I installed new, extended brake lines on the Disco. I had these custom made to give me ample room for articulation and general movement. My question is this: what is everyone doing for management of their extended lines, especially the fronts. Are you concerned with snagging on brush, or branches/debris on the trail? Are you just keeping them looped and leaving them like that, or are you somehow tying them back? Maybe zip tying to the spring itself?

Interested to hear suggestions.



Here is the left rear. The spring is somewhat compressed (jack under axle) so there is more room for it to drop maye an inch or so.

I have extenders on the way for the wheel speed sensors and the truck won't be moving until those are installed.

 

Everyone goes nuts over the ABS Sensor wiring and $$$ extensions. Honestly it's just two wires. You can either cut & extend them using some 3M splice connectors and some electrical tape to extend them or use some 14.00 each off Ebay front ABS Sensors on the rear of your D2 vs paying $$$ for custom made ABS Sensor extensions.

Brake Line wise the 50MM longer (2inch lines) shouldn't get in the way that much. Now if your lines are longer than the normal 2inch ones you may want to try and route them away from the tire/rim. I would not suggest connecting them to the coil spring.

 

The extenders definitely aren't a big deal. I've already repaired one of the sensor wires already. The pre-made extenders are just convenient for a project that I can't be bothered doing myself on the cheap.

As to the new lines, they are custom-made 4" over stock. I am replacing a set of Goodridge +50 mm ones that I wasn't happy with length-wise. I included a photo of the actual drivers side rear for reference. Zip tying it to the spring was just a "for example", but I would like input on how people have kept longer lines out of the way.

 

Figured they were longer than normal extended ones. Only experience I have with that long of line = on Jeep's and we would route them in towards the axle vs out. Chances of it getting snagged is far less due to the solid axle blocking it for the most part. However on your L/R you have to watch out for the exhaust.

 

Someone on d-webs suggested giving them a twist to "coil" them a little before locking them off with the clip at the upper bracket.

 

I want to try extended my ABS lines myself. Do they have positive wire and negative wire or anything else I need to worry about?

Thank you Jon

 

Nope, polarity doesn't matter for the wheel speed sensor wires/cables/lines.

 

Depending on how big of a lift you have you can put the front abs sensors in the rear so no need to cut and splice wires. If you are replacing the whole hub just by front hubs for the rear. Only difference is the length of the wire. For the front you can unclip the abs connector in the engine bay and pull the slack through. This worked perfectly for my 3” lift with extended shocks.