I ran into an issue that I thought I had figured out, but now I am stumped. I have an 85 GT that I swapped 03 Cobra 13.5" front calipers and rotors onto (5 lug obviously), along with Maximum Motorsports Stainless front brake hoses (these fit 1979-93 Mustang with SN95 calipers, front) and brand new 1987 to 1993 Classic Tubes front brake tubes from LMR.
I tried to use my stock 85 front brake line brackets, and realized quickly that those weren't going to work, so I bought a new pair of 1987 to 2004 front brake line brackets, figuring that they would tie it all together.
Tonight, I tried to mount these brackets in the same spot that the factory 85 brackets mounted, but as you can see from the pics, it puts the brake hose too far away from the brake tube, and the bracket is right between the frame and the coilover, so the brake hose can't fully slide into the bracket without rubbing on the coilover.
Finally, the clips that MM gives with their brake hoses don't seem to hold the lines into the brackets.
I am hoping someone else who has done this conversion on a pre-87, can help me understand where the bracket should mount. As you can see in one of the pics, it almost looks like I should mount the bracket behind the wheel on the frame, and cut and re-flare the brake tubes, but I really don't want to reflare the tubes if I don't have to.
As always, any help is greatly appreciated.
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