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Brake Line Drop Bracket??

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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 02:09 PM
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Default Brake Line Drop Bracket??

Putting on a 4" Lift and need to drop brake lines. I want to avoid buying line extensions and wanted to see if anyone has made their own drop brackets and could give me some tips or pics! Thanks
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 02:22 PM
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With a 4" lift you will need longer break lines. I have a 3.5 lift and i had to go with longer ones for the front and the rear i have the Tf drop bracket just barely a enough length .
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 02:24 PM
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4" is a lot of lift and typically, you install new longer rear lines and extension brackets up front. but, i personally would opt to install new longer front lines too. using the extension brackets up front require you to bend your hard lines as straight as possible.
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 02:25 PM
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You surely are going to want to change over to braided lines. If for any reasons things like getting snagged on obstacles , branches , rocks and the like, more room for flex , stronger than stock flex lines. The rears I did a set of drops to get the line away from moving suspension equipment to get them out of the way of normal articulation.

Stock "Hoses" (After all they are barely strong enough to call a line) have juuuuust enough for stock flex. With a 4" lift the stockers went speghetti 3 inches ago LOL.
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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When you switch to extented brake line, are the ABS line long enough?
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by GunDude
When you switch to extented brake line, are the ABS line long enough?
the rears can easliy be worked free from there push tabs securing them in place and made longer. up front, you can pull them free of the push tabs securing them to the frame and re-route them so that they are long enough. trust me, i have 14" of travel with my coil overs and still running unmodified abs lines.
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 05:31 PM
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Yup WOL spilled the beans for ya also the abs wiring can be slid through the grommet on the bracket up front a teeny bit to gain some too
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