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Old 2nd September 2019, 02:12 PM
MikkiJayne MikkiJayne is offline
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The tight bends are the challenge - off the roll heater hose has a much larger minimum bend radius than moulded hoses and so doesn't usually work.

Last year I contacted a couple of silicone hose manufacturers about making a set for the D2 but they weren't interested because of the limited market. I have subsequently found other manufacturers who will do one-offs so it may be worth following up with them. The challenge of course is the tooling as that has to be crafted from metal so that the new hose can be formed around it then baked. The tooling cost will run in to four figures for a full set of hoses so it would need some sort of group buy to make it feasible. Maybe a project for 2020...
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