I just put chrome Lonestar +2" A-arms on both of my Raptors.

I had to put longer brake lines on to accomodate the A-arms so I went with Steel Braid.

I was wondering how you guys secure your brake lines to your upper A-arm so they do not get tangled up with things or rub against the A-arm surface?

Any ideas or do you just leave them unsecured?

 

Rob,
I bought a brake line holder from ATV four play, its a billet clamp. I uesd zip ties before. Either way, make a wrap of e-tape around your a-arm and brake line, where the zip tie or the alum. clamp is going to make contact with the A Arms and brake line. Espicially with those pretty chromers! That sounds like a nice set up.

 

Sandneck:

That is exactly the problem! I used plastic zip ties and they scratched the sh*t out of the chrome.

The way I set it up, the steel brake lines never touched the A-arms, just the plastic zip ties did. And man am I suprised how the chrome scratched. The scratches are fine, but they are obviously there.

I had no idea plastic would scratch the chrome surface so easily!

The FourPlay clamps you spoke of are $35 a pair. Kinda expensive since I have two Raptors to outfit.

Did you use one clamp or two on each A-arm?

Any other ideas out there?

Rob

 

i have two on each a arm but u can get away with one.
Rudy

 

I just used the stockie clamps on my Alba Pro-comp A-arms with braided lines. It fits snug and still allows the lines to move with suspension. They haven't popped off yet!!!

 

Just buy a predator it has them on it already.....Just joking with you guys. I thought it was a good oppertunity.

 

Psyco:

What do you mean you used your "stockies?"

Did you use the black plastic sleeve that slipped over your stock A-arms?

If so, isn't the diameter of your Alba A-arms a lot thicker than your stock A-arms?

Also, what did you do about the small bolt that attaches to the stock A-arms to keep the sleeve from rotating around the A-arm?

Rob

 

Yeah....I'm talking about the stock line holders from the a-arms. They fit great onto the Alba arms. The stock holders just clip onto the arm and haven't rotated ever since I put them on. Probably because the steel lines are more rigid and won't move around as easily as the rubber stock lines. Other A-arms might be thicker, so I can't say if it would work on those or not.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

 

Rob,
You need to put a wrap of e(lectrical) tape around the brake line and the a arm, where your zip or clamp is going to be . I have only one bracket per side, but it still has tape under it!