Monaro brake lines
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Brake discs are super easy to do whether it's yourself or a garage that does them.
Rusty brake lines seem to be quite common on the Monaros, I'm wanting mine replaced soon. As others have said a decent independent will do them no problem. I am not sure but I would imagine it's at least a couple hundred quid to get them all done.
Rusty brake lines seem to be quite common on the Monaros, I'm wanting mine replaced soon. As others have said a decent independent will do them no problem. I am not sure but I would imagine it's at least a couple hundred quid to get them all done.
as above , brakes are easy , brake lines are not it’s likely to be 1200£ plus , topcats did mine , it’s a big job to do , the big boot cars the lines go over the tank but instead of tank removal can be joined in front of the tank , mine could have lasted longer but not worth taking a risk , parts of the pipe was worse than other bits
£1200+ ??!!
I had my lines replaced in copper at a regular garage as a pre-purchase agreement. It was well under £400.
They didn't remove the rear end, they just put a one join in each rear run.
The old lines were put in the boot for inspection, they weren't that bad, but the pre-purchase MOT failed on them.
I had my lines replaced in copper at a regular garage as a pre-purchase agreement. It was well under £400.
They didn't remove the rear end, they just put a one join in each rear run.
The old lines were put in the boot for inspection, they weren't that bad, but the pre-purchase MOT failed on them.
vxr2010 said:
as above , brakes are easy , brake lines are not it’s likely to be 1200£ plus , topcats did mine , it’s a big job to do , the big boot cars the lines go over the tank but instead of tank removal can be joined in front of the tank , mine could have lasted longer but not worth taking a risk , parts of the pipe was worse than other bits
£1200 for brake lines.. id want 24k gold for that .. the materials needed to replace lines would be £100 and thats going over board ive dropped the tank on mine. took 1hr and that was on the drive . to replace brake lines and bleed up is half a days job.
if you paid 1200 you were robbed blind imo
the lines were supplied by them , and i know a lot of labour was involved as it took a few days to do it , i did a kit car myself a while ago but i was not climbing under the monaro to do the same , i trust Topcats and was happy to leave it to them , there were a load of old brake lines that came off the car , i looked underneath it was a very clean tidy job , so i don’t mind paying out for my pride and joy
vxr2010 said:
the lines were supplied by them , and i know a lot of labour was involved as it took a few days to do it , i did a kit car myself a while ago but i was not climbing under the monaro to do the same , i trust Topcats and was happy to leave it to them , there were a load of old brake lines that came off the car , i looked underneath it was a very clean tidy job , so i don’t mind paying out for my pride and joy
I Suppose they must have used all genuine lines for that price. 
copper nickel for mine plus fuel line was done too , it’s the labour and time involved plus there are lots of pipes , i know a good job was done plus some under sealing , not putting down other garages when i spoke to walkinsaw they said they have seen some very poor jobs of getting them replaced , the cost of walkinshaw doing it was going to be in their own admission much more than i paid to get it done , i also did braided flexible lines too , to be honest with ap’ s on it the flexible lines are worth dining as the standard lines do age , but flexible lines were not that noticeable as the brakes work so well in the first place
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