Talking about brittle: Custom made glass blown hoses:
http://www.sporttruck.com/techarticl...ss/index2.html
http://sporttruck.com/techarticles/0408st_glass39_z.jpg

Thanks. Looking back I probably would have done a few things different, but what's done is done.

I got the blue ones to match my Greddy couplers..

somebody needs to lay off the magic mushrooms ... :rollingla

Does this improve any type of performance at all, or mainly for looks?
aside from the durability factor?

no
yes

beers :beer:

Really more about durability factor. In the previous generation RX's the hoses were known to crack because of the heat associated with the turbo engine (inside the engine bay). Now that I have a turboed car, the last thing I need is for a coolant hose to crack & ruin my motor.

anyone got pics of these installed?

The primary reasons that upgrade hoses are made is so that the do not collapse from the pump's vacuum pull. For example, in my 1992 300ZX people would replace the lower radiator hose with a re-enforced hose because it was a very long, straight length of rubber in one section ~ 2' ...what could happen is that if the rubber, when very warm could become easier to manipulate (soft)....once it was easier to manipulate the waterpump would pull the hot water through the low radiator hose (as it should) and after a while the radiator hose would start pulling in on itself...eventually it was possible for the hose to collapse.......... that is how the story goes, I am told.

do you have to take off your front bumper to install them????? also do you think this could make mazda void your warranty seeing different radiator hose.

http://www.hopupracing.com/agposirahoma.html

I think $145.00 is a little much for radiator hoses....but if you have a turbo, then these are probably worth it.

Any body had to replace the heater hoses yet? Those seem to be troublesome on some cars, including my '94 Mazda 929.

Vivid has them 10 cheaper.

Anybody try these? Autobahn 88 any good decent?

I'm rebuilding an Renny for track duty I bought a set of them in blue I'll post the build and the images of the hoses and how they hold up after a few months of duty/service.

They seem pretty legit no different than anyone elses silicone hoses honestly I wouldn't doubt if all these were made by the same company like many aftermarket parts.

Bought the same kit off Amazon, but haven't gotten around to installing them yet. Count me in if you're sending pictures of what it looks like.

just got these in today, quality is very good! very happy with the buy! think this will be a winter project for me take apart everything and clean up the engine bay area.

Do these hose work on any radiator? Stupid question most likely will. I recently bought

Koyorad 36mm Aluminum Racing Radiator 04-05 RX8

As long as the hoses are the same shape as stock, they should work fine with that radiator (since it is designed to be a direct "drop-in" replacement for the OE radiator).

So I read somewhere that this kit doesn’t include the three heater core hoses???

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...88456cbd00.gif

I'd have to go back and look now, but I'm pretty sure it did. It even came with a replacement hose for the loop through the throttle body which surprised me. I remember replacing at least two of the heater core hoses, but I can't remember if 61-211 was included. I'll verify after work today.

Based on all the pictures I’ve seen it appears not. They give you one for the coolant radiator cap overflow though, lol

Yep your detective work was spot on. Double checked earlier and those heater hoses aren’t part of the package.

Well you could possibly use universal straight silicone hose for those rather than formed hoses. Otherwise it seems to be the closest kit to duplicate the majority of the hoses.