Steel Braided Hoses

[Mr. Land Yacht]

for the Radiator...should I get them?
is there any real benfit with them?
I imagine they are a little better since they wouldn't expend like rubber hoses.

I'm still not sure if I really want them...but I'll let you guys decide for me.

[mrltd]

Too bad we can't still get the HD Goodyear Silicone hoses....

[DuceAnAHalf]

unless you are going to have AN fittings brazed onto your water neck and radiator, you can use true braided hose, you can still use the braided sleeve over your rubber/silicone hose though.

I got my silicone upper out of the junkyard, the lower had been cut so they could drain the coolant. I even got an almost complete set of silicone hoses for the 97 from the junkyard also

[mrltd]

Wonder how many people would be needed to get some silicone hoses made (or reproduced by goodyear) Samco also makes custom silicon hoses. The mazda board I was on got them made.... hmmm...

[Mr. Land Yacht]

IC
I'll prolyl just get normal rubber ones then.

[DuceAnAHalf]

Wonder how many people would be needed to get some silicone hoses made (or reproduced by goodyear) Samco also makes custom silicon hoses. The mazda board I was on got them made.... hmmm...

I need a lower, and i could use a new upper, since mine is all nasty from being 20 years old

[gadget73]

The stainless has a neat look, but from what I've been told its a bit of a pain in the ass to keep clean. It looks good on a minimalistic engine compartment, but on a car with all the accessories and stuff, its a bit overkill. I halfway thought about it, but to pull it off, I'd need to braid a sh*tload of lines, all the AC hoses, bypass hoses, heater core lines, etc, and then it would end up looking tacky because theres too much braid in the engine bay and funky because they'd probably always be dirty since I drive the car all the time. So yeah, I have plain black rubber hoses

[Grand Marquis GT]

Those stainless sleeve kits are a total pain in the ass.

[LtMercDaddy]

what bout those G flex hoses that Mr.gasket puts out... they look pretty neat. didnt catch a price tho