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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 08:53 PM
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Replacing OMP lines with SS or tubing?

I did a search couldnt find anything pertaining to this.

I recently bought the Sohn adapter. Everything works great, I was just wondering if anyone has though about replacing the lines with something that fits a little bit better. Seems as if the lines are stretched out pretty good, I actually broke two putting it in. It was rather cold when I was doing this so that could have been a factor.

Anyone tried or thought of trying something like SS or metal tubing to make the lines fit a little better?
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 09:45 PM
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someone did that before. You can always fab your own , just keep the head from the old lines, bring it to some hydralic shop and ask them to make one. shouldn't cost too much.
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 10:54 PM
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Yeah, he had issues with them and went back to the OE lines.

I have a good low mileage set of OE lines if you're interested in purchasing them
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 01:30 AM
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did he? I dunno.

Mazda choose those hard plastic lines for a reason I guess. ?
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 06:23 PM
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you can get a set of SS lines with a lifetime warranty from rotorsportsracing.com.

The lines are special order and last I inquired a set is $185 plus shipping.

The plastic lines are somewhat see thru and you can verify flow visually. You lose that (obviously) with the SS lines.
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 06:55 PM
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I thought those were the ones he had problems with, but it was a quite a while back and my memory is not always perfect
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 07:12 PM
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 07:24 PM
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you have them or you were the person I'm thinking of who had problems?

or both I suppose, seem to recall they were either canned or sent back for a refund, but again my memory is crap sometimes
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