I like to know a little about the situation before I take a car into a shop. If you can, put a jack underneath and get the car up, have someone press the brake peddle and try to see where the leak is coming from. Put a little fluid in there if you don't see anything right away. A leak will be very apparent. No sense getting a bill from a shop hard up for cash saying "Brake System Replacement - $XXXX.xx" when it's most likely a fluid line between $XX.xx and $XXX.xx.

That's still too many X's.

 

yes it looks like its leaking from bottom of the caliper! but its still difficult without getting the wheel off!

 

Did you REALLY just tell him to do that? Really?

 

Maybe he is related to the guy on the right?

 

Oh my bad, I forgot to add: make sure amongst your e-braking you throw in some downshifts

 

oh, and don't die.

 

Lol! Sorry to hear about all the problems.

 

+1

 

It sounds like you know where the problem is. Now its just a matter of fixing it. I would guess that between some SS brake lines and maybe a caliper rebuild kit (Girodisc sells them) you could fix it yourself.

P.S. make sure your lugs are torqued to spec.

P.S.S. Brake fluid will wreck your caliper paint if you let it sit on there.

 

Could it be leaking from the hard line off the caliper i had this happen to me 2 weeks ago, on the R/F wheel. Some how the line crack causing my brake fluid to leak out. If it is the hard line off the caliper that part is on back order i just ordered the last one they had. I am also running fortune auto coilover and i am thinking that might had cause the line to crack.

 

thats wat im thinking

 

Wow. That sux. I just installed some Fortune Auto Coils on my 08' GSR and had to deal with the silly *** brake line brackets too.

Fortune Auto told me the same thing..."Zip-tie the brake lines to the coilover, but don't use the small crappy ones we supplied to you."

I tripped out after hearing that.

Even after you zip-tie the brake lines, it scratches the coilover paint when turning the wheel since the zip ties don't really secure the bracket. It just hold it there.

Apparently the kit you get with the coils is a "Universal" kit if needed to mount the bracket to the coilover rather than using zip ties.

I find that crazy. If you make a coilover for a car specifically, then make sure you supply the customer with everything to make it work properly. Not just jimmy rig it and hope it works.

Aside from that, the coilovers are great!

 

Hmm, I was interested in picking up some Fortune coilovers, but after hearing this... not too sure. Do all coilovers not come with a spot for the brake line bracket or is it just these?

 

Most coilovers have a bracket for the brakeline. This was just a moronic design almost unique to Fortune Auto. They also may have fixed it by now. Not that I, personally, would get anything from them even if they have corrected this flaw.