E-brake reccomendations

[edwardb]

Lots of ways to skin this thing. Agreed with the right donor style handle and proper length cables, it's possible to route the cables through the front and rear guides and not go under the chassis tubes. Did that on my original Mk3 build. Works fine. But these discussions get a little confusing because the installations are different depending on which is used. What works for one may not work with the other.

I'm not sure either why Factory Five went to their in-house design e-brake handle. I was originally a little skeptical. But have found with #8674 it works fine and I use it all the time. The angles and pivot location using that handle just about requires the cables go under the frame. The pulley setup is one way to avoid that. Not saying there aren't other solutions. But the OP asked about that so posted pics. A number of other builds have used that mod as well and also appear to be working OK. The cables under the frame have been talked about a lot. Many use it and say it's fine as reported here. Others don't care for it. Others have cited technical inspections where it wasn't acceptable. Although I don't know if that's very common.