Pork Chops Posted 17August, 2017 Report Share Posted 17August, 2017 Guys, need some advice. I'm going to buy a pre bent brake line kit and have a choice of Gal or something called PFV coated lines (sorta green colour). Gal is $123 US and PFV are $367 US, so big difference. So what am I getting for the extra $$ with PFV? Corrosion resistance? Anything else? Do I care given the car will do FA klms and be garaged all of its life?@MFX said @rafikdous may know?Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 17August, 2017 Report Share Posted 17August, 2017 PVF-coated lines are now the standard in many vehicles on the roads today all over the world, including Porsche , Volkswagen ,Audi, Honda, Toyota, and Mercedes BMW etc ,and are considered a premium brake line.Reason for the coating is to provide maximum protection to the lines from corrosion that is generally related to driving in snow and ice conditions that are common in Europe and North Amercan PVF offers 30 times the corrosion resistance over galvanized steel ..Keep in mind some country still salt roads to de ice ,,,,this is known to cause major corrosion issues even in modern cars ...But as you would know cars from decades past did not use PVF coated lines and many of them got by just fine with out it ,we all drove clunkers that didn,t have it when we were young and never had a brake line failure ..For what you are building RSR IROC rep and its intended use ,weekend fun car I would just go with Gal ,,,Australia dosn,t have the weather conditions to justify the extra costs and modern cars that are sold in Europe and North America are required to have it due to the corrosion hazard potential , so it has become the industry standard for modern cars sold globally ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 17August, 2017 Report Share Posted 17August, 2017 My bought for $1 '73 Tassy delivered Land Rover had been abandoned in the bush for 17 years and I haven't replaced the galv lines because...they don't need replacing.Couldn't say the same for the entire rest of brake system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 17August, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 17August, 2017 My bought for $1 '73 Tassy delivered Land Rover had been abandoned in the bush for 17 years and I haven't replaced the galv lines because...they don't need replacing.Couldn't say the same for the entire rest of brake system!No tougher test than the Tassie Bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilburforce Posted 17August, 2017 Report Share Posted 17August, 2017 I saw a map of Tassie once - the bush was dense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 17August, 2017 Report Share Posted 17August, 2017 I saw a map of Tassie once - the bush was denseOne of the few areas Forestry Tas didn't log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafikdous Posted 17August, 2017 Report Share Posted 17August, 2017 I went gal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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