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Old 06-27-2013, 10:21 AM
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The braided hose is just terrible.

The OEM style crimped hoses work well but require some big radius bends (like the braided) and if you don't have a crimper aren't home garage guy friendly.

I very much like the EZ clip hose. Smaller dia on the hose, tighter bend radius, EZ to put together, and the permeation rate on the hose is better than the OEM style hose. The only two issues I have are

1. limited fitting selection compared to beadlock. No 135* fittings and charge ports are only available on straight and 90* fittings.

2. the bend radius on the fittings themselves are large compared to beadlock fittings.
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