Trying to find this kit again, didn't save it like I should have!

I know I have seen them before, they were all pre-cut and everything. Looking for one for an S4 T2 and N/A.

 

I bought a kit from hiperformancestore.com for my S4 T2. You'll need a bit of force to get the new lines off once they're on.

hosetechniques.com sells car specific kits, but didn't get a response so I went with the first one.

 

I swear I saw one for around 115 that was the whole kit available in different sizes... oh well... lol

 

$115 for about 15' of hose?

Seems ah...a bit excessive.

 

Hosetechniques has good quality hose. I first used Autozone hose which made my car chirp like a bird. After a couple weeks I looked into it and the hose in some areas had permanently collapsed. I replaced it with hose techniques. No chirping.

 

installed a few of the Hose Techniques kits on FDs and they are high quality unlike some of the cheap crap silicone hoses you will find here and there. unfortunately they don't have a kit for the second gens but i'm sure they can get something put together if you ask.

 

I had the cheap Spectre kit on my T2 and am going to do the vac lines over again with another kit. Once the engine bay warmed up they turned to jello and popped off.

 

I just went to NAPA and bought standard ole vac hose- pretty much identical to what came stock.
What's supposed to be the big advantage of much more expensive silicon hose?

 

Well quality silicone wont become old and brittle. Causing vacuum leaks and what not. I'm sure they do better in heat as well. Same reason we use silicone bushings, just better quality. There may be more.

 

generic auto parts store hose is cheap standard buna material which doesn't mix well with oil/gas but it does the job well enough in the vacuum system for most applications so long as you keep it away from oil, like the oiling jet system. most silicone does equally as poor in that situation, even the hose techniques stuff.

mazda used a PFE based hose more commonly found in evaporative/crankcase emissions systems. unfortunately it gets very brittle after a few years of heat cycles, but is far from cheap like most people would tend to think, it's more expensive than the generic hose you can buy over the counter.

the only thing that i dislike about even the good quality silicone stuff is it is easily pierced and rips at any imperfection relatively easily. i can play tug-o-war with rubber hoses with my pliers all day and not worry about it getting holes or ripping.

 

I picked up a bunch of silicon hose from these guys a couple years ago: http://www.stylinmotors.com/vacuumhose.html. The company name is lame, but the hose is extra thick, and the 3.5mm stuff will not pop off.

 

Silicone bushings huh? Mine are urethane...

 

If you ask me, silicon looks cool and all... so if you are looking for what looks good, then go for it; but, if it took 20+ years for that old vac hose to become brittle and crack, then..... ask yourself if you are going to own this car 20 years from now, you get the idea.

 

Hahahaha lol woops.

 

mazdatrix has them for about 40 bucks. they have a chart that tells you what size and how much you need for a complete hose kit.

 

Just get bulk hose. You get exactly what you need and it's cheaper. The mazdatrix list isn't complete. You also need about 1ft of 10mm for the brake booster.