Plan ahead an get your old oem hoses ready to install in emergencies.

Think ahead.... Tools to install on the trail, water etc...

 

Thx for the input guys.

If I really bend the hose to inspect it, it looks like a superficial crack on the thin shiny silicone part of the hose. Underneath the shiny layer is a thicker matt colored tube with sort of criss cross reinforcement mesh running thru it.

It doesn't look like a blow out is about to happen but who am I to guess that!

When they arrived 5 months ago I was kinda surprised at just how bright the red was on the hoses!! Now they are getting pinker & pinker with time or (gayer & gayer) as my mates would say. So I think i'm gonna put back on the 2 original black hoses that are the big very visible ones & leave the 2 smaller red ones (without cracks) in place! The 2 smaller hoses look kinds cool on the side & top on the engine in red.

 

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