All soft is perfectly fine.

I run goodridge

Goodridge Stainless vs Rubber

I think I remember calculating going all stainless soft was better then oem hard line with only a couple feet of rubber.

FMVSS106 Brake Hoses

 

I rolled a buggy with soft lines, one line got too close to the trans and melted, it had shielding but not the orange stuff. It couldnt be fixed on the trail because it was between the floor and skid, neither were easily removeable.

 

I am running all -3 stainless lines in my F-Toy. No issues, stops great bought them from speedway motors

 

All braided in my buggy. No issues.

 

All plastic in mine now with no problems. I carry a couple spare couplers and some line just in case I need to fix something. If a line brakes I have 1/4 turn ball valves that I can shut off the front or rear. I also use them for line locks.

I ran the -3 braided before, but hated dealing with the braid at fittings.

 

Put me down for what all the others say. I run all braided stainless with Wilwood master cylinders and calipers. No issues for years, works great.

Goodridge, Russell, etc all make a good product that's easy to work with and gives you a lot of options.

 

All mine are braided front to rear, side to side. They work great. I used Summit brand line and fittings. The fittings absolutely suck, don't waste your money. I had to change all my fittings out to Aeroquip, but they worked fine with the Summit hose.

 

Curious, what sucked about the fittings? That seems like the easy part.

 

all plastic in my last buggy. i would always get leaks at the calipers. plenty of slack in it. just with 50 degree steering i think the constant twisting would cause it to leak at the ferrel.

all stainlees/teflon in this buggy. no issues.

 

I've got 2 plastic kits sitting in my tool box. When I built my buggy I was going to use that stuff, then a buddy offered to do it all up for free with braided lines, so I obliged.
Every time I open the bottom drawer of my box I wonder how good those lines would have worked though, there's several success stories out there.

 

At one time one of our Flatfenders ran a single flowerpot to all the disk brakes. Just before heading down Black Bear Pass, we decided to bleed the brakes. The single Stainless/Teflon hose exploded. No bends. No movement. But WTF...In the middle? We got lucky. Now it is Stainless Steel tube with the Stainless/teflon short hoses. An Aerostar dual master was also plumbed in.

You may not see damage under the Stainless wrap. Especially if in an area where rocks can kick up and pinch it.

Dumb was not having a dual master for so many years!

 

All braided in mine with no issues other than it cost a small fortune by the time a bought all the adapters, etc. Also running rear cutting brakes

 

Run braided stainless at the front calipers from a RE kit and Teflon rear line from Speedway. Teflon line has been there for 2 years now with AN3 fittings and still looks new. Braided stuff is dirty as hell and hard to keep clean. After I redo the brake lines again I'm going all Teflon up front down the link from a small hard line at the master. TJ brake lines route all the way around the frame so I'll be cutting that off and running a single line down the upper link. I've found that the more hard lines you have, the more prone you are to kinking, leaking, and buying more line over and over again!

 

Plumbed my wagon with stainless and kevlar braided line from Crown Performance. Comparable in price to offerings from Summit and Speedway minus the kevlar. All lines we're custom and quick turn around.

 

THX guys. Just making sure I wasn't going to have issues with a spongy pedal is all.