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I've been looking at replacing my brake lines as my current rear ones at least leak like a mofo and the rear resivoir of the master cylinder is empty within a week of filling. Ive looked on LMC Truck and a few other websites and can only find stainless lines. can you get just regular steel lines? I would rather not spend a bunch of money on stainless, although at some point in the future I do plan on installing stainless lines. just dont have the money right now. Thanks.

I always use the regular steel lines, they are cheaper & a heck of a lot easier to put a double flare on them then stainless...Joe

http://classictube.com/products_clubflyer.asp
http://www.buybrakes.com/classic-tube/prebent-apps-GMC.html

napa is where i got all mine

yes, local auto parts had lines, fittings, hoses...I used powder-coated steel...nice.

you can buy 36" and 48" lengths and couple them together. I did it on an old jeep and worked well. You wouldn't have to cut and flair, just bend that way.

Here's another option. Parts stores are now carrying rolls of the new nickel/copper alloy lines. Will last beyond your lifetime, yet are easy to bend and flare. And costs less than Stainless. But more than the regular crap which will be rusted out on a winter daily driver in 18 months or less. (ask me how I know)
This new nickel copper stuff is what the Swedes and Germans use now on their new cars.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/25-foot--roll-3%2f16-Copper-nickel-brake-line-_W0QQitemZ360154871670QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.fedhillusa.com/

Yipes! I almost had a heart attack when I saw they sell the flare tool for $400. But read on, they rent it for $25/week. Hey, with a bare frame it shouldn't take more than a day to do them all. Nice resource, K-10. Dave

I recemtly completed a conversion to stainless on my 66 Short fleet w/ power brakes. I purchased a kit from inline tube. The kit had 5 six foot sections of 3/16 tube. They included lots of extra fittings.

The material was easy to bend & cut but I could not get it to flare for anything. I tried two local hydraulic shops & the second shop was able to get the flare correct about every other time on average.

My truck had a 1/4 line from the master distribution block back to the rear axle tee so I had to get 12' of 1/4' from Inline to complete the project. I have about 10' of 3/16 left over.

I like the look of the stainess & knowing that I won't ever have to replace or worry about rust out again, but next time I'll buy a prebent/prefit kit.