My Audi S2 coupè Version 2 - full restore - Red rocket from Norway

[kinaputt]

I made new brake lines!

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[kinaputt]

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[kinaputt]

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[ajax1976]

This is going to be one special car once you’re done!!

Keep up the great work!!

[kinaputt]

Is it possible to disassemble the parts inside the mirrors? I did try with a spare mirror, but all i do is crack plastic and destroy it.
I know it is possible to take the RS2 mirrors apart, but they are different. The painting of the mirrors did not turn out good enough the first time. It has to be re-done.
Does anyone know a transparent foil i can use under the parts that is going to be riveted on to the body? The original i no longer available. AKL44830004

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Does anyone know what center bearing and rubber boots i can use on the propshaft?

I bought this transparent film.
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And more parts!
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What CV boot can i use for the prop shaft? Ford Sierra stuff? What center bearing? I heard a BMW bearing does fit.

[Tractor Dave]

Top job. Brake lines look very good indeed. If you fancy a holiday to Wales, all mine need doing

[piotr]

Lovely lovely job
shame that the copper brake pipes want stay so nice and shiny for long time.i put heat shrink on mine so they just black pipes now instead going green in few years(or months)
Paintwork looking stunning-who did it for you?

[Greg_S]

I would also coat the brake lines in waxoyl to protect against corrosion

[Error404]

I am going stainless next time

[kinaputt]

Top job. Brake lines look very good indeed. If you fancy a holiday to Wales, all mine need doing

Hehe. If you strip the car first!

Lovely lovely job
shame that the copper brake pipes want stay so nice and shiny for long time.i put heat shrink on mine so they just black pipes now instead going green in few years(or months)
Paintwork looking stunning-who did it for you?

The orignal pipes are nearly black, i wounder what Audi did to them.

I would also coat the brake lines in waxoyl to protect against corrosion

Is it like Owatrol?

I am going stainless next time

Are they harder to bend? Expensive

[tango123]

you can use copper nickel brake pipe, it wont corrode.

[_ShurikeN]

What CV boot can i use for the prop shaft? Ford Sierra stuff?

CV-s from fords work on our propshafts but they have usual rubber boots without metal cap. Proper metal CV boots may come from propshafts of Toyota RAV4 and 4x4 Suzuki (Vitara, likely). Not confirmed yet and I don't have partnumbers unfortunately.

[_ShurikeN]

Are they harder to bend? Expensive

They are harder to work with, of course.

More expensive than copper lines, but not that expensive to frighten someone who restores a car with such a great quality level.


What I can't find still is OEM-style brake line fitings M10x1 made out of stainless steel.

[Error404]

you can use copper nickel brake pipe, it wont corrode.

I did mine 6-7 years ago now and you are right it doesn't corrode like steel but it goes pretty skanky, green and generally rough looking - good but not the best.

Stainless is much harder so you need high quality bending tools and it is less forgiving. You need really to get aero tubing which is true seamless with a thin wall, and it is quite expensive but not crazy. You also don't need to double flare the female ends as it is far harder wearing . As ShurikeN says when you put this much effort in to a restoration it is worth the effort and extra cost.
I plan to convert to -3AN throughout using 3/16 stainless tube, but you can buy M10x1 fittings pretty easily here in the UK.

https://www.automec.co.uk/collection...-pipe-fittings

[mdz]

What I can't find still is OEM-style brake line fitings M10x1 made out of stainless steel.

That's why I always take them from all the scrap cars I come across. OEM ones are reusable and way better than aftermarket.