2010 B8 2.0 Tdi S-Line, Brake Lines, worth changing?

[GjrBartlett]

Evening,

Awaiting delivery of my new front discs & pads, which a friend of mine is kindly going to fit for me

However, chatting with him yesterday, he recommends upgrading the brake lines whilst the wheels & brakes are off.

Is this worth doing? Recommended brands, Goodridge? UK stockists & what sort of price I should be paying?

thanks, Gareth.

 

[Anthony566]

How old is the car ??

 

[GjrBartlett]

How old is the car ??

2010, (Sorry should have said).

 

[Anthony566]

My wife is driving my old 54 plate A4 I have had that car from it being 6 months old with 267,000 miles on the clock and I have never replaced any of the lines, are you replacing with the same spec or are you upgrading the breaking system ??

 

[GjrBartlett]

Fitting MTEC Black Edition Discs & Mintex pads.

May look to upgrade the braking system in the future, but not in my short term plans at the minute.

 

[Anthony566]

Then unless you have some lines that are look bad or have leaked I would save the cash but do a break fluid flush.

 

[GjrBartlett]

Had the brake fluid done in Feb, I've had no issues with braking so will inspect the hoses when the wheels are off.

 

[Zafi]

I have had braided stainless hoses made by Venhill, HEL and Goodridge and never had a problem with quality or delivery from any of them.

I also make up my own using individual fittings from my local rally prep shop, but they are more expensive than machine made hoses.

 

[GjrBartlett]

Brakes getting changed today, looking forward to getting the MTEC's on, will look much better, hopefully get a picture up later/tomo.