I picked up some nickel alloy brake line over the weekend. This stuff is great! It bends and flares very nicely and even polishes up to a nice shine! it is made in the USA and it won't rust!
I ran both lines on the rear diff tonight in a little over an hour. And that included polishing one of the pieces and doing a couple flares...
http://images59.fotki.com/v420/photo...MVC005F-vi.jpg
Polished compared to the zinc plated stuff. I like.
http://images20.fotki.com/v422/photo...MVC004F-vi.jpg
This is the drivers side going out from the junction block.
http://images57.fotki.com/v1614/phot...MVC006F-vi.jpg
The passenger side was a little more involved but I got it done without wasting any material!
http://images55.fotki.com/v508/photo...MVC012F-vi.jpg
I will be making another bracket for the clamp you see in the middle of the picture.
http://images12.fotki.com/v335/photo...MVC011F-vi.jpg
The line routes along the back of the housing until it gets to the upper four bar bracket. It then sweeps up over the tube to the front to get it away from the shock.
http://images54.fotki.com/v77/photos...MVC013F-vi.jpg
I know it's a circuitous route but this was the only way I could see to do it cleanly.
Both lines sweep back over the axle to the brackets for the soft line (use your imagination to "see" the brackets)
http://images20.fotki.com/v681/photo...MVC010F-vi.jpg
http://images14.fotki.com/v777/photo...MVC008F-vi.jpg
I still have to sweeten up the lines and make a couple of mounting brackets but the hard part is done and it didn't take long at all...
Mark