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Old Sep 30, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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Was referring to the links where those places are calling brake hoses brake lines.
 
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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lol...
 
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 05:45 PM
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do it yourself. it's literally just undo it from the caliper and then undo it on the other side and replace with new. do it to all 4 corners and then bleed the brakes. the dealership is full of ****. it only takes their trained techs 1.5 hours
 
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by hiwords
do it yourself. it's literally just undo it from the caliper and then undo it on the other side and replace with new. do it to all 4 corners and then bleed the brakes. the dealership is full of ****. it only takes their trained techs 1.5 hours
Again, he said the hard lines, so my initial replies were the correct ones.
 
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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well all they quoted me for was 2 hours plus parts... so i guess thats about right... but what did **** me off is they are wanting to charge me another hour of labor to put in brake fluid... and im not joking... it says brake fluid 15.00 dollars, labor 1.00 hours
 
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 05:51 PM
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could include bleeding it
 
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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oh haha i didn't read anything. you can take your old hardlines to autozone and they will have the right size including all the connectors and flaring tool that you can loan. it's a lot easier than you think. the lines they sell already have connectors on them so they usually should fit the ones on the car. only annoying thing is tracing the system of lines
thanks dragon
 
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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well my problem is, the mechanic wrote it down saying it was a couple specific lines.. and ive looked under neath and couldnt find anything... so idk which ones... i might just say screw it and if i die then oh well hahaha
 
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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I'm telling ya.. he meant the rubber (hoses) lines...
 
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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well then he is a D bag for writing brake lines and not hoses
 



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