Rear Caliper Fittings

[swordfish210 20]

Hey all, for you guys who are using braided lines on the rear with discs i want to know what type of fittings you have on there. I currently have straight ones on there from when the ride height was up a bit but now the end of the pipe is almost touching the body as the car is running much lower so i want to build some new lines for the rear and i'm not sure whether to use Banjo fittings or 90 degree ones.

 

I can see the advantages and disadvantages of both but i'd like to see what everyone else has done.

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

I have used 45 deg banjos.

[Matt180 31]

straight worked fine for me. On the back side of the hub there are some m6 tapped holes. I used those with stanless 'P' clips to hold the secure the hose.

[swordfish210 20]

Cheers Tom.

 

Matt, i won't be using straights again as they're nearly contacting the body and under some suspension load they'll probably hit it and i don't want to risk snapping the things off

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

You just need to spend 5 min with a file and make a nice flat spot face around the fluid inlet for the copper washers to seal against.

[swordfish210 20]

Ah nice one, i hadn't really thought about the faces not being flat