Best place for silicon uprated intercooler pipes and VAGCOM etc

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Best place for silicon uprated intercooler pipes and VAGCOM etc

Post by Fil3807 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:33 pm

Best place for silicon uprated intercooler pipes - need mainly bottom ones!

Vagcom is in need! Where is the best place to purchase?

Thanks Phill

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Post by steve2003rs6 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:04 pm

Genuine cable from Ross-tech would be my advice.
Cheaper cables are available but I would go for a genuine cable.
I have just bought genuine oil cooler hoses from Germany. But they are not silicone.

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Post by Fil3807 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:12 pm

Any quality decent new hoses will be good!

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Post by steve2003rs6 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:27 pm

I used RSCarparts in Germany.
Email them with your enquiry.
Good company to deal with. My initial contact was Benjamin. Site is in German but there is the option for English.

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Post by Fil3807 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:13 pm

steve2003rs6 wrote:
Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:27 pm
I used RSCarparts in Germany.
Email them with your enquiry.
Good company to deal with. My initial contact was Benjamin. Site is in German but there is the option for English.
Found the website however how do you change it to English please?

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Post by steve2003rs6 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:34 pm

IIRC when you get on the site the option for German/English is in the top right corner.
Hope you find it.

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Post by Fil3807 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:58 pm

steve2003rs6 wrote:
Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:34 pm
IIRC when you get on the site the option for German/English is in the top right corner.
Hope you find it.
Its not there for me unfortunately.....

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Post by Shoppinit » Thu Nov 03, 2022 9:16 am

Probably Steve has opened the site in Chrome and the browser is offering an on-the-fly translation. Like so:
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Post by steve2003rs6 » Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:54 am

Hi Ben. Yes mate I am using Google Chrome.
And yes that is the page I get when I go on their website.
Forgive my ignorance I thought everyone used chrome.

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Post by HPsauce » Thu Nov 03, 2022 12:55 pm

steve2003rs6 wrote:
Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:04 pm
Genuine cable from Ross-tech would be my advice.
Cheaper cables are available but I would go for a genuine cable.
Definitely agree, assuming you have a suitable Windows laptop to use it with.
Just Google or go to the RossTech web site and you'll find links to official UK dealers such as Gendan.
Gendans web site has an enquiry form so you can ask them what they think too.

For an RS6 you don't need the absolute latest everything so a standard limited 3-VIN cable will probably suffice.

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Post by Classik » Sun Nov 13, 2022 9:20 am

silicon uprated intercooler pipes
Opinions may differ, but after trying to keep those do88 silicon boost pipes in place for months, my best decision was to come back to oem. They've kept popping off and sliding on the metallic pipes...

Nevertheless I have a set for sale if you're smarter than I am!
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Post by marv8 » Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:30 pm

Classik wrote:
Sun Nov 13, 2022 9:20 am
silicon uprated intercooler pipes
Opinions may differ, but after trying to keep those do88 silicon boost pipes in place for months, my best decision was to come back to oem. They've kept popping off and sliding on the metallic pipes...

Nevertheless I have a set for sale if you're smarter than I am!
Did you get the turbo, crankcase set or vacuum hose set? I got all 3 (plus coolant hose set) but not got round to putting them on yet. Seemed a sensible replacement of the old pipes but “feel” inferior to oem intercooler pipes

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Post by Classik » Wed Nov 16, 2022 6:58 pm

I've bought the turbo and crankcase kits, and I've only kept the hoses that go to the diverter valves at the front of the engine. :mrgreen: Everything underneath the admission manifold started to show signs of deterioration so I came back to the oem setup for good.
Regarding vaccum hoses, I also think the oem is a perfect fit : silicon hoses are very fragile if not reinforced, and if they are (reinforced), they tend to be quite big and difficult to clamp properly.

Another variation of "bigger is not necessarily better" for those vaccum hoses : as the idea is just to control valves, if the internal diameter is too large it would consequently take more time to suck air, so less responsiveness in the end.
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Post by Mɐʇʇ » Thu Nov 17, 2022 4:13 am

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252828100894

I have these. They are nice quality.
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Re: Best place for silicon uprated intercooler pipes and VAGCOM etc

Post by hahnmgh63 » Sun Feb 19, 2023 6:56 pm

Venaire made a good RS6 replacment set of Intercooler hoses. Anyone know if they still do or make an ocassional batch of them?

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