Who do we like/do we like premade brake lines?

Well I knew it was coming, blew the front to rear line on the excursion.

$180 can get me a pre bent set of stainless lines that supposedly fit for the whole vehicle. I know the ones I bought just for the rear of the Ranger were off which gives me pause on buying a whole vehicle worth.

At the same time, I'd need to buy a double flare tool, sort through all the contradictory sizes of fittings online, and run and bend a whole new line out of copper nickel by hand if I don't buy the pre bent option. 

Or sell the excursion for a loss with no brakes and try to replace it in this economy. 

So point me in a direction I guess. Splicing out this hole will just move it further down the line, and add more potential leak points at fittings. 

While they don't have prebent for anything as new as an Excursion, I have been very pleased with the made-to-order lines I have been getting from TheStopShop.com. The copper nickel line is easy enough to bend by hand (so far just 3/16" for me, but I will be getting 1/4" also) that prebent may not be required, as long as you get the length correct.

matthewmcl said:

While they don't have prebent for anything as new as an Excursion, I have been very pleased with the made-to-order lines I have been getting from TheStopShop.com. The copper nickel line is easy enough to bend by hand (so far just 3/16" for me, but I will be getting 1/4" also) that prebent may not be required, as long as you get the length correct.

And you use the fittings on each end of the new lines from the truck.  Cut the line of somewhere close to the fitting if you can and remove with a 6 point hi quality socket. $180 can buy you a lot of tools to do the job.  And you will have them for next time.

You can get pre-flared, installed fitting, stainless straight hard lines in several different lengths from several different places - Summit is one. Measure your old lines carefully, order new ones the same length or slightly longer, bend carefully with a tubing bender or tubing pliers.

I swapped stronger axles into my Bronco, I ordered a bunch of different lengths of those and got them to fit the Dana 60 and Dana 44 high pinion axles, GM front and Cadillac rear disc brake calipers perfectly. 

I buy from classic tube whenever possible. Generally they fit spot on out of the box. Theres been some wrong ones, but overall more rights than wrong 

The last set I bought came frome Rockauto. They fit well enough and the price was pretty reasonable. 

Inline tube or right stuff for me.... last time I bought a roll of line was from when I worked at the Chrysler dealer.

Dusterbd13-michael said:

I buy from classic tube whenever possible. Generally they fit spot on out of the box. Theres been some wrong ones, but overall more rights than wrong 

Agreed.  Classic Tube and Inline Tube are both top notch.  They'll bend up the whole kit and then put a sweeping bend in it to fit it in the box.  Unfold, install, bleed, done.

The Right Stuff were the only folks who listed lines for my '66 Falcon. The brake lines were 95% accurate out of the box. Just some minor tweak needed here and there.

I ordered a new fuel line also, which wound up being about a foot short and missing some important bends. After contacting them, they took my original and bent one to match. Did not charge me any extra. 

I don't mind making metal lines but it's extremely time consuming. My time was easily worth what I paid for the pre-bent lines.

I typically sell vehicles when they need brake lines because I berkeleying hate them and their constant leaks, specialty tools, and need for perfection. 

Only company that has a set for purchase was Dorman, so I bought them. Hopefully I don't come to regret this over the weekend when they come in.

I will also recommend Inline Tube. Used them a couple times now with out issue.