I got one at pep boys the other day and it didnt fit. I am returning it. What size is our radiator hose?

What is wrong with the stock OEM rubber?

It costs like $7 at any auto parts store.

Originally posted by Jeff_99gs
What is wrong with the stock OEM rubber? It costs like $7 at any auto parts store.

Its kind of a sore thumb in my riced out engine right now.

Spray paint it? }(

i totally forgot where i got mine

Originally posted by EcLIpsInEmCEe7
i totally forgot where i got mine

Is that a snake trying to eat your BOV? :scratch

I think Greddy is the one who makes those. There are on RRE website and they cost $135.

somebody makes solid chrome ones , they look good, never had them so i cant really tell u how good they are.

Fuck it, I spray painted my stock one with high temperature spray paint.

it looked better black

Originally posted by BMPDirk
it looked better black

Yeah but everyone knows cold air is attracted to silver. I have like a CAI now no0b. +5 hp wo0ters.......this is why i don't post in the tech sections a lot.

Originally posted by burntheblobs

Originally posted by BMPDirk it looked better black

Yeah but everyone knows cold air is attracted to silver. I have like a CAI now no0b. +5 hp wo0ters.......this is why i don't post in the tech sections a lot.

but i thought you read VFAQ all the time, then when you're done, you re-read it? You should be answering all the questions in the tech section.

Originally posted by BMPDirk

Originally posted by burntheblobs

Originally posted by BMPDirk it looked better black

Yeah but everyone knows cold air is attracted to silver. I have like a CAI now no0b. +5 hp wo0ters.......this is why i don't post in the tech sections a lot.

but i thought you read VFAQ all the time, then when you're done, you re-read it? You should be answering all the questions in the tech section.

I do read vfaq all the time. I'm still a permanoob.

i dont think it looks too bad. Im just wondering how long it will last before it starts to chip off. That hose swells and contracts as pressure builds in it. That would make the paint crack and chip. It that starts to happen its gonna look like shit... just my $.02. I still think it looks pretty good though. Let us know how it comes out in the long run.

Originally posted by Pitchblack98
i dont think it looks too bad. Im just wondering how long it will last before it starts to chip off. That hose swells and contracts as pressure builds in it. That would make the paint crack and chip. It that starts to happen its gonna look like shit... just my $.02. I still think it looks pretty good though. Let us know how it comes out in the long run.

I was thinking that too...Its more of an experiment. I spray painted my heat shield and it seems to have lasted (Those spots on the shield are rust that i didnt bother to sand out hehehe). But rubber in itself was a risk to paint. Ill tell everyone how it turns out...

I don't know about a non-turbo, but a spraypainted turbo exhaust mani shield will discolor the paint after about a month. The paint pretty much just turns into ash.

I used 1600*F gloss black ceramic paint, baked in the oven at 600*F for 1 hour.



The grey is 1200*F "engine" paint and is pretty resistant to chipping and oil, but can't go on anything exhaust related.