Hey All, Rimmer Bros is selling a full set of copper brake pipes for about $62.00 US. My question is does anyone have any experience with copper piping for brake systems. Should be nice for bending,
Do not use copper, it is dangerous and MVD will gig you with it. In my '62 AH restoration I put copper in, polished it and lacquered it....it looked great, then once the restoration waws complete, I
Be sure to check with your state's DMV - at one time copper piping was not allowed in some locations. Other than that, I have had no experience with copper brake lines. Martin Libhart 1972 TR6 (drive
Why's copper so dangerous??? The TSSC sell it and extoll it's virtues as it doesn't rust (but i bet it goes a great green colour!)!! Johnny Storm '77 Spit 1500
OK, folks - where's that FAQ? This comes up about once a year. This stuff is *copper clad brake pipe* not copper tubing and is designed for brake use. John Lye rjl6n@virginia.EDU http://avery.med.vir
I'll bet the Rimmer Brothers pipes are copper-clad steel, not plain copper. Plain copper was used by some car manufacturers years ago, but went out of favor because copper tubing's reliability under
Thats utter nonsense. Copper brake lines have been used in the UK for ages, and they have no problems whatsoever. You have to make sure that you use copper lines that *are* made for this purpose, and
Yeah, our government thinks they can protect all of us dummies. We do not know how to take care of ourselves. I would never put copper on anything due to the fact that copper does tend to expand and
Hey All, I love this list. Ask a good question at 8:30 and by 2:30 you have a large number of opinions to base your decision on. It sounds to me that if Rimmer Bros is sells copper clad steel pipes,
Egil, having lived in Europe and other parts of the world, I have to disagree with you. The US laws are, by and large, pretty good and have resulted in forcing car makers to produce safer, cleaner an
Again, copper lines of a wall thickness, material and quality suitable for brake use have been user for Little and Large BCs in the UK for ages. Automec, who sell them by the ton, insist they are ori