Why is silicone stuff so expensive?
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Why is silicone stuff so expensive?
I was just pricing out some silicone stuff from www.siliconeintakes.com and despite being the cheapest place on earth to get it, it still puts me like 110 in the hole for couplers.
I can understand why silicone breast implants are expensive, but couplers?, CMON!!!.
I can understand why silicone breast implants are expensive, but couplers?, CMON!!!.
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Im basically following the miata IC piping diagram that was posted on here once before.
I also didnt place the order yet, im waiting till the black straight comes back in stock.
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The tclamps from siliconeintakes are like $2.25-2.50 so they're pretty affordable. The 90* couplers are the killer, straight couplers can be had cheap. I think my order from siliconeintakes was gonna be right at 55 after shipping and that is just for a couple transitions 4 clamps and a 90 transition.
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I have a guy doing my welding for free, and I cant bring him my car because he cant do his own work in the shop and he welds this stuff when the managers are away. So he will basically extend the bends for me and ill assemble them with couplers. Coldside I can imagine him doing without the car there, but the hotside would be really hard to get the angle correct for the pipe that exists the bay.
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Tools needed:
Oven.
Oven.
Besides, im a Jew, so ill bitch and moan today and order it tomorrow anyway.
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Wow....really glad I came to this thread. Your kidding about the prices right?! Anywhere else, for good couplers, especially 90's....your looking at over $30 and more. Now I know where I'm getting all my new ones from! You guys that got some from them already are happy with them, they don't look like the cheapo garbage ones?
True story, I paid locally here in CT almost $100 for 2 90's!! I needed them pronto and didn't want to wait. I got fucked big time, these ones for $16 each are a steal!
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True story, I paid locally here in CT almost $100 for 2 90's!! I needed them pronto and didn't want to wait. I got fucked big time, these ones for $16 each are a steal!
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I'd rather make the charge pipes steel and just use a few couplers to mount it to the turbo, IC, TB. Having 20 feet of silicone for charge pipes looks like *** IMO. But I guess it works.
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Hehe, I was gonna paint the insides of my head lights black but my dad won't let me put them in his oven either. Still contemplating microwaving them...
I'd rather make the charge pipes steel and just use a few couplers to mount it to the turbo, IC, TB. Having 20 feet of silicone for charge pipes looks like *** IMO. But I guess it works.
I'd rather make the charge pipes steel and just use a few couplers to mount it to the turbo, IC, TB. Having 20 feet of silicone for charge pipes looks like *** IMO. But I guess it works.