On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, RONALD OLDS wrote:
> It is time to replace my radiator hoses on my TR6. I remember having seen
> earlier comments regarding the quality of the green hoses not being very good
> and having the green fade away over time. Does anyone know if these issues
> have been resolved. Which supplier has the best hoses? If there is not a good
> supplier of the green hoses I'll just replace them with black.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ron Olds
Hi,
I installed one of the first sets of the new green hoses from TRF. I got
them back in '94. I ran the hoses on the car for 6 years and they worked
fine, no problems. The color was excellent for at least the first five
years, and I put about 30k miles on the car, maybe a bit more.
When I replaced them (last winter), the hoses looked as though they were 8
years old. The ends started cracking and the hoses were "swelled" a little
bit. To be honest, 8 years is approaching the upper limit of any hose
life, so I was not dissapointed with these hoses at all.
The more operative question to you is - what do you want to do with your
car? If your goal is real concours, then your question is moot - get the
green hoses. If your goal is to use your car as a driver and enter the
occasional car show, then the green hoses are pretty much overkill.
There is only one supplier of new green hoses - TRF. There may still be
NOS green hoses out there, but you'll have to seek out the specialists who
still have stashes of NOS stuff. It will cost you $$$ to do this, but if
concours is what you want, you can't beat NOS. The TRF green hoses are
good if you can't find real NOS.
regards,
rml
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