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- - hose kit (https://www.mazda3club.com/3rd-gen-engine-drivetrain-57/hose-kit-12551/)

anyone know where to get a good engine hose dress up kit?

Also, anyone have pics of their show engines?

:D

www.nopionline.com has them for a good price!

How much hose should I buy and what sizes? Sorry for my ignorance.

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My Protege is a 1991, so I don't really know what would work best for you......do a search on the forum.......I am pretty sure that it's been covered before.........I could give you the measurements for the 1st gen Pro, but I am not sure if that would work for you....

Re: Re: how much?

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Originally posted by foxymazda

I asked my bf the same thing and he told me to buy 1 of every size which from NOPI was like $70 w/o the zippies. ugh, there is a post about this in the interior/exterior area and it is called engine dress up. Check it out. I think they specifiy 1/2 and 3/4 hoses as being used and they even give a pic. It is alcoholidays (spelling??) car & thread!

to expand: i only used wire loom. not the braided hose covers are really nice but really expensive.

i only had 1/4" and 1/2" loom. 20 feet of each. probably used 60% of that.

i'd suggest using 3/8", 1/2" and 3/4".

i overdid it in mine though so i'm going to remove some of it tonite. i'm still on the fence whether it looks good. trying to decide whether, if i was a mechanic and opened the hood, i would start laughing. :(

it's especially questionable in mine b/c i have no engine mods at this time. i just did it to give it some show and for something to do.