Silicome Intake hoses on ebay - any good? Opinions please - Ta
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Silicome Intake hoses on ebay - any good? Opinions please - Ta
Now as we well know much of the cheapo stuff on ebay isnt up to much. However it cant all be bad.
Money getting a touch tight on my big build project now!
A proper samco intake hose is 200ish
Same item on ebay 50-60pounds
Here they are
silicone intake subaru, Vehicle Parts Accessories, Air Fuel Delivery items at low prices on eBay.co.uk
Has anybody used these put these on their cars? Any issues? Worth getting one? Am I just paying for the Samco name? Or are these ebay ones just tat and stay well away.....and buy the proper thing you tight fisted git
what do you recon?
Money getting a touch tight on my big build project now!
A proper samco intake hose is 200ish
Same item on ebay 50-60pounds
Here they are
silicone intake subaru, Vehicle Parts Accessories, Air Fuel Delivery items at low prices on eBay.co.uk
Has anybody used these put these on their cars? Any issues? Worth getting one? Am I just paying for the Samco name? Or are these ebay ones just tat and stay well away.....and buy the proper thing you tight fisted git
what do you recon?
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Fitted one today that isnt a samco sizes are a bit off on the joint to airbox hose but other than that seems all good but check how many ply they are as some are straw thin which will just suck it self closed on boost.Be prepared for a ball ache to fit the sounds worth it
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Not sure about the ebay ones myself but they dont look as gd quality as samco and other brands, just remember buy cheap to buy deer!!
Have a look on vivid racing website as they have some real nice ones at good prices. Just email them if you cant find what you are looking for.
www.vividracing.com
Have a look on vivid racing website as they have some real nice ones at good prices. Just email them if you cant find what you are looking for.
www.vividracing.com
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I bought an Autobahn 88 inlet pipe from ebay. First of all it was too long so had to cut off a cm or two at the turbo inlet. And also it was quit ugly inside indicating a bad manufacturing process. I had to cut of loose silicone bits around the "connections" with a knife before I found it acceptable.
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Now as we well know much of the cheapo stuff on ebay isnt up to much. However it cant all be bad.
Money getting a touch tight on my big build project now!
A proper samco intake hose is 200ish
Same item on ebay 50-60pounds
Here they are
silicone intake subaru, Vehicle Parts Accessories, Air Fuel Delivery items at low prices on eBay.co.uk
Has anybody used these put these on their cars? Any issues? Worth getting one? Am I just paying for the Samco name? Or are these ebay ones just tat and stay well away.....and buy the proper thing you tight fisted git
what do you recon?
Money getting a touch tight on my big build project now!
A proper samco intake hose is 200ish
Same item on ebay 50-60pounds
Here they are
silicone intake subaru, Vehicle Parts Accessories, Air Fuel Delivery items at low prices on eBay.co.uk
Has anybody used these put these on their cars? Any issues? Worth getting one? Am I just paying for the Samco name? Or are these ebay ones just tat and stay well away.....and buy the proper thing you tight fisted git
what do you recon?
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Daft question, why silicone hoses, I assume it is not just for the pretty colours they come in, but I have not been able to find out what they provide over oem hoses?
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I've got an Autobahn 88 one on mine after the OE one failed around the turbo inlet (quite common). Like Turbovin I had to do some butchery to make it fit properly, too long at both ends and the alignment from the bypass valve is poor. Once in though I haven't had any problems with it, just the boost leak I caused somewhere else fitting it.
Would I buy again, probably not even though it fixed my problem. The extra for a Samco or SFS is worth it IMHO.
Would I buy again, probably not even though it fixed my problem. The extra for a Samco or SFS is worth it IMHO.
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Here is the japspeed one...way cheaper than the samco!
Subaru Impreza Impreza Air Intake Silicone Hose Pipe --- Japspeed Performance Parts
Anyone else used this on their car - any good?
Anyone compared this to the Samco?
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Subaru Impreza Impreza Air Intake Silicone Hose Pipe --- Japspeed Performance Parts
Anyone else used this on their car - any good?
Anyone compared this to the Samco?
Ta
Steve
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Please please please do not buy those cheap ones on Ebay you have posted a link to.
I bought one earlier in the year and it ended up costing me hundreds of pounds.
They absolutely do not fit (the my99 ones anyway) which I didn't find out until too late. I managed to get it on after 2 days of cutting and buying some aluminium tubing to get it to mate with the MAF piping in some way. It then split 2 days later! As I broke the original when removing it I ended up having to get the car towed to Subaru to have an a new original part fitted.
Was the biggest waste of money ever....
I bought one earlier in the year and it ended up costing me hundreds of pounds.
They absolutely do not fit (the my99 ones anyway) which I didn't find out until too late. I managed to get it on after 2 days of cutting and buying some aluminium tubing to get it to mate with the MAF piping in some way. It then split 2 days later! As I broke the original when removing it I ended up having to get the car towed to Subaru to have an a new original part fitted.
Was the biggest waste of money ever....
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Please please please do not buy those cheap ones on Ebay you have posted a link to.
I bought one earlier in the year and it ended up costing me hundreds of pounds.
They absolutely do not fit (the my99 ones anyway) which I didn't find out until too late. I managed to get it on after 2 days of cutting and buying some aluminium tubing to get it to mate with the MAF piping in some way. It then split 2 days later! As I broke the original when removing it I ended up having to get the car towed to Subaru to have an a new original part fitted.
Was the biggest waste of money ever....
I bought one earlier in the year and it ended up costing me hundreds of pounds.
They absolutely do not fit (the my99 ones anyway) which I didn't find out until too late. I managed to get it on after 2 days of cutting and buying some aluminium tubing to get it to mate with the MAF piping in some way. It then split 2 days later! As I broke the original when removing it I ended up having to get the car towed to Subaru to have an a new original part fitted.
Was the biggest waste of money ever....
That was the answer I was expecting but wasnt hoping for
So its down to the 70pound Japspeed item or the 200pound Samco item
Anyone used the Japspeed one on a 400hp + car?
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AFAIK the thing with these silicone hoses is they might all look the same but the likes of Samco (the newer ones at least) Come with a thicker ply than the cheapo ones on ebay, Think the Samco ones are something like five ply and the cheapo ones are usually three or four which is fine till you start crushing it under heavy load or big boost
That's my take on it anyway however i could be wrong
That's my take on it anyway however i could be wrong
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Here is the japspeed one...way cheaper than the samco!
Subaru Impreza Impreza Air Intake Silicone Hose Pipe --- Japspeed Performance Parts
Anyone else used this on their car - any good?
Anyone compared this to the Samco?
Ta
Steve
Subaru Impreza Impreza Air Intake Silicone Hose Pipe --- Japspeed Performance Parts
Anyone else used this on their car - any good?
Anyone compared this to the Samco?
Ta
Steve
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No need to buy cheapo ones imho, I bought a used samco inlet hose for my 99 car for £40. When I bought my current 00 car , I bought another samco inlet hose off scoobybits on eBay for £25.00. As stated above the samco hose are much stronger ply and far less likely to collapse under extreme boost pressures .
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