Front brake hoses

[Ozone]

Hi everyone! Long time listener, first time caller.

Putting an early euro 230SL  back on the road after a 40 year barn nap.
While servicing the front brakes and waiting for the parts to arrive, I looked around the shop to see if I had anything on hand.
Turns out the Porsche 944 front brake hoses are nearly identical in every aspect, except longer by ~15mm.
This may be useless info, or maybe it will help someone in a pinch.
Side note, the 944 lines have a protective coil around the lines, I robbed those and put them on my new ones.

 

[Jack the Knife]

That's a really cool innovation!

[Kevkeller]

Are they cheaper?

[ja17]

Looks  like they may not fit into the bracket in the fender well, on the female end?

[WRe]

Hi,
According to the ATE classic catalogue, the original front brake hoses on all W113s are 420mm long, as can be seen from the spare part number: 83.7704-0421.3 330827 (~17€).
Those of the Porsche 944 (except Turbo) are 410mm (early model) 83.6101-0412.3 330212 (~25€) and
415mm (latest model) 24.5165-0415.3 331320 (~55€).
The prices for the Porsche parts are 50% and 200% higher here. The MB brake hoses were used in many MB models those for Porsche only in a few.
...WRe