Silicon Intake Pipes - Cheap v Expensive?

mr_plow · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:34 pm

I have an ebay one, been running 18psi on a td05 18g 8cm no probs for over a year

MY00 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:38 pm

mr_plow wrote:

i have an ebay one, been running 18psi on a td05 18g 8cm no probs for over a year

In ur sig it says Samco, Samco is not a cheap dodgey hose.. Its a very good qaulity hose, exactly like mine

mr_plow · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:41 pm

Hahaha i just pretend its a samco one because it has a fake samco printed on it from the retailer

WRXSTI02 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:02 pm

Be very VERY! carefull with replacing these two hoses!
I replaced those 2 with some cheap silicone types like all those other blue hoses in the photo and my brakes stopped working when accelerating hard then hitting the brakes... the pedal just went straight down and I had to quickly pump it... scary shit guys!!
Obviously I put the original ones (which are way harder) back in and problem gone.

MY00 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:10 pm

I'm actually ording in some fuel line hose in Blue to replace the fuel sides, mine are rated to 250psi so that shouldnt occur, Ill test it out tho and let you know

my.wrx · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:08 am

WRXSTI02 wrote:

Be very VERY! carefull with replacing these two hoses!
I replaced those 2 with some cheap silicone types like all those other blue hoses in the photo and my brakes stopped working when accelerating hard then hitting the brakes... the pedal just went straight down and I had to quickly pump it... scary shit guys!!
Obviously I put the original ones (which are way harder) back in and problem gone.

Yer you can't replace those ones ... They have the restrictor pill in them ...

my.wrx · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:11 am

MY00 wrote:

Mine come from a factory in the UK. Have you noticed they have gone soft over time with the cheaper ebay ones?

No they are just like they are when I bought them .. Been on for over 20k klms now ... I must say that the eBay ones are a little harder to fit as the shape is exactly not right compared to the exp ones

WRXSTI02 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:39 am

my.wrx wrote:

Yer you can't replace those ones ... They have the restrictor pill in them ...

Not the Turbo hoses...the brake hoses

El Pedro · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:59 am

WRXSTI02 wrote:

Be very VERY! carefull with replacing these two hoses!
I replaced those 2 with some cheap silicone types like all those other blue hoses in the photo and my brakes stopped working when accelerating hard then hitting the brakes... the pedal just went straight down and I had to quickly pump it... scary shit guys!!
Obviously I put the original ones (which are way harder) back in and problem gone.

These hoses have a one way valve in them so that your brake booster gets vacuum but not boost.

WRXSTI02 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:10 pm

Lol no wonder it was doing that...

hi octane · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:29 pm

That dosent make sense, no vacuum means hard pedal, not soft pedal.

If it went to the floor its hydraulics, master cylinder.... Id be carefull mate.

WRXSTI02 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:58 pm

Honestly it may have been a hard pedal I just can't remember that well... I do remember that it didnt brake though

my.wrx · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:36 am

WRXSTI02 wrote:

Honestly it may have been a hard pedal I just can't remember that well... I do remember that it didnt brake though

Same .... And yer Ieant one way valve.... Whatever you do .. DONT replace that hose ... Some things on your car are meant to be stock and that's one of them along with one of the lights on your dash in your cluster... ( not sure which one )

WRXSTI02 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:01 am

Yeah true.. I'll leave them stock. Dont want to mess with the brakes

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