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Hey guys,

So i want to dress up the engine bay a little and im sure some of the pipes/tubes are getting a bit old and could do with a change so i was wondering where i might be able to get some colored tubing/piping in various sizes/diameters to replace the standard black ones. And how much approx would they cost?

Also on a side note, which pipes/tubes should i not touch?

Cheers

Steve

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These a lot of tubing in your engine bay stephen LOL!

I probley just clean and wipe down the tubes and spray paint them with high temp resistant paint to whatever colour you want.

BTW way "Colored" is spelt "Coloured".

HAHA!!

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These a lot of tubing in your engine bay stephen LOL!

I probley just clean and wipe down the tubes and spray paint them with high temp resistant paint to whatever colour you want.

BTW way "Colored" is spelt "Coloured".

HAHA!!

Yes there is a lot lol, the painting is an interesting idea.

and it is spelt "Colored".... in America...

leave me alone, my spelling/grammar/punctuation is usually pretty damn good if i can be bothered :ninja:

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i think he meant the hoses etc. ebay has lots of different coloured hoses in different sizes. youll need 6mm 8mm and 10mm i think, get a metre or 2 of each... and get silicon hoses if you can, i got cheaper rubber ones once and they kept sucking in when hot and split the wastegate line.. they are also a bit more resitant to leaks for the charcoal cannister fumes and radiator overflow bottle line., just dont use them for fuel or coolant lines and youll be right, anything for vacuum/boost, go for it. use cable ties (of the same colour if you like) on all of them while your at it

while your at it, make sure you route them nice and neat, they should be there to help the appearance of you engine bay with colour, but not be the main appearance.

you can get silicon radiator hoses now too, in whatever colour you want, aslong as its blue or red.

as for the rest of the engine bay, hook in with spray and wipe, carby cleaner, spray it on any bare aluminium (dont get it on your paint) and armourall or silicon spray... spray it on anything black (hoses, condute and wiring thats taped up, top of your radiator and timing cover and coil pack cover if its not painted) and it will look like brand new, just wipe it off so as not to get that over greasy, wet, dripping look.

also painting little bits like brackets (the ones that hold your radiator still, radiator and oil cap, etc) can make a big difference for not much effort.

cheers

Linton

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yeah your right i did mean the hoses, im scattered today!?

just jap sells 5mm hose on a roll, 3m i think (about $29)

and modyourcar.com sells 10mm on a roll, 3m i think (about $39)

both of which are the silicon hoses,

definately want to have them placed neater, ugly engine bays are depressing

the radiator hose kits are pretty expensive, $70+ for like 2 hoses

what about the hoses over the top of the engine, there are i think 3 that are about 20-30mm, and about 4-5mm thick, they seem to be already bent, does that mean i would have to get specifically bent pipes, or couldi just use a straight section and curve it to fit?

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to replace the hoses that go over the top of the engine, get a catch can... cusco has the best hoses i think but they are clear so unless you like to flush them alot, they get very oily and not so good looking, check pirtek etc, for lines suitable for oil.. put a bung in the manifold from the one that goes from the left hand (looking front on) rocker cover to the manifold and a bung in the intake pipe and mount the catch can either as far as you can in the upper right of the engine bay, or over near the master cylinder if you can fit it there. as the breathers on the rocker cover point back, these are the only 2 ways to mount it neatly, but you want to keep it away from the turbo so as to reduce heat.

a cheap one will do the job if your not going to plumb it back in aslong as it has a filter for venting.. or just drill a few small (and i mean small) in the top. if you want to plumb it back in to be super legal, then you will need a decent one like cusco or greddy so as to not upset the flow.. ive seen cheap ones like drift etc blow lines and create lots of blowby etc. if you get one with a drain plug (recommended) check if its baffled internally.. ie, has stuff inside it... otherwise get some steel wool balls from the supermarket and sqaush em in there to baffle it.

cheers

Linton

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NZM, i also want to do the same thing, but don't know what line is for what....

And why can't the silicon hose be used for coolant? does it eat through the hose?

Interesting idea you have about the catch can etc...which I had some before-after pics to look at, I'm very unmechanical...but just want to make the bay look nicer...yes it is depressing to see an ugly engine bay.

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