Steve Lovelock
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 04:31 PM |
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Are blue tubes worth it?
Hi,
I am about to buy a set of hoses for my Luego / XE and can't quite get my head round the cost of them. If I go for the smart silicon type it
works out about £60 more expensive than the regular black hoses. Are there any benefits other than looks for the blue hoses?
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graememk
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 04:32 PM |
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i would go for black silicon
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twybrow
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 04:34 PM |
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No. 1 - they look pretty
No. 2 - just about every bend/reducer/bore available
N0. 3 - they look pretty!
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Kriss
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 04:39 PM |
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No. I am getting them in my R1 and it should look "MINT like"
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Guinness
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 04:44 PM |
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Leave the bonnet on, spend the £60 extra on beer / pies / petrol.
IMHO
Mike
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big_wasa
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 05:01 PM |
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Just finished mine in black 
Cost an arm and a leg and a kidney 
Are they worth the money ? I doubt it . But with what ive spent on the engine there was no point on skimping on the cooling.
and
No. 1 - they look pretty
No. 2 - just about every bend/ reducer/ bore available
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mark chandler
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 05:29 PM |
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How many cars are fitted with them as standard?
If most then worthwhile, if hardly any then a waste of money
So thats a waste of money then
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 05:30 PM |
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Ideal for the one off builder other than that
CHAVTASTIC
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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indykid
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 05:55 PM |
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there is never a place for blue silicone hoses. not even on a blue car!
with my rant out of the way, if you want to use black silicone, the hoses are much more flexible than rubber, don't perish and afaik, have a
higher burst pressure.
the advantages are there, but i'm not sure they outweigh the price
tom
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 06:09 PM |
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Standard black hose for me, cant see the point in anything else.. If it works for all the major car manufactures it's going to work for me...
Unless you like a bit of bling, it's not requried..
Dan
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indykid
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 07:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by hicost
I agree I would never never never put such things on my car, its black hoses and painted grey for me
hmmm......quite
 
Description
tom
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ReMan
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 08:01 PM |
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My build rules were NO BLUE HOZE and NO CARBON FIBRE
Definatly beer , pies and other manly things
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Mansfield
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 08:23 PM |
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Someone at work showed me red tube today, thats the one for me.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 09:22 PM |
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quote:
red tube
Now we're talking Red tube rules!! (Not for kids)
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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daviep
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 09:30 PM |
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Yep red tube gets my vote too. I'd say that probably comes under the "other manly things" category
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BenB
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 10:06 PM |
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I don't do blue tubes unless the waiting list for some random size hose in anything other than blue is stupidly long.
Personally I'd go for the black "street sleeper" look....
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Mansfield
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 11:16 PM |
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RazMan
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| posted on 8/3/08 at 05:11 AM |
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Standard black for me - I like the engine bay to look business like in black and silver. Too much colour and it just looks tacky imo.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Steve Lovelock
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:11 PM |
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Having just seen the bill for the LED rear light clusters I went for black tubes, even then it was well over £100. Ouch.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:25 PM |
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Black rubber grips the stub pipe better, downside is rubber hoses get harder with age which can cause fatigue failure of the raddiator stub pipes.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Leon B
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:35 PM |
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I think you'll find that Blue silicone hoses are the standard colour, anything else costs more.
Silicone lasts longer, looks better, easier to clean and as mentioned come in any size, shape you require.
Definately worth the extra over rubber if you ask me, especially if you consider the fact you will probably want to upgrade from rubber at some point
down the line. 
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Ian D
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:52 PM |
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Took a trip to the scrapper and got a bundle load of ordinary hoses for a £5.
Did the job. Just checked them before bringing home for cracking . Dumped the rubish at the scrapper.
Ian
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