Ordered IPD stainless steel brakelines for my 1998 C70. Just had a chance to start installing them, but I stopped cold on the first one.

The Tip of the original OEM rubber brakeline is CONVEX and fits snuggly into the concave tip of the Caliper.

The tip of the IPS stainless line is CONCAVE. I'm not sure that this brake line is going to seal correctly.




Someone *please* tell me that this isn't a problem. My car is sitting with its wheels and calipers off. I need to put it back together ASAP.

If these will not work, this means IPD has screwed up and sent me incorrect/defective parts and tools at least three times in the last four months.

Does you car have 11" rotors or 12", they came with different calipers. You really need to leave a message with IPD. Send them an email marked 'urgent' and then follow up with a call tomorrow, remember - they are on PST, not CST.

I found that stainless didn't do much for me, except to look nice. Inside the rubber lines is stainless anyway.

Klaus
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My advice is free, so you got what you paid for...

Folks over at TurboBricks say that these do seal up fine, despite the difference at the nipple.

I haven't measured the calipers, but I have been meaning to. There's only one kit listed for all the 870 chassis cars regardless of rotor size.

In addition to swapping out the brake lines, I'm also replacing the control arms that IPD sold me a couple months back (which turned out to be URO junk) so I can ship them back and get my refund.

My frustration is really this: IPD has the reputation for quality stuff, but I keep getting junk from them. Holding tools that bend, gaskets that don't fit, parts in the wrong bags, parts that break two weeks into their lifecycle, and tools and parts arriving without instructions - which I have to find at their site and print at my own expense.

Their customer service and return folks have not made me feel like they are taking these issues seriously. To be fair, they have said they will take the return and give me a refund, but then I get to ship it back at my expense.

If these guys have turned a corner for the worse, then we're all wasting our time and money buying from them. If these are just a series of unfortunate coincidences then it's another matter.

I trust the turbobricks guys, a lot of them went to stainless. Remember, Volvo has always had Euro brakes and maybe that is the 'problem' here.

FCP and Tasca(OEM) have different line sizes depending on 11" or 12" rotors.

Most of IPD's heavy duty parts are better than OEM, having a part in a sealed bag is probably not their fault, and tools that bend...

My thing is to always buy OEM if my life depends on that part, or if I want that part to fit seamlessly.

Klaus
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My advice is free, so you got what you paid for...

Lessons have been learned.

Avoid URO. Anything listed as "Aftermarket" at IPD could end up being URO.

With these control arms, I'm really irked here because IPD is only selling a low-quality part and not disclosing that it's URO. I saw that it was aftermarket, but not seeing another option, I trusted that they didn't sell junk...
...and learned another lesson - they do sell junk, if you happen to own a less-common car.

Maybe I am wrong in my thinking, but we as Volvo owners have a pact of sorts with IPD. We pay a premium and expect quality.

I'll say right now, I can get almost all of the performance parts that IPD sells for 10%-20% cheaper from places like Viva Performance.

I paid an extra $30.00 for these stainless lines because I was paying for the quality that IPD parts represent.

The vast majority of the folks I sit in traffic with don't care that I have IPD license plate frames or understand what that symbolizes about how I care about my car, or the safety and performance equipment that I have added to my car.
They do care if I rear-end them because some trusted IPD brake part turned out to fit and seal poorly.