its alot better than the stock stuff is
and the stock brake lines swell when you hit the brake pedal , which means your loosing stoping force at the caliper , due to the pressure loss it taks to expand the rubber lines
the braided lines do not expand like the stock rubber lines , which mean you dont get the pressure loss , which helps out with the braking
I love them. Stop real well. A hell of alot better than stock and a hell of alot better than the crappy cross and slotted I had before. The only down side is that the Hawk pads make alot of dust and it sqweeks alittle once and a while but not alot. Well worth the money. Only thing I did not get were the lines cause I am not about to go messing with some old rusty lines and then something else go wrong. LOL.