I saw a braided radiator hose on car domain, anyone know where i can get one of these? or find the right size or something? trying to clean up the engine bay and this seemed like a good place to start

 

It's strictly a cover that you put on your existing radiator hose.

Any advance auto / autozone / pep-boys / etc. should have a kit of sleeves to put over various hoses.

 

ohh alright, i thought it was a whole new hose, thanks.

 

You might need a set of tin-snips because you'll have to cut to make them fit properly and they aren't the easiest things to cut.

 

alright, i think my dad has some, if not, im sure i can figure somethin out haha, do i still use the colored metal ends that they have? i think at work they have packages and its like a red end on it that looks like it would screw on or something

 

Yep, you just slip that cover over and use the red connector, you'll see with the instructions

 

I've got mixed opinions on this. In theory I think they sound nice, but when I've seen them on cars at car shows, they just look gaudy as he77.

I mean, it's one thing if its braided brake lines, braided fuel lines, but that massive radiator hose just looks ridiculous to me if its all braided out. And the slip over caps just look cheap too. If you are going to use braided lines to dress it up, go the extra route and fully upgrade, not just a cosmetic change.

But that's me.

 

well i saw it an it looked real nice, and it wouldnt be permanent, so ill try it out and see how she looks, if i dont like it, the kit comes with like 3 different sizes so ill be able to use those, if done well you probably wont be able to tell unless your telling people about it

 

They look way better with silver caps on the ends, IMO

 

ill experiment with it and post pics of the different caps and stuff, i plan on getting red tubing around most the wires too, tryin to clean up a bit without spendin too much