TachiF

Im looking forward to upgrade the I/C's hoses & F-pipe hose.... Have seeing plenty of Hoses combos on Ebay, some from $299 up to $800 on various brands. Does every hose would do the same work/performance or it will vary from brand to brand??? Do Im buying brand & "logos" for more $$$ ???

Help & advice are well appreciated....

Regards

Roberto

manny_g

if you have not modded your car to increase boost i would not upgrade the hoses. the oem are fine. in the event you want to replace them i think the ones from evolution motorsports are pretty good. check them out on their website.

Kevin

If your car is newer than '02 you will have the better hoses from the factory.

The "best" aftermarket hoses made are Samco. All other brands are thin and colapse.

TachiF

My car is 2001

Mikelly

I've got the SAMCO hoses and have been VERY happy with them since 2007.

Here are two DIYs on doing the job...
http://www.renntrack.com/forums/show...boost-hose-diy
http://www.renntrack.com/forums/show...eplacement-DIY

Mike

TachiF

Thanks Mike !!! Great illustration !!!

haulinkraut

I have not used the cheap Chinese boost hoses for the 996TT, but have used them on the B5 S4 when I had one. They worked good and were better than stock. The were more difficult to collapse than stock hoses. They are not as nice as the Samco ones, but the price delta between the two was not on par with the quality IMHO. The chinese ones were 3 ply vs 4 ply for the samco.

Whatever you do, do not use cheap silicone vacuum lines. They are crap and are not reinforced. They split very easily.