rad hoses

[bmcecosse]

I think that's the problem - folks payed extra for 'kevlar' - and they seem to be worse than useless. What's to say 'silicon' won't be the same ? My hoses are original - many years old - and look fine! What's wrong with good old ordinary rubber??

[mrbenn]

My hoses are black and look fine in the engine bay, didn't want blue. So far so good, will see how they are after the next show season.

I can find the details of the seller if anyone is interested.

[Declan_Burns]

I found this on the net http://www.classicsiliconehoses.com/our-products/
A bit pricey! It states on there that they are available in black. Has anbody used them? Any thoughts?

[aupickup]

mine are also original ones and years old and still going strong

[Declan_Burns]

The original ones seem to be quite rare. I have been trawling ebay for ages and haven't seen any.

[aupickup]

not easy to get now must admit

i did get some from autojumbles over here

[Kevin]

What's to say 'silicon' won't be the same ? My hoses are original - many years old - and look fine! What's wrong with good old ordinary rubber??

The Silicon ones are much longer lasting that the Kevlar ones I am sure Jonathon can give more accurate info.
There is nothing wrong with the original rubber type apart (its what I use as well) from the fact they haven't been available for many years.

[bmcecosse]

I'm sure we all hope the 'silicon' ones last longer -But I'm also sure folks expected the famous 'Kevlar' ones to last longer too! Only time will tell. So - what hoses are fitted to modern cars ? I'm sure not 'silicon' - so presume they are made of (gasp) rubber!

[aupickup]

hmm thats interesting roy

[ichivers]

I just bought a kevlar reinforced bottom hose, wish I'd read this beforehand !

[mike.perry]

A lot depends on fitting decent Jubillee clips and not the original bits of bent wire which bite into the hoses

[PSL184]

Didn't help mine which split fully length ways like popping open a banana skin !!