Brakes

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NoHachi Wrote:Mux, its just a myth. Most of the people claiming increased feel have changed their brake pads at the same time.
Even acording to the people at goodridge here in Delft, they are mostly bling and designed to take line pressures never encountered in brake systems. At THOSE pressures they would expand less then normal rubber lines.

Just remember: rubber lines ARE breaded. Cut one in half and have a look.

I remember when I put steel braided hose on my old MK 2 RS 2000. The pedal got a lot harder and felt a lot better, did not change anything else on the brakes at the time.
I did the same thing to my old EK9 Type r civic race car and it got rid of a lot of pedal travell, especially during extreem use.
I know it doesn't make much of a difference on a road car but under extreem brake use it makes a lot of differance.
The steel braiding is only on the outside offcourse as the inside is still the same rubber hose with "string " in it
It also protects your brake hoses from getting damaged/cut. Have seen a few rubber brake hoses in my time which were cut/split by rocks or other sharp objects and it hapens very easily