Steel Braided hose.. it actually improve the braking (feel) to be less spongy-ness. As our normal rubber hose would expand when brake pedal is pressed. My friend changed it to steel braided hose on his persona (some local well known brand), not sure it is P** RS or AR******.
It looks nice on hand and he changed it plus branded brake fluid. Ended hell, where the hose 'leaking' one after another. Even though they provide 1-1 change on the 'defective' hose, it kena again, just within 1-2 month time and he kena xcident where the leaking made no pressure on the pump.
Habis fluid tu, he brake and no brake at all, avoided banging into a bike, but ended up into another car.
After we check thru the hose, it is a total design flaw. They said can change 1-1, fxxx them la. Go back to original and he just change to a better pad and new disc (TRW, i think).
Brake hose is key item to jaga too, where during alignment or balancing, go look at the hose to see the condition of the hose (cracks etc).
Since most of us has 100k mileage or >4-5 years car, best to have a frequent check on the hose during service too. Drive safe.
mine also sleaking after using for around 3 month...then change 1 to 1 ...then once i hard brake...the joint part snap out....i have to pull my handbrake to stop my car....