Radiator Hoses
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Melting Slicks
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From: Midland Georgia
St. Jude Donor '06
Radiator Hoses
These need to be changed... Appear to be the original hoses...
Gates from Napa?
Goodyear?
Samco? http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
Suggestions?
Gates from Napa?
Goodyear?
Samco? http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
Suggestions?
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '06
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From: Slidell Louisiana
About a year ago I bought all my hoses for my Vette from a local Chevy dealer (when I was stationed in Colorado Springs) The prices were not bad and everything fit perfectly. This year I bought all new hoses for my Impala (just prepping the home front prior to hitting the sand box) from NAPA, the prices didn't seem any cheaper than GM and some of the hose were a little different. (I guess its like kissing a hot looking cousin everything works but doesn't seem right.) If I had to do it over I'd hit chevy up for the Impala hoses but at the time NAPA was open and Chevy was closed for the weekend. JMO.
Mike
Mike
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$168.00??? Are they going to last 5 to 10 times longer than anything else? In my opinion, that is nuts. Buy a decent hose made by a known manufacturer, Goodyear, Gates, etc, for a sane price, from a local retailer, Checker, Auto Zone, NAPA, etc and don't worry about them again for another 10 years or 100,000 miles.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Midland Georgia
St. Jude Donor '06
$168.00??? Are they going to last 5 to 10 times longer than anything else? In my opinion, that is nuts. Buy a decent hose made by a known manufacturer, Goodyear, Gates, etc, for a sane price, from a local retailer, Checker, Auto Zone, NAPA, etc and don't worry about them again for another 10 years or 100,000 miles.
RACE ON!!!
RACE ON!!!
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St. Jude Donor '05
After having bought Samcos (had no choice, no GM hoses for mine) Id go with a good stock style one for an L98/LT1 car. Only 1 of my 17 year old hoses looked aged, the rest were fine. THe Samcos look cool and all but they are thinner than the rubber ones.
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '06
