Hey guys, I need to do the brake lines on my supercab. I was wondering which should I use, Stainless Steel or regular steel? I live in Canada, so the winters here are harsh on vehicles with the salt and crap. Stainless seems like the obvious choice as it doesn't rust.

Also, I want to make a custom brake. I seen it somewhere on this forum. He had his brake line coming into the cab threw a high pressure ballvalve. that way I can lock the rear brakes with the actual brakes.

 

I would use the stainless, they aren't that more expensive than the plain steel.
As for the brake lock, I know a lot of construction equipment comes with a manual brake lock.
http://www.mico.com/products/brake-a...cks/lever-lock

 

i second the stainless.

line locks are awesome. nothing like plastering your buddies at the mudhole

 

I myself went Pre-bent Stainless on 93F150 Super cab 4x4
Living in Erie, Pa they use Salt it seems on everything as soon as it's cold

Jeffs Bronco Graveyard helped me out. went with the normal cab extended bed think it was as there was no listing for Super cab. the person I spoke to and I forget his name had same setup so He knew what I needed cost me about $120 shipped

 

Check out inline tube.com for pre-bent brake lines. They are located in Michigan. Had good luck with them.

 

Another vote for inline tube. That said, I prefer mild steel. Stainless is hard and hard to seal even with factory flares. Lube the nut, tighten, loosen and tighten again and maybe it will seal. Mild steel is not so temperamental. Also stainless is a PITA to flare if you need to make repairs. I needs a high end flaring tool to make a reliable flare (several hundred dollars). Mild steel does fine with a common double flare kit from the parts store in my experience.

 

Inline tubing SS products/2 trucks= no problems so far.

 

I used Nicopp tubing. It can be bent by hand and should hold up to the road salt. I have friends that have used it for years.

 

I used the preformed stainless ones and due to my custom rear brakes I had to flare some of the Ss lines and holy crap that stuff is hard to work with. And you have an extra joint on the rear line. If I was doing it again (when I do it again, on another vehicle) I will be using all this stuff: FedHill Brake Line - Where to buy brake line, fuel line, brake line flaring tools, brake line nuts and brake line fittings

Probably similar to the nicopp stuff mentioned above. easy to form by hand, super easy to flare, never rusts.