Originally Posted By: michaelluscher
Originally Posted By: ronbo
Use to change them in the past on my US built vehicles but since I've been buying Japanese made vehicles, haven't in the last 15 years. I feel the Japanese vehicles use higher quality parts.
Way to be naive and ignorant much?
Now days I would imagine ALL car mfgs hoses are much better. Reminds me of when I got out of college I got my first decent car, a 4 year old 1983 Toyota Celica. Drove it for 12 years and then at 175K miles, I was concerned that the hoses were looking old. So I picked up the lower and upper hose and went to change them out. I drained the system and took off the original hoses. I inspected them and compared them to the new aftermarket hoses and came to the conclusion that the OE hoses, after 175K were still better than the new hoses. They were more robust feeling, thicker in wall etc. So being the cheap guy I am, I threw them right back on and never changed them, sold the car 4 years later. There was a period of time, back in the early to mid 80's when the components of the Japanese cars was superior to the domestics. I doubt that is the case today, especially with globalization. But back then, after having MANY domestic cars, it was a real eye opener just how good a car could be. That car was the first I owned with fuel injection and that too was a revelation. Never had a fuel related problem.