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Originally Posted by Rich260z
You can do this even cheaper if you just weld on a 3" diameter piece of pipe with a little tab on the outside to keep the hose clamp in place, and use aluminum ducting from home depot or something.
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yep, that'll work too. i don't know if theres a real reason NOT to just use dryer hose (maybe it'll rip too easy) but I didn't mind spending $60 for the correct hose. also, welding on the pipes wouldn't be quite as easy but would certainly work. if I had a welder I'd have probably gone that route. with my little adapter plates, they don't sit flush on the brake shields since there's so many bends on them... so I'll probably lose a little air flow due to that, but not a big deal. i did the other side today and took photos which i'll post later, but the 2nd side only took me about 45 minutes.
also, here's a photo to show the routing and mounting... i found 2 places on the body of the car where there were 2 small holes right next to each other horizontally. i ran a zip tie through the holes to make a "bracket" to wrap another big zip tie around. the red lines show where i looped the smaller zip ties to make brackets. and the green lines show where the zip ties attach the hoses to keep them in place... clear of the tires.