Best clips for 4pm ID boost pipes?

[mouse]

What do you use for the small diameter vac/boost pipes to replace the factory crimp clips? Really small jubilee clips or something else?
And anywhere online that sells them?

At my local parts/accessories shop the smallest jubilee clips they have are no longer round if you tighten them down to the required diameter and otherwise all they have are weak looking spring clips that are too big as well....

[Lloyd]

If you're using nice silicon hose for your vacuum pipes, I've found these to be very good.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

They were silver not gold when they arrived. Nice cos you can remove and refit.
Tight fit to get them on but work a treat.

[andy10v]

Zip ties

[Christophski]

How about fuel line clips?

[mouse]

If you're using nice silicon hose for your vacuum pipes, I've found these to be very good.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

They were silver not gold when they arrived. Nice cos you can remove and refit.
Tight fit to get them on but work a treat.

I saw some of those in the shop but looked too big for the rubber vac hose I got and also looked more flimsy than the ones in your link. .... Will look round for some silicone hose.

[Error404]

Stainless Oetiker clamps just like the OEM ones are best IMHO

Speedflow can get them for you

[mouse]

Thanks for the suggestions. Some of the fuel line clips around look pretty good..
Do the oem style clips need a special tool?

[andy10v]

Thanks for the suggestions. Some of the fuel line clips around look pretty good..
Do the oem style clips need a special tool?

There are some clips very similar to that pictured on the n75 valve on my 3b, I presume oem?

[MarkT]

Pirtek do those fuel line clips, they prolly have to order them though.

Mark

[4WheelDrifter]

Zip ties

For vacuum lines, I second that for a quick, cheap and easy solution.

Or the Stainless Oetiker clamps that Error404 shows, if you want to splash out and really want to best.

[Lloyd]

This is what the eBay fuel line spring clips look like, work a treat

[Error404]

/\ yeah they are handy, most of the jap manufacturers use them from the factoryfor these kind of things. Avoid the cheap ones they loose their spring real quick.

[johne]

This is what I use, same as the OE ones.

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/0436386.html

John

[jameswkr]

@ mouse. OEM/Oetiker do require a special tool @ a " special" price!! For the small dia hoses, I support high quality cable ties as previous responses. After 8 years of trying mini jubilee clamps/ super glue / vv tight hoses etc etc, nothing works better or conforms so well to the tight diameter ( especially if you are using silicon hose which although works better at hight temps ( esp at the rear of the IM ) is more compressible than the fabric covered rubber OE hose....

[johne]

@ mouse. OEM/Oetiker do require a special tool @ a " special" price!! For the small dia hoses, I support high quality cable ties as previous responses. After 8 years of trying mini jubilee clamps/ super glue / vv tight hoses etc etc, nothing works better or conforms so well to the tight diameter ( especially if you are using silicon hose which although works better at hight temps ( esp at the rear of the IM ) is more compressible than the fabric covered rubber OE hose....

Yes they do require a tool to crimp them and it looks like this:

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/4444123.html

which is only £8 but you can buy nail removing pliers from any DIY store for even less and I wouldn't want to trust boost pressure to tie-wraps.

John