Is it possible /allowable to have stainless steel for the fixed brake and clutch lines? Just to be clear i am not talking about flexible braided lines i am talking about the 3/16" tube and fittings. I tried to do a search on these but all that seems to come up is flexible lines.
Gafmo might know as these would be in the bling range.

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"Investing my Super in a Cooper" &
"Re-living my Surfing Past in a Woody"

I have a funny feeling this has been asked before and that it's a bad idea because stainless work hardens and cracks easily.... or something

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was just wondering what approach they take on lets say hot rods and customs? Can they be chromed?

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"Investing my Super in a Cooper" &
"Re-living my Surfing Past in a Woody"

Mini Mad got some SS lines fitted to his Starlet Mini. One was leaking and we had lots of trouble fixing it. It was fitted too tight, and body stresses cracked it.
Then the SS threads seized up.
We finished up putting braided hose on it.
SS is a BAD idea, IMO. Use cupro nickel pipes instead, and polish it if you want. It's dead easy to bend, and no kinking.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I was talking to My Brake specialist a couple of weeks ago and he said that they are not very successful. Flairing the pipe is not easy and they tend to crack too much. Belly Belly dangerous and too much liability issues!

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SS work hardens, and def do not want to try chrome plate them (also hardens the surface) any movement then will crack them.

To be honest, do you look down there that often to warrant chrome plated brake lines??

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

ahhhhhhh i love people who like to waste money for no reason

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Aussie Leyland, Aussie Factory, Aussie Mini S.

Okay i shall take all the good comments onboard and go with the cupro nickel. Thank you everone for the input, I would rather ask a dumb question than make a dumb mistake. The reason i asked was that my lines, both clutch and brake, looked like the dog has chewed them and if i am going to the trouble of replacing they may as well be neat.

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"Investing my Super in a Cooper" &
"Re-living my Surfing Past in a Woody"

We use alot of stainless tube and fittings at the refinery i work at.
Being a Electrical/Instrumentation tradesman we come in contact and repair quite a bit of tube work, mainly due to scffholders and fitters bending/breaking it etc.
The bad part about is where vibration occurs, the need for braided flex needs to be used, at does where the need to flare the ends a correct fitting will need to be used. There is a bit stainless out there and possible in the grade you may be looking for, but keep this in mind you will need to run seamless tube, no matter what material you use.
I only use stainless for fuel and water lines.
Cheers
Jake

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