Brake Lines for Porsche Calipers on a Coupe

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Brake Lines for Porsche Calipers on a Coupe

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I will be installing Boxster S calipers on to my ES2 project soon. Apikol brackets & big rotors, you know the drill. What have people been doing for brake lines? I would have thought that there would be ready-made solutions but have not found anything that appeals to me.
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apikol has them.
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I talked to them & was told that there were no ready-made kits. I needed to get them measurements to make them. Guess that is what I will need to do.
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i did mine like this:

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My concern is how it fits to the caliper. I do not want the line to travel straight out from the caliper as the 034 lines do. They were supposed to fit but...
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here are more pictures; first i had the boxter caliper, now a different one

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How long are those lines to the caliper?
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aeroquip sells the bits and pieces if you want to diy in teflon AN 3.
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The stock brake line from the strut to the G60 caliper is 160mm and is too short for the 996 caliper as the connection is further down the caliper.

When I installed mine, I used a self made hard line running from the first line around the strut to the caliper. This is what was used on an RS2. Makes it a pain changing out the rotor through.

Personally, I am looking at the rear brake hose from an UrS4/6, to replace the short coupe one. It is 205mm long. Doing a string measurement on the hard line from the strut, this should be long enough. It would make things simple. Personally, I don't think SS lines are needed.

Or maybe the outside rear caliper hose from a B4Q. It is 215mm.

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Thanks Greg. I can do the hard line easy enough & that may be the best option. I have many left over lines from various projects so I will look to pick up some adapters to use at the rear.
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