Tacoma to Tundra Hard Brake Line Upgrade Kits (96-04 1st gen)

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If you're working on a Tundra brake upgrade for your Tacoma, one of the things you'll need to decide is whether you want to run a soft line all the way to the caliper (as is done with stock Tacoma calipers) or if you want to swap the lines to match the Tundra - where a hard line makes the final connection to the caliper.

I wrestled with this too, and it's worth reading why it's important to do this right - that is, to convert the caliper line to a hard line - which is written up in Making It Right: Tacoma-to-Tundra Brake Upgrade.

Until now, the only option to convert to soft+hard lines was the LCE kit at $180 or so shipped. That's a ton of money for some brake lines, so I'm now offering an equivalent kit for a total of approximately $120.

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This hard line kit now contains all the necessary parts including the soft lines, but does not include or require a rear brake line - saving you even more money.

The kit includes: (Order Here)

• Two hard lines, bent to fit between a 13WL caliper and the (included) spindle bracket. One right and one left.
• Two spindle brackets, meant to secure the connection between the hard and soft lines
• Two brake line clips, to secure the soft line at the spindle bracket.
• Two stainless steel soft brake lines (made by the same folks that make Wheelers stainless brake lines) that connect the hard lines on the frame to the hard lines in the kit.

 

Finally purchased this.

FYI - the StopTech front stainless brake line part number is

$37 950.44007 Brake Line Kit

950.44007. Some sellers don't display this or obscure it.

EDIT: The StopTech brake lines are too short. DO NOT ORDER THEM. Get the full kit from @turbodb

 

I got a great lead on high quality, reasonably priced (read: cheaper than other vendors) stainless steel lines, so kits now include the flexible lines and you can deal with one person instead of getting half the kit from me, and half from someone else!

 

A 3rd gen 4Runner (96-02) doesn't use a soft line to the caliper - it already has a hard line, so you don't need this conversion kit.

This kit essentially converts a Tacoma to be like all of Toyota's other trucks (4Runner, Tundra, etc.). No idea why Toyota made the Taco different.

 

Thanks for the reply, I saw it on your linked build thread. Just bought a new to me 98 4runner and it needs brakes badly! I saw the Tundra upgrade and will be doing the same. Thanks for all the good 4runner info.

 

Yeah, this is going to give you all the parts and a walkthrough of the process: Installing Tundra Brakes on a 3rd Gen 4Runner

 

You rock.

 

just ordered the kit! thanks for making this available! I had some half assed lines before

 

Thanks! Just dropped them at the post office.

 

Damn that’s fast! Thanks

 

Lookin to replace my older lines for the tundra brakes on my Tacoma and I'm liking this setup. Dropped you an order a bit ago. Looking forward to getting the goods.

 

Just placed an order for these