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[JustSteve]

may be obvious but why is copper not legal ?

Because it fractures too easily. It cant withstand the repeated pressure applied when you stomp on the brakes

[steven]

may be obvious but why is copper not legal ?

Because it fractures too easily. It cant withstand the repeated pressure applied when you stomp on the brakes

oh right learn something new everyday

[mini-luke]

............ apparently it's because the price of copper has gone up.............

That's not a great excuse. The cost of the material for those few pipes is next to nothing.

I could buy a whole bundle (30m) of 15mm copper pipe for half that!

Seeing as they shouldn't be pure copper it's a rip off anyway as they aren't fit for purpose

[tiger99]

These pipes are copper. It is very easy to tell from the colour. Cunifer has a grey tinge to it and is never as shiny.

Personnaly I would not use them. As has been suggested already, more than once, they suffer fatigue failure after a number of pressure cycles. Sadly, thay are not specifically illegal in the UK, although anything that makes the car unsafe is indirectly illegal. They are specifically illegal in the US, Australia and many parts of Europe, amongst other places. Mostly a pipe approved to a specification appropriate for vehicle brakes is required. Copper may meet a BS spec, but that spec is only for pipes for general use, e,g. microbore central heating.

[steven]

i've now gone and got my own flaring tool and some pipe so will be making them myself from now on

[mini-luke]

What pipe have you got?

[steven]

Cunifer as recommended

[ToM 2012]

i will be coming to this stage soon i was thinking about just buying a kit from mini spares i think its a £100 for every pipe is this the way to go or should i do my own and save money? what do you think steve?

[Barman]

i will be coming to this stage soon i was thinking about just buying a kit from mini spares i think its a £100 for every pipe is this the way to go or should i do my own and save money? what do you think steve?

I did my own...

It is fairly straightforward once you get going....

[steven]

i think if you buy the flaring tool and pipe it would work out cheaper

[ToM 2012]

i will be coming to this stage soon i was thinking about just buying a kit from mini spares i think its a £100 for every pipe is this the way to go or should i do my own and save money? what do you think steve?

I did my own...

It is fairly straightforward once you get going....

how much did it cost you in total? how much did it cost you all together and where did you get the piping and etc from? cheers

[ToM 2012]

i think if you buy the flaring tool and pipe it would work out cheaper

i dont even no what the flaring tool is lmao to be honest if i done it myself ide have it on my mind are they safe? lol

[steven]

google it, well theres not to much that can go wrong he says

[ToM 2012]

lol cheers

[steven]