silicone pipes need 19 more zoners to get them made(update)

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Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:21 pm

i have been emailing these people about make some pipes up for me and this is his email i got today



Dear Scot,
20 sets of hoses would allow the cost of the tooling to be partly paid for and not become a silly hose kit price. So if you can get 19 others please do so. I will also need to see what hoses you thing are required as not all hose types are suitable to be manufactured in silicone.
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Geoff Nurton

Scot,
My only experience with BMW hoses were for the E30 M3, and they were pretty simple, about 32mm bore and say each one of the 5 hose kit was about 300mm long. They would cost about Ԛ£50 a set for a group buy of 20 sets. However, this is a stab in the dark and I can't really give an accurate price until i see the OEM hoses that you want to copy.
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:38 pm

im intterested mate

depends whos making them tho, how much?? roughly i dont expect a set price, and as long as they are not blue :lol:

Call it 18 tho pal
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:44 pm

there made by siliconhoses.com
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:52 pm

Yeah what coulurs? And what hoses will they do? AFM to TB by any chance???? And the little vacuum pipes?
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:54 pm

So what's the point of silicone hoses then?

If you ask me, a hose is a hose, silicone ones are just for show and an expensive show too.

I stand to be corrected though.
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:55 pm

oh no they can withstand more heat and are resiliant to oil etc
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:57 pm

If this was for a complete coolant hose set I'd be very interested!
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:59 pm

E30Adam wrote:So what's the point of silicone hoses then?

If you ask me, a hose is a hose, silicone ones are just for show and an expensive show too.

I stand to be corrected though.
I agree Adam, but if they are cheap enough then I would have a set, as i don't want to go to all the effort of cleaning/painting the inlet and rockercover and engine bat only to have manky old hoses. I think I may just ge new BMW ones though, I like black.
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:13 pm

Do they do them in pink? :p
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:07 pm

how much and what hoses are included.... if all water hoses are included im in too!

they look cool!
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it will be all water pipes
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And vacuum pipes?
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Jimbob wrote:Do they do them in pink? :p
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All depending on the price im interested. :cool:
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all colours

there do all the pipes but it more money
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what price we talking for full water pipe set
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player6 wrote:all colours

there do all the pipes but it more money
transparant? that would be cool :cool:
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:32 pm

im also interested depending on price!

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Are these the same for all E30 engines?

I am interested depending on the above (I have a 2.3L M20), the price, and if it's possible to (and anyone would be bothered to) ship these to Australia for me.

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What engine(s) are these for?
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:49 am

Hi Player6.

A few things really. I think this is an awesome idea.. I have a suggestion though. if I understand right the company are tooling up to make a complete silicone hose set for under the bonnet of an e30 just for you and 19 other, but with the cost of tooling in there. would it be possible to get them to make and keep the tooling and talk to the mods about selling them in the e30zone shop. This way it should bring the cost down a considerable amount as its something that people will always be after and maybe offer two kits, one for the main hoses and one for EVERY hose.

Also, going with Kedge... what engines are the kits for as the e30's have the M10 4 pot and the M20 small block six pot... and also the modded ones with the M30 big block six pot. If you can get all three then I will be interested as I want a good reliable hose set for my brothers 320 as his are looking perished, but just want the basic kit not every single possible hose and similar with my m535 which also has the M30 big block. Also, do you have a rough idea of cost, are we talking Ԛ£10-20 for a basic set, 30-50 or 100+???

Sorry its a bit long winded... and you can put me down for a set... do they do black silicon hoses?!?! failing that blue or red i guess :D
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:49 pm

I'm definately interested depending on a couple of things:

1) They are just the coolant hoses
2) They don't cost the earth
3) What's the lead time on them? I'm hoping to get the car on the road within the next couple of weeks

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Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:56 pm

I think if you posted the price you might get a bit more interest :mad:

And if you get them made put a bleed screw in the top hose where it runs over the dissy cap :thumb:
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:09 pm

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Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:24 pm

i'm defo up 4 this
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:28 pm

he rang me to day hes away for 2 week but the will have a better idea of the cost when he has seen the pipes and how meany there are
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