Brake line routing

Brake line routing is one of the first jobs you can complete but should not be rushed. The fact that the brake lines will not be seen by anyone doesn't mean that they shouldn't be neat and tidy. Before I started to bend the brake lines I had a look at some other peoples attempts and lets just say I wasn't impressed. Obviously if your bending brake lines with your fingers they wont be perfectly straight but they should be neat and hug the chassis comfortably.

Things you may need for this job:

Brake pipes
Your thumbs (preferably strong ones)

(Optional/ may be required)
A pipe cutting tool
A pipe bender
Pipe flanger
DO NOT USE PLIERS!

To start we needed to know which pipes go where. We asked at the GBS factory and we found out Naturally we thought the two front outlets on the master cylinder went to near side and offside at the front and the one on the bottom to the rear. This was not the case and after consulting GBS we found out that the outlets connect as follows;

Front outlet of the master cylinder goes to the rear.
The middle outlet of the master cylinder goes to the offside
The back underside outlet goes to the nearside.

The front outlet runs from the master cylinder and under the steering column bracket. When it gets to the central tunnel we threaded it over the cross member and down the tunnel towards the rear of the car. We threaded the pipe under the hand brake bracket and towards the splitting union at the back. 

The offside brake pipe runs from the middle outlet of the master cylinder. We ran it parallel to the first up to where it crosses over the member. It then runs down the side footwell panel and across the front drivers panel making sure it doesn't run In front of the steering column hole. Lastly it runs down the side of the chassis and bends downwards where it meets the wishbone bracket

Finally the last nearside brake pipe runs from the bottom outlet of the master cylinder. Again we ran it parallel to the other two brake pipes up to where it bends over he cross member. We then threaded it straight, continuing across one of the middle members to the passenger side footwell panel. Once here it routes the same way as the offside pipe but in an inverted fashion. Across the passenger footwell panel and along the side of the chassis and bends down at the wishbone bracket.

All 3 brake pipes running over the central cross member

Offside brake line routing running from the middle outlet
of the master cylinder.

Nearside break pipe running from the bottom outlet of the
master cylinder (yet to be P clipped)