White silicone coolant hoses

1. user_58023 Established Member Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 1411

   #1 5th October 2012, 21:47

   Just been searching tinterweb for things i want to eventually buy for my motor. Thought of getting some white hoses, but they don't seem to exist. Does anyone know anyone who has them, had them or know's where to get them? I've e-mailed samco regarding them but thought i'd ask people on here anyway. Google gives me nothing! Cheers
2. Saxovch22 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 Scotland Posts: 1191 02 Saxo Vts

   #2 5th October 2012, 22:34

   im 100% sure ive seen white samco hoses!
3. Saxovch22 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 Scotland Posts: 1191 02 Saxo Vts

   #3 5th October 2012, 22:35

   yep demontweeks do the white ones!
   
   http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Produc...ersal%20Elbows
4. user_58023 Established Member Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 1411

   #4 5th October 2012, 23:05

   Yeah they do white hoses, but i was looking for a white saxo coolant hose kit. Obviously i can't makeshift one can i and they don't seem to mass produce them in white, well not that i can find.
5. Saxovch22 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 Scotland Posts: 1191 02 Saxo Vts

   #5 5th October 2012, 23:28

   You can makeshift the top rad hose with 2 separate white hoses and a joiner
   
   OR
   
   Buy a length of white samco superflex hose for the top rad hose
   
   The other coolant/rad hoses can barely be seen in the bay anyway
6. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #6 5th October 2012, 23:35

   you can get white samcos, my mate has them on his gti
7. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #7 5th October 2012, 23:42

   can just about see the top rad hose
   
8. blackie_2k5 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2008 Birtley Posts: 22253 VTR Turbo, 106 xsi track slag, Transit recovery, B

   #8 5th October 2012, 23:48

   Wouldn't recommend white tbh
   
   Hard to keep clean an will eventually go yellow lol
9. user_58023 Established Member Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 1411

   #9 5th October 2012, 23:50

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Saxovch22 You can makeshift the top rad hose with 2 separate white hoses and a joiner OR Buy a length of white samco superflex hose for the top rad hose The other coolant/rad hoses can barely be seen in the bay anyway

   Well i wouldn't want a white top rad and then black else where would just look odd :/ Might just have to stick to blue perhaps, along with some blue oil breather pipes just so it doesn't look out of place.
10. user_58023 Established Member Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 1411

    #10 5th October 2012, 23:52

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by blackie_2k5 Wouldn't recommend white tbh Hard to keep clean an will eventually go yellow lol

    yellow? hows that
11. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

    #11 5th October 2012, 23:53

    i have a red spoox top hose cost me £50+ quid i really wouldnt bother with them on a 1.1 they really are just there to spend your money on when you have nothing better to buy to make your engine bay look better unless you are going to go for an uber clean looking engine bay if you just have a standard 1.1 engine and i mean anal detail otherwise it'll be a total waste of money
12. blackie_2k5 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2008 Birtley Posts: 22253 VTR Turbo, 106 xsi track slag, Transit recovery, B

    #12 5th October 2012, 23:57

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by christoph yellow? hows that

    Heat and fluids/greases/etc
    
    Sad fact really
    
    Black is best bet, transferable to any build.. Some say boring, some say subtle
13. user_58023 Established Member Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 1411

    #13 6th October 2012, 00:07

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jeffchiz i have a red spoox top hose cost me £50+ quid i really wouldnt bother with them on a 1.1 they really are just there to spend your money on when you have nothing better to buy to make your engine bay look better unless you are going to go for an uber clean looking engine bay if you just have a standard 1.1 engine and i mean anal detail otherwise it'll be a total waste of money

    Like i said, i'm looking to get them in furture not right now. . But i'm putting a 1.4 which is cleaned up and i've spruced up all the bay etc. So some dirty old pipes will just look naff. I'll clean them up for now, but looking for a more permanent thing later on. Plus i am quite anal when it comes to clean.
    
    
    Blackie: Fair point. Didn't really think of that. But surely though if there cleaned regularly, which they will, they'll be alright won't they? Aslong as the don't age really fast should be okay. If i can get any that is
14. blackie_2k5 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2008 Birtley Posts: 22253 VTR Turbo, 106 xsi track slag, Transit recovery, B

    #14 6th October 2012, 00:40

    The water at 80+ degrees is what does the main damage mate
    
    Takes a while but white is the worst colour for it really
15. scottie_436 Regular Poster Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 449

    #15 6th October 2012, 11:01

    My purple ones have change colour slighty since fitting them lol
    
    Samco will make the hoses in any colour within their range.. Might just have to pay abit more for a non standard tion mind.
    
    Its only the outer layer thats different anyway. Inside they are still blue
16. blackie_2k5 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2008 Birtley Posts: 22253 VTR Turbo, 106 xsi track slag, Transit recovery, B

    #16 6th October 2012, 12:29

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by scottie_436 My purple ones have change colour slighty since fitting them lol Samco will make the hoses in any colour within their range.. Might just have to pay abit more for a non standard tion mind. Its only the outer layer thats different anyway. Inside they are still blue

    I've noticed that with Samco stuff the inner ply is often blue and the outer ply is the colour you choose
17. user_58023 Established Member Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 1411

    #17 6th October 2012, 14:46

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by blackie_2k5 The water at 80+ degrees is what does the main damage mate Takes a while but white is the worst colour for it really

    Well i might just stick too blue anyway. Done some photshop and perhaps white whites will be a bit over kill, with the fuse boxes, ecu cover, battery cover and rocker cover being white too. Blue might split it up