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Topic #65951 9 posts Started by valerit1
valerit1
#1
Aftermarket (Autozone, Pep Boys, etc) hoses are twice cheaper than OEM (Toyota dealer) . Are they so much worse?
I am not talking about obvious worse fit, but mostly about quality (longevity) of the rubber.
Anyone with significant use of aftermarket hoses (both mileage wise and time wise) can please express their opinion?
Thanks!
Spider77
#2
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QUOTE (valerit1 @ Mar 5, 2009 - 5:49 PM) *
>Aftermarket (Autozone, Pep Boys, etc) hoses are twice cheaper than OEM (Toyota dealer) . Are they so much worse?
I am not talking about obvious worse fit, but mostly about quality (longevity) of the rubber.
Anyone with significant use of aftermarket hoses (both mileage wise and time wise) can please express their opinion?
Thanks!

I just put on some gates hoses, they are a little long (which is better than short), and seem pretty durable.
stephen_lee
#3
I think OEM are the best in most situations. i mean look at your stock hoses.. they've lasted... 14 years? mine are still the stock hoses and look perfect to me. I have a 94 so almost 15 years old. thats a lot for rubber in these extremes. I'd stick w/ OEM parts no matter what. Its always worth the price to replace once and not have to worry about it again.
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valerit1
#4
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QUOTE (stephen_lee @ Mar 5, 2009 - 11:44 PM) *
>I think OEM are the best in most situations. i mean look at your stock hoses.. they've lasted... 14 years? mine are still the stock hoses and look perfect to me. I have a 94 so almost 15 years old. thats a lot for rubber in these extremes. I'd stick w/ OEM parts no matter what. Its always worth the price to replace once and not have to worry about it again.



You wouldn't advise to get an OEM radiator, would you?
stephen_lee
#5
i said most cases tongue.gif
I'd go koyo for a rad though.
NGK or Denso Plugs/wires
QUOTE"And, as always, your friendship, help, and dedication to the advancement of Texas Celica dominance is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks bro." -DEATH1994 GT:V6 swap, 5speed E53 W/ LSD, All Power, now RED1995 ST:SOLD @273k miles, Auto, all power, CarPC, White1994 ST:Totaled, 5spd, all power, RedRIP 07/09/09 @ 241,8101994 Lexus LS400:This is my new DD
Dragondog
#7
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QUOTE (stephen_lee @ Mar 6, 2009 - 5:50 AM) *
>i said most cases tongue.gif
I'd go koyo for a rad though.
NGK or Denso Plugs/wires

wheres a good site to get thoes radiators
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Spider77
#8
Depends on what kinda rad you want. If you wanted an OEM type one, you can get those from most auto stores (picked up an SPI from autozone), or you can get them off ebay, thats where I got my koyo.
Dragondog
#9
koyo off ebay thx cool
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