a regular 1500 I wouldn't think.

 

im gunna be doin my brakes soon. how does this setup sound?
hawk pads
Mutol brake fluid
Earls brake lines
and just re-surface the stock rotors.
what i really wanted is the Baer Eradispeed +1 Rotors
but i still have stock wheels. i guess ill have to wait till next brake change. which is like 50,000 miles

 

I noticed with the custom brakelines I had made that my initial grab of the brakes is much better, but for overall, I can't notice any difference!

I didn't know they had specifics for our trucks, so I took one of my lines to 4x4 parts, and they had a shop that does nothing but make custom brake lines. So for all three hoses braided stainless steel, and secondary rapped in clear plastic, so there is no abbrasion, ran me $170.00