Brake lines are among the most commonly overlooked items when people install a lift kit. Because a lift kit increases the distance between a vehicle’s axles and the frame, the brake lines need to be ...

If your car has low brake fluid levels (see “Checking Brake Fluid”), it usually means that there’s a leak somewhere in your wheel cylinders or your brake lines, which are the lines that run underneath ...

Ever since picking up my 2011 BMW 128i back in March, I’ve had incremental performance upgrades on the brain. Planning out what’s next has been daunting at times because I’m not used to owning a car ...

Stainless steel brake lines are shiny. And a lot of us like shiny things. Still, there's got to be more to the desire to use stainless steel braided brake lines than just their aesthetic appeal. After ...

Working with brakes can be scary. They're the reason your car is able to stop, after all, so if you mess up, you could put you and the people around you in a dangerous situation. Thankfully, brakes ...

I have an old-school brake line flaring tool that I've reluctantly used what seems like 1,001 times to flare 3/16 steel brake line. It's the inexpensive one available at the parts store with the wing ...

Despite a bit of slow progress on the Tudor (solely on my part), things are still progressing. Our recent accomplishment with the '33 at Circle City Hot Rods entailed plotting, configuring, and ...

Without proper experience, bending your own brake lines can be a daunting task. There's little room for error, meaning if you're not super accurate with your bends, the line probably won't fit up ...

As the nation suffers through a cold and wet winter, tons of salt and other corrosive material is being strewn on streets and highways, spelling potential maintenance problems down the road. Some GM ...

Being the hopeless hot rodders we are it's only natural that we all like going fast. But, as much fun as we may have doing so, at one point or another we're gonna have to slow down or even stop. So, ...

A 2025 Tacoma owner drove an hour for a safety fix only to find the dealer lacked the parts to finish. It's a masterclass in how a botched service appointment can ruin the honeymoon phase of a $50,000 ...