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[Jukeboxnut]

The rubber brake hoses on my wife's Vectra estate need replacing.  Looking on ebay I see many sets of Goodridge braided stainless steel hoses for sale at very reasonable prices compared tothe standard rubber ones.  Does anyone here have any experience of them, are they worth fitting or should I stick to original fit?

[feeutfo]

Braided steal lines on bikes are the way to go, they allow i firmer feal at the brake lever because the rubber lines balloon out comparatively, must must must have stainless steal fittings though. Aloy banjo's are increadibly week.


I am concidering Goidridge or similar, but have no experience of them on cars. Not sure servo assistance will hide any effect... Anyone?

[feeutfo]

Although, tbh, another decent set from a breakers might be a better bet?

[henryd]

don't think I would risk s/hand brake hoses,they aren't that pricey new

[aaronjb]

Goodridge have been a good upgrade (for pedal feel) on other cars for me (MR2, 300ZX) - fitment spot on and so on.. though as standard they only come with zinc plated steel fittings now, stainless cost more.

Can't speak for fitment on the Vectra though - although if it's as good as the others I've used, it ought to be perfect.

[feeutfo]

don't think I would risk s/hand brake hoses,they aren't that pricey new

Mmm yeah, probanly right. Depends how much one likes ones Mrs i guess. No no, sorry, bad thought, baaaad thought. 


Re zink fittings thing, they do corrode a little ime, but does that matter on cars "if" its only cosmetic???

[hotel21]

Braided hoses work well on bikes, in my experience, as the cable lengths are so relatively short.

Whether that experience would replicate as well on a car?  Probably, as most of the length on a car is metal anyway.  Saves ballooning of the hoses and infantesimal reduction in brake pressure feel. 

Suppose any improvement means a good improvement.... 

[feeutfo]

Indeed, off topic, i intend to fit ebc discs and oe pads, on topic, and if fitting goodridge at the same time then itvwill be difficult to say which component gives what improvement.

But for the op, goodridge are a sound name, and given cost worth a go. Imo.

[Martin_1962]

Had them on a bike - worked on that

[aaronjb]

Indeed, off topic, i intend to fit ebc discs and oe pads, on topic, and if fitting goodridge at the same time then itvwill be difficult to say which component gives what improvement.

It seems 'feel' is very important to you in general - any reason you're going for OE pads rather than something more aggressive (YellowStuff work very well on the MR2, ought to work well on the Omega too)?

[ffcgary1]

I have them on my tourer and have done for over 5 years, good quailty and gives a firmer pedal imo. i recommend them so give them a try.

[MV6Matt]

I have them on my tourer and have done for over 5 years, good quailty and gives a firmer pedal imo. i recommend them so give them a try.

had them on my estate for best part of two years.  :yVery happy with them too.

Why not try 'em on the Vectra?

Matthew

[feeutfo]

Indeed, off topic, i intend to fit ebc discs and oe pads, on topic, and if fitting goodridge at the same time then itvwill be difficult to say which component gives what improvement.

It seems 'feel' is very important to you in general - any reason you're going for OE pads rather than something more aggressive (YellowStuff work very well on the MR2, ought to work well on the Omega too)?

Big heavy lump Like the omega, and possible reports of red pads feeling dead when cold, green not man enough,which rings true with the bike pads as well, ebc black lasted 2 days, green a week, oe ok on a cbr6 then ebc came out with double sintered hh pads which i loved and stuck with. Hh not available for cars though sadly.

 tc omega pads i have encountered are dead at the pedal but stop ok...ish.(there may be some product variation with tc pads as others seem happy with them :-/ )
 oe omega pads give longevity, feal, barely any dust by comparison, last very well and stop very well, so ime, i am reluctant to change pads although oe are very expensive. I am under the impression oe are for new discs, as there are no massive shamfers on them like tc pads have...?

Yellow stuff are fairly new i believe? I know little about them, and given that red are out for me, are yellow likey to suit? Where do yellow fit in the product range? Cant see them being up to the job tbh, but must keep an open mind....  :-/

[MV6Matt]

You're right Chris,
Red stuff to be avoided - mine where an utter waste of time and I'd never go anywhere near 'em again.

I believe that the Red Stuff pad compound has been improved from cold. Yellow sits above red and below the blue pad (IIRC) the website would tell you their version for sure.

Matthew

[aaronjb]

Yellow stuff are fairly new i believe? I know little about them, and given that red are out for me, are yellow likey to suit? Where do yellow fit in the product range? Cant see them being up to the job tbh, but must keep an open mind....  :-/

Yellow sit between red & green - they work from cold like green but last like red, basically.. as far as I can tell on the MR2, anyway Great feel from cold (actually better than green by a country mile) and try as I might I couldn't make them fade on track.. granted it's a light car, but there's a big difference between track and road, no matter how hard you drive..