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Phil,

I just recieved the brake lines... nice work mate.

Very happy!

I have only let a few people in the office touch them so far, i know that they all want to, though.... :thumbsup:

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got my lines this arvo.

Fitted already, just gotta wait for my callipers to come back from rebuilding :thumbsup:

Thanks for the awesome Group Buy

*Thumbs up*

got mine the other day just opened them today to fit them and noticed they don't have ADR tags but do have FVMSS tags which is the european ones is that normal? are they still legal for our roads?

PM sent. Yes they are legal, those are the ADR sleeves that we discussed in the first group buy thread.

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hey PM-R33, mine have the black tags on them as well, i assume this is that ADR sleeve you speak of? Is it possible to chuck up a picture of what the ADR sleeve looks like so we an easily confirm?

It's just the black sleeve that has the wording FMVSS-106 on it at the end of each brake line, that's it (you all have them as I checked each kit to make sure). Part of ADR is to have that sleeve on there but it isn't just that sleeve that makes it legal, it's the way the entire lines are constructed.

I went over it a bit in the old group buy thread but at the end of the day I am only limited to my own research I have done on the subject, if any one wishes more technical information about them just call Hel Australia or Hel UK.

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Is it best to go to a brake specialist to install the braided brake-lines.

Who in Brisbane?

Have never done this and don't want to screw this up else it might be the last thing I ever do !

How may hours to do front and back replacement on a 1996 non turbo skyline?

Whats a reasonable cost?

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