Upgrading to SS Brake lines: Quick question!
 

I'm upgrading to SS brake lines tomorrow. Am sticking with OEM brake fluid -- do I need more than 2 bottles to bleed or should I get more?

No clear answer following a search, as this mainly comes up when people are doing full flush, which I am not... likewise, owner's manual does not actually provide the quanity needed for a flush let alone a mere bleeding.

So... 2 bottles or more?

Thanks! :tiphat:

2 is plenty

I used 1.5 bottles and if you keep the m/c full you can change the fluid by yourself it's called a gravity bleed you place a drain pan under each caliper and open all 8 bleeder screws at the same time the fluid will drain pretty quick so you must keep topping off the m/c after going thru a bottle shut the bleeder screws top off m/c and do a quick pop bleed just to make sure you got the last of the air.

How do you do that???

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Great -- thanks guys!!!

With a wrench, it doesn't come out that fast it took about 20 min. To go thru a bottle.

If you're bothering to do SS brake lines, you might as well put some good DOT4 brake fluid in as well.

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Eh... I don't feel like doing a full flush, and DOT 3 is fine... thanks for the suggestion, tho' :tiphat:

You're pretty much doing the same procedure whether you use DOT3 or DOT4 though. :confused: Your car, you decide what's best. :tup:

If you bleed it the way I said after you are done you just flush all the dot 3 out.

:iagree:

Are the SS brake line upgrade for the sport model even worth it? I mean is there a huge brake and pedal feel difference? If you're not heavily tracking the car is this still useful?

+1

You beat me to it...

So I've been told. Didn't get to it today, unfortunately...

Yes it is :tup:

I put SS lines from Z1 on with Valvoline Synthetic dot 4 and the pedal is great nice and firm and seems to be more responsive.

Yes you will feel a difference but it's not necessary unless you track the car. Nor is putting in something like Motul RBF-600 brake fluid. Now if you track the car, then these things will become invaluable! If you don't ever plan to track the car I would say it's just a waste of money but to each their own!

Finally got them installed -- big difference from stock.

Basically you can much more easily modulate your braking -- light inputs result in more stopping force (weirdly, it fools your brain into thinking you should be pushing harder to get it to slow down as much as it is... takes a little bit of getting used to), and when you stop, you STOP.

Great upgrade -- can't wait to get my mu street-sport pads on :tup:

I put in dot 5.1 in when I got my SS lines. Didnt see why I shouldn't have put in the few extra bucks per bottle for real quality fluid.