what is cheaper,buy oil line kit, make my own
 

I'm cheap, like almost everyone else here on HMT.com, so, should I just do a ton of research to find out everything I need for my t25/d16, or just buy a kit from stealthmode for $80. what is cheaper in the long run?

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Buying one from stealth, quality kit for a good price. It is a real pain in the ass trying to collect stuff.

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yeh
buy stealthmodes..i did ;D
it's no way i would have been lookin around tyring to put a pep boys o i l line kit together. All his stuff are earl fitting and nicely anodized.
plus you would be supporting, once again, and HMT member and business ;)

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ok, thanx, lol I love your video, halarious!!

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if you want a nice, well put together kit, get stealthmode's. if you dont mind not having an oil pressure sender right on the back of the block, do what i did. Take the sender to a parts place and get a brass barb fitting to fit there. Go buy a few feet of line (i used aeroquip socketless line, it was cheap), and if you want, get a tee and put the sender inline somewhere.

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sorry to hijack your thread, but has anyone tried making their own hard lines? i mean using brake line type stuff - you can get a tubing bender and flare kit from harbor freight for $15-20 and aluminum tubing's a little over a buck a foot from the hardware store (i havn't looked for stainless). are the fittings really expensive or does everyone just like the look of braided lines? :)

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braided lines do serve a purpose... I'll let you go for this one out on your own =)

STEALTHY you got my vote on this one!

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thanx ;D

bobski: i thought about that but the way my car is setup i would have to make a lot of bends i and didn't want to have to keep making trips the the Auotparts sotre for missing pieces. With stealth's you know you can put you car onthe jack and atleast have you oil feed and drain line hooked up for the turbo if not anything
I , personally, dont think the oil line and the part of the turbo kit you wnanna go cheap on.
Charge pipes before anything
my $.02

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i made my own. ---- was under 10 bucks. took some 1/4" copper line... 1/4" compression fittings..hooked em on the ends after cutting the line to the size i needed... the compression fittings end up bringing the ends down to exactly 1/8". works perfect.

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I did all my oil lines in brake line and rubber hose for the return. I bought all the necessary tee fittings and everything at NAPA for under $10. (2 returns and 2 feed lines ;D) SS is nice but not necessary, if your on a budget this is what I would reccomend. Make sure to use a tubing bender though to keep everything nice. Using brake lines also makes it real easy (and cheap) to install needle valves and gauges.

If you are going to get SS get Stealthmode's. I never used them but damn they look nice and high quality

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if you have $80...buy a Stealthmode kit....if you have $20 do it yourself.

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hmmm...but if you have 80, then you have 20 plus 60 left over ;)

Re:what is cheaper,buy oil line kit, make my own
 

but if ur lazy, you get to sit on ur ass, and have everything shipped to your door for 80 ;)

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that is defintely a much simpliar way to look at it :)

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i did it myself for 154 dollars the first tine with tranny cooler line. bottom line i ditched that setup and fronted 80 for stealths cause its very good shity and piece of mind for my 2500 dollar engine.

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ups is my best friend.

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LOL, thanks guys.
I actually came up with these kits trying to figure out my own oil lines. Then I decided people would probably rather pay for a kit than to go through the fitting/an/-? mess I went through.
If you are going to make your own kit, I would highly suggest the tuner toys block fitting. Theres nothing easier to start with that will take care of most of your problems. The lines and fittings really aren't a problem because they are standard thread sizes (npt) but with the back of the block, I wouldn't do it any other way than with that fitting. (I don't sell them seperate, tuner toys does. ;))

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i'm lazy, I look at it this way, I could spend a few hours researching the net for oil crap, or I could pick up a few more snow shoveling jobs, and make some extra money ($50 per hr), then buy the kit, MUCH EASIER!! I'll do that ;D it's all about being practical! ;)I'll go with steathmodes when we get another good snow.

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Stealth Sponsor me an oilline kit ;D
I'm poor....I got rubber gas hoses etc.... :(

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Yeah, but everyone I sponsor on this site never comes out with pics pumping more sales. cough/jeff/cough. When I sponsor, I expect advertising in return. (In the form of you posting your pics) LOL.

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ah man, i just got a new camera, i could take some nice pics of an oil line kit and post them everywhere, oh, wait, i don't have an oil line kit ;) ???