Papajorgio

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so i bought a megan tt rad and some gates racing rad hoses for a tt supra, the rad went in perfect but the hoses are ridunkulessly small, there about the same size as the radiator pipe and are hard as hell to stretch, so for my question is there any1 else running these hoses, and if so did they fit? or did you have to mod them or heat them up or something, im about to sell these and get some silicone hoses instead because i cant get these to slip on the rad pipe or the water necks on the motor, any help or insight is greatly appreciated

turbodremz

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How do they fit on the stock radiator? I dont think Gates had an aftermarket radiator in mind. You could always try to boil the ends to soften them up a little and get them on as quickly as possible, or use some wd40 and spray the necks and the inside of the hoses just enough to get them on..

do they fit on the engine ok?

Papajorgio

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thanx for the reply,but you thought of the exact same things that we thought of doing to the hoses but i just wasnt sure if i could use wd40, but the aftermarket rad has the same size neck as the stock one did and the factory hoses fit perfect on it, ill take a pic of them side by side to show a comparison, but also the engine side water neck is the same size as the rads neck, anyway it'll be best explained in the pic

RyanV

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I had to trim the top hose a bit, and wd40 is totally cool to use as well.

Papajorgio

iTrader: (7)

did you have to trim it because it was to long, or did you trim it to get it to wrap around the rad neck better? also heres some pics



it might be kinda hard to tell from the pics but the hoses are alot smaller in diameter than the factory ones, but ill try wd40 and boiling once i get some more coolant, if it doesn't work they'll be posted in classifieds

bryan767

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personally id just use your stock hoses.. those things look soooo small

Carfreak70

iTrader: (16)

I use samco hoses. They fit perfect!

Papajorgio

iTrader: (7)

ill probably end up doing just that, well atleast for now or untill these stock hoses blow the F up,

i seen those as well as other brand silicone hoses on the bay and the cheap in me went for the gates cus they were like half the price shipped vs the others, thats what i get i guess for cheapin out, on another note i will be putting these up for sale along with a bunch of other sc and not so sc parts in the classifieds section, but thanx everyone for the replies to bad i couldnt make it happen