Festiva vs. Aspire rear brake hoses

[fastivaca]

Can someone tell me the differences in length between the Aspire and Festiva rear brake hoses?

If I am reading my search results properly it's just the driver's side hose that's the issue on the brake swap but I want to make sure.

Thanks

[gauge_half_inch]

thats it. it attaches to the axle beam in a different location.

[fastivaca]

What is the actual length of the Aspire brake hose is?

[fastivaca]

Excuse my grammar in the previous post.... fingers were working faster than brain.

Anyway... can someone measure a drivers side brake hose from either a Festiva or an Aspire for me, please?

I have everything together for the back half of my brake swap except that I forgot to get the Aspire hose when I pulled the beam. I did install the stainless brake hoses from FMS quite sometime ago and the fronts were for an Aspire so I'm hoping that I was shipped the rear Aspire ones as well. If I get the measurement of either of the stock ones I will be able to tell. I'm hoping to get this done in the next couple of days.

Thanks

Ian

[TominMO]

Excuse my grammar in the previous post.... fingers were working faster than brain.

Anyway... can someone measure a drivers side brake hose from either a Festiva or an Aspire for me, please?

I have everything together for the back half of my brake swap except that I forgot to get the Aspire hose when I pulled the beam. I did install the stainless brake hoses from FMS quite sometime ago and the fronts were for an Aspire so I'm hoping that I was shipped the rear Aspire ones as well. If I get the measurement of either of the stock ones I will be able to tell. I'm hoping to get this done in the next couple of days.

Thanks

Ian

I will try to measure both Festy and Aspire left rear brake hoses tmw morning. Not quite sure what time zone Alberta is in. I will post aboot 9am, US central time.

[TominMO]

I checked Rock Auto to see if they gave lengths; they don't. Interestingly, the Aspire rear left is used only on Aspires, while the Festy rear left is used on all Festys, gen 1 (1986 - 89) 323s, and 1988 - 89 Tracers.

[fastivaca]

I will try to measure both Festy and Aspire left rear brake hoses tmw morning. Not quite sure what time zone Alberta is in. I will post aboot 9am, US central time.

Thanks Tom. Alberta is on mountain time, same as Denver.

[TominMO]

OK, the measurements for the left rear brake lines. These are from the hex head on each end, where they go into their mounts.

Aspire: 13"
Festiva: 12"

HTH.

[fastivaca]

Awsome... thanks Tom.

Ian

[Bert]

I just completed the Aspire/Festiva brake swap and although the Festiva hoses are long enough they don't properly secure (the 6-sided hose nuts are slightly larger) into the Aspire brackets. I wound up using a tapered grinding stone in a drill to open up the brackets. Easiest would be to install Aspire hoses but that probably isn't cheap.

[Safety Guy]

Brake hose size due to type of car can be an issue. Another issue may be if you are shipped the wrong part, which is what I think happened to me with my LR hose on Aqua's Aspire swap. I zip tied that connection on top of the bracket, using an old suspension bushing for cushioning.

On Aqua's front swap I also used Kia Rio struts, into which I had to zip tie my [Festiva] front hoses. I know I was shipped Festiva front hoses from Rockauto because I had to snip off the banjo bolt extension prongs since they didn't fit my Aspire calipers.

Yesterday I put on entirely new front brakes (LF was sticking and my one attempt to regrease the sliders didn't last) and I used Kia Rio front hoses with my new Aspire auto calipers, which fit everything perfectly.

I'm leery of Rockauto's "manufacturer closeouts" now. Seems that a few of them were not the right part. Yes, maybe I ordered wrong, but I don't think so.

Karl