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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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I got some blue hoses today from Hose Techniques and it came out pretty nice. Some of them were really easy to change but others gave me problems since they haven't been touch in almost 10 years. The hardest was getting it on the hood prop but then i decided to lube it with some WD-40 and it went right on. I kinda wanna do the coolant and radiator hoses blue but thats like another $200+ and i don't even know if they will be the same shade blue. Here are some pics of it:



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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:16 PM
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Great job. Great look. What were the inside diameters of the hoses you used? And the total length you needed of each size?
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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Looks nice.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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Maybe if you painted your valve cover a similar blue it might look a little better.

Just curous, where are the seals on your FIPK?
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by retvet,Oct 28 2010, 03:16 PM
Great job. Great look. What were the inside diameters of the hoses you used? And the total length you needed of each size?
Here is the website with all the diameters and lengths of the hoses, but they gave me big lengths of the hoses and gave me a cigar like cutter to cut them.
http://www.hosetechniques.com/svh-car-kits...kit-blue-p-1909

As for the valve cover i am gonna try to paint it asap, any DIY on here for them?
And what do you mean as the seals on the fipk?
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:33 PM
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Ahh you dont need a DIY for painting something man. I would just use some paint stripper and a wire brush and strip off the red really good. Then sand it down smooth and shoot it with paint.

Also, the FIPK heatshield has weatherstrip type seals all around the edges of it. This is what actually seals the heatshield to the hood so hot air cant really get in. Your probably getting a fair amount of the hot engine bay air in there without them. Here is mine.


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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:56 PM
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That looks absolutely terrible. I'm typically not one to hate , but something has to be said. That's just rice man. To each his own, its not my car but its stuff like this that gives hondas a bad name.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by BumbleBee01,Oct 28 2010, 05:58 PM
I got some blue hoses today from Hose Techniques and it came out pretty nice. Some of them were really easy to change but others gave me problems since they haven't been touch in almost 10 years. The hardest was getting it on the hood prop but then i decided to lube it with some WD-40 and it went right on. I kinda wanna do the coolant and radiator hoses blue but thats like another $200+ and i don't even know if they will be the same shade blue. Here are some pics of it:




Hose Techniques,here too...





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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Emil St-Hilaire,Oct 28 2010, 03:58 PM

Hose Techniques,here too...





what do you own that is mugen?
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by D-Clem,Oct 28 2010, 07:09 PM
what do you own that is mugen?




Mugen Gas cap...Hoe's that grab you...
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