Coolant hoses...

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Gavla
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Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:34 am

So it seems that some of my coolant hoses are taking strain... so figured it may be worth changing all of them...

Got me thinking if it is better to go with new silicone type hoses...

Thoughts / suggestions / advice welcome :D
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Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:23 am

You want to have a blue themed engine bay Gavla?
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Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:41 am

Each to their own...
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Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:53 pm

billyfrost wrote:Each to their own...
I know Gavla I am trying to talk him out of rainbow coloured hoses.........
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Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:33 pm

I'm not convinced silicone hoses offer any significant improvement over standard, and Samco hoses cost silly money but there are cheaper alternatives and they don't have to be blue ...
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Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:17 pm

They will last longer and withstand more pressure but for a road car id rather have an engine bay that looks like it belongs to a road car and not a 17 year old max power reader :D
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Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:10 am

Satan wrote:You want to have a blue themed engine bay Gavla?
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Hell no... they are available in black :D

However... perhaps some darker red ones to match my interior and roof...winkeye
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Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:48 am

They will turn pink over time Gavla ;o)))))
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Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:34 pm

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Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:34 pm

I meant the hoses not the seats or roof ;o))))
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