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transient
03-23-2003, 10:52 AM
Well, Thurazor, a friend of mine, got some hard fuel lines for his dodge stealth, and they look great. I figured switching to hard lines may be a good way for me to clean up the engine bay in my car... Does anyone know of a company that makes a hard line kit for the CA18DET, or could someone point me to a place that sells anodized hard lines that I could bend? Thx in advance :)
s14slide
03-23-2003, 02:30 PM
U could try autozone or pepboys, by some hardline and bend it yourself. The hard part would probably be getting the right size hardline, and you'd have to get new fittings. If you don't mind being boro, you could bend the lines the way you want, then flare the end and then clamp a short piece of rubber line around the flare of the line and wherever else it hooks up to the engine.
transient
03-23-2003, 06:38 PM
Well, if i'm going to do it, i'm going to do it right. I definately think bending it myself is the way to go... I'll have to ask the guys at autozone what they carry.
mbmbmb23
03-23-2003, 07:47 PM
Hey transient, do you have the original pic of that yellow car in your sig? If so, would you email it to me, plz?
-m
(mbmbmb23 @ yahoo.com)
96SEChick
03-23-2003, 08:13 PM
What are "hard lines" ? :confused:
transient
03-23-2003, 08:58 PM
Originally posted by mbmbmb23
Hey transient, do you have the original pic of that yellow car in your sig? If so, would you email it to me, plz?
-m
(mbmbmb23 @ yahoo.com)
Sorry, I don't have the original pic, but I know the car is owned by one of the people at JSPEC. Actually... it was posted on the forum a while ago, I'll do a search and see if I can find it.
Lauren, hard lines are just solid lines.
Kid Zelda
03-23-2003, 09:16 PM
Originally posted by transient
Lauren, hard lines are just solid lines.
hahaha, that's not what you called her the first time :p
96SEChick
03-23-2003, 09:23 PM
Originally posted by transient
Lauren, hard lines are just solid lines.
Solid lines for what? wow--noob post from me tonight :(
transient
03-23-2003, 09:33 PM
Originally posted by Kid Zelda
hahaha, that's not what you called her the first time :p
Yeah, yeah, and no-one would have known if you didn't open your yap, hehe. :D
Lauren: I'm referring to fuel lines. They're tougher as far as abraision is concerned, they stay exactly where you bend them, etc. I think it would really help clean up the engine bay.
96SEChick
03-23-2003, 10:03 PM
Originally posted by transient
Lauren: I'm referring to fuel lines. They're tougher as far as abraision is concerned, they stay exactly where you bend them, etc. I think it would really help clean up the engine bay.
ahhh......thanks! would that make changing the fuel filter any easier? If it does, I may consider it so it doesn't take me 3 hours to change the focker again (ask Jeff240sx--he helped me when I needed it--thanks again! :D )
transient
03-24-2003, 07:14 PM
Actually, it probably would because they would be threaded fittings rather than just pressure fittings.
TheTimanator
03-24-2003, 07:47 PM
if you can't do it yourself for whatever reason, there are shops that will do it for you. I'm gonna take my car in to get custom A/C lines made and possibly power steering lines too.......
sykikchimp
03-24-2003, 07:49 PM
I think brake lines when I hear "Hard Lines." If thats the kind of hard lines your talking about, bending them may require a special tool to keep from crushing them when you bend them..
transient
03-24-2003, 08:04 PM
Yeah, that's the kind i'm talking about. I know i'm going to need the tool, but I don't beleive they're all that expensive are they? Do you know of a place that sells them?
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