Brake Lines, Were they always green coated? Options

[dereknlee]

Hi,

I have seen it stated that all the 914 brake lines were green coated. Is this correct or were there years with bright brake lines?

When I clean the grime off my 72 /4's brake lines (or push aside the bumpers where they are clamped to the body) they are bright. The lines through the tunnel look the same. The lines are not stainless. The bends and shapes look factory done. Nothing on this car leads me to believe it was taken care of so well that someone would have replaced all the brake lines - but I can't say for sure that they weren't replaced at some point.

Looking to replace some lines that are particularly crusty and had seized end fittings, wondering if I should replace like with like to keep the car original, or if switching all out for green coated would be more original.


Thanks,

Derek

[Eric_Shea]

While Porsche used a standard galvanized coated line for their 911's and 912's, VW used the Cohline "green" coated lines. While I had a gentleman swear that all of the 914-6 lines were galvanized, I've only seen green throughout.

The green coating is a more robust coating and Porsche eventually went to that line for their reproduction lines (S-Caliper and 356 compensating lines and various hard lines that you would purchase today) that they sourced from Cohline so, a lot of people think that's a "Porsche" thing but, as these things go... it's really a VW thing.

For our line kits, we offer the green coated lines but, they're the most expensive as our vendor has to import the line in smaller quantities from Germany.

Hope that helps,

P.S. Love the Willow Green. I have a friend who has one that he'll never finish. He needs to send it to me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) @kansas 914