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nice work mate, veryvery well done. i noticed your carbon canister lines have been 'chopped'. why don tyou have one of those? its the two lines that you have put the screws in...

Photo was taken when we chopped the paint tin size carbon canister out, I have since purchased a standard size carbon canister and put it back in.

So what was coated for the $210 ?

just plenum and piping? or the engine covers as well ?

plenum, intercooler piping, cam coveres, strut brace mounts, radiator mounts. I chose 2 different colours (the silver and dark blue) which made it more expensive (Min charge of $50 per new colour). If you want all the one colour it will prob. be a bit cheaper. Powdercoating is very cheap if you go to the right place.

I am not that happy with the colours, the cam covers turned out a lot bluer than I wanted, I was after a gun metal grey look but had to re-choose the colours I had chosen because I chose the only range that they did not have in stock.

Forgot to add that the pearl flakes etc cost a little bit extra with the powdercoating.

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Ah yeh woops sorry. I see the braided lines now. I think I might have been looking at a different pic.... possibly this one: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Pu...80&start=80

But yeah, my question still stands... regarding the tube from radiator-to-coolant bottle and the tubes which "look-like" they are attached to his power steering fluid reservoir.

The only reason i sound like a broken record asking the same stuff over and over again...is because i've been getting mixed answers from a few people (I'm a total amateur when it comes to stuff under the hood). So sorry for that.

I did notice a weird thing though... I replaced one hose which was for air/vaccum (it was previously disconnected anyway, it had worn out and broken off from where it was attached) and my Boost guage needle started flickering? previously it had just been lying still at the bottom when the car was turned on. Not sure if this is normal.

to help you out a little..

i have used a cheap rubber "dress up" hose from my radiator tro overflow bottle for a long time and also for my breather pipes.. its had no dramas. its not silicon and is very flimsy but has held up for a few years now.

proper silicon hoses can be used for coolant lines to a bleed bottle etc.. aslong as they are clamped good. they are usually 3mm thick and being silicon they are very heat resistent.

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