‘91 E30
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That sucks... hopefully they can get you the right fitting asap!
I was kind of expecting an issue tbh, in the meantime I’m going to cut this one down so I can at least go drive the car around.
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I was kind of expecting an issue tbh, in the meantime I’m going to cut this one down so I can at least go drive the car around.
You are better off using spacers. That bevel helps seal it
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You are better off using spacers. That bevel helps seal it
It’s not really beveled in a way that works with an -an fitting, I’m not even sure the bevel is there to aid with sealing because stock was sealed with crush washers & the banjo bolts that thread into that dont have a bevel on them to my knowledge either
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No, it seals with a crush washer.
They asked for pics, said they have a fitting with a rubber oring that rests against the flange thing in my photos above (Flange in the threaded portion)
cant wait for that to spring a high psi leak
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Also, is that an aluminum fitting on the high pressure line? I wouldn't trust if so, even if it did fit. I've seen aluminum fittings fail in that application. Steel all the way for high-pressure hydraulic lines.
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Also, is that an aluminum fitting on the high pressure line? I wouldn't trust if so, even if it did fit. I've seen aluminum fittings fail in that application. Steel all the way for high-pressure hydraulic lines.
It sure is. We’ll see how long the chasebays stuff lasts I guess
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theyve been selling it for years. if there were some great amount of failures, shoudnt we have heard about it by now? i think they use some aluminum fittings for the brake stuff, even. cant muck about with brakes with inferior stuffs and not have a lawsuit.
Dan
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Chase Bays... More like Wait for days! Ok I'm done.
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Chase Bays... More like Wait for days! Ok I'm done.
It actually got here quickly, albeit with parts that don’t work but you know, silver linings and such
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It actually got here quickly, albeit with parts that don’t work but you know, silver linings and such
That's kind of what I was alluding to. Waiting for the right stuff to show up. I'm not even offended my terrible joke didn't go over. It made me laugh and that's all it needed to do.
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It sure is. We’ll see how long the chasebays stuff lasts I guess
theyve been selling it for years. if there were some great amount of failures, shoudnt we have heard about it by now? i think they use some aluminum fittings for the brake stuff, even. cant muck about with brakes with inferior stuffs and not have a lawsuit.
Yeah, very valid point. I guess I'm just used to not having kits available for things so I'm looking at tried and true patterns that OEs abide by, and tend toward overbuilding things to avoid hassles. A friend had a high pressure PS line fail a couple years back after I warned about using garden variety AN fittings and hose on it, rather than high pressure stuff suited to the application.
After looking at the chase bays high pressure hose for my own curiosity, it looks like they are using crimped fittings (which are much more important for higher pressure) and thicker wall 90s, rather than the thinner tube stuff you commonly see for fuel line and the like. Like you said, probably okay given that they've had the product out there, just wouldn't be the material I'd choose if assembling from scratch (which is irrelevant to this conversation
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New fitting on its way from chasebays, hoping this one is the golden ticket
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Fitting showed up. It should work. Haven’t messed with this much.
wheels/tires ordered, should be here eventually
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New fitting on its way from chasebays, hoping this one is the golden ticket
Fitting was still too long so I just did what I was going to do originally and shortened the first fitting. Got everything buttoned up, so far I don’t see any leaks after bleeding/idling in the garage. I’ll need to go drive it around a bunch to confirm.
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Also 2/4 of the wheels showed up, figured out a few different spacer sizes that should work depending on how wide the rt660s actually run. My assumption is quite wide based on some pics I’ve seen
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Sold the RE71/K1s, replacements showed up today
225/45/15 Falken RT660
plan is to slap them on these:
konig hypergram 15x8.5
it’s about the only lightweight 8.5” wide wheel I could find that didn’t have bacon fender inducing offset. Ordering up some spacers later today. Hoping to have this all ready to go by the time RA autox rolls around
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Haven't really been following the 200 treadwear battle, but I'm sure it's still fierce. What made you decide to go with the Falkens?
RE71r doesn’t come in a 225/45/15
the rt660 has been shown to be pretty much on par with the RE71r, they are also cheaper than the RE71r in similar sizes
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