If you get the shears to cut braided steel line it makes assembly so much easier. No tape, no saw, no frays, no stabbed fingers. A little bit of wheel bearing grease on the threads makes the fittings go together much easier too.
I think changing from the braided steel hose to the lightweight stuff is a very expensive weight loss program. If starting from scratch or if you just have a lot of money, then it's a no brainer. That's what I did on my other car when I ran out of leftover braided steel line and fittings to use.
My reason for swapping wasn’t weight loss, although that was an added bonus. I have a black quikfuel carb and the stainless and blue and red didn’t look good in my opinion.
