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Old 09-18-2009, 12:27 AM
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While swapping to late offset, I noticed the hard-lines under the car are somewhat rusted and definitely look to be unusable at this point. Searching the vendors, I only see replacement fuel pump/fuel filter lines and the stuff under the hood, but no replacement hard lines. Where could I go about fixing this problem? Should I buy a generic set and bend them to fit?

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Buy metal lines, cut and flare - use the old adapters.

I know you cant just buy pre-bent metal fuel lines anywhere locally, maybe at a dealership but then you'll really pay for it there.
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Originally Posted by banana944
Buy metal lines, cut and flare - use the old adapters.

I know you cant just buy pre-bent metal fuel lines anywhere locally, maybe at a dealership but then you'll really pay for it there.
Sounds easy enough... where would you recommend I purchase these from?
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We'll at my store, Advanced Auto Parts! , we sell it but lengths anywhere from 6" to 72". You would need to find a size that closest to the standard size, I have no idea what it is I never payed much attention to mine.

My best advice would be, if your serious about replacing them, try to take a line out or a piece and bring it in along with the adapter. The adapter is going to be metric and nothing will match it most likely, so coupling two lengths together will be hard. So, try to by a roll of it, we sell it as 25 Feet and make them your own length and use the old adapters, because those I assume will be hard to match.
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Just in case you would like to buy the lines new:

http://www.944online.com/cgi-bin/ASI...ldelivery-9441

As mentioned--pricey

Used from parts cars?

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Originally Posted by John_AZ
Just in case you would like to buy the lines new:

http://www.944online.com/cgi-bin/ASI...ldelivery-9441

As mentioned--pricey

Used from parts cars?

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Sheez... $177 for one? Forget it... I'll piece one together... I'll also consider used parts as long as they're in good shape, but I'd much rather go new.

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