VE heater hose relocation

[Roonstain]

I did this with the VK hoses - dirt cheap and easy enough - the hardest bit it getting the clamps on and off the hoses at the firewall - my hands are too big.....

[SilverVH]

just did the ve heater hose relocation, and found that u can just use the existing ve hoses as they line up pretty good, just needed to cut abit of the "S" bend off for it to fit, i just cut abit and then trimmed while installing so i wouldnt cut to much, a few pics in my album: s971.photobucket.com/albums/ae195/whi739/ve%20heater%20hose%20relocation/

havnt neatened it up yet

I did a similar thing as you, in that I retained the existing VE hoses.

I didn't cut mine as I personally I hate butchering cars (even though I'm the biggest culprit of it!)

All I did was unclip them both from the firewall and turned them upside down so they mirrored the existing hose route. Then I just ran them around the ABS module and down inbetween the fuse box.

You don't really notice it particularly if its a black car. Plus you can put it back to standard without having to buy new hoses in the originality stakes

[badamf]

Great work, do you have any pics.
Did you also unclip the engine side to get the hoses along the side wall before recliping.

[azzss]

I just used vk v8 hoses as well, cheap and easy to do plus they look neat. You can use vz ones too, but are dearer and you need to use a joiner (two price hose's).
Cheers.

[SilverVH]

Great work, do you have any pics.
Did you also unclip the engine side to get the hoses along the side wall before recliping.

Luckily I didn't have to touch them on the engine side, it all just fell into place and worked. All I did was unclip the ABS wiring and plug behind the fusebox, route the hoses underneath them and the ABS bracket, through the brake line and under the master cylinder and finished up over the booster across the firewall.

All up it took about 15 minutes and is worth doing just for the simplicity of it. Unsure if it would look as good on a different coloured car as mentioned previously, although you can't see much of it up against the firewall. Either way its better than how it is from factory!

Copy and paste these links to see before and after (can't link them due to post count lol.)

Before: i40.tinypic.com/293jaxc.jpg

After: i41.tinypic.com/16apqid.jpg

I know...was pretty pointless considering the rest of the bay is a jungle lol. It's slowly getting there!

[Wonky]

Before:


After:

[SilverVH]

Cheers for that Wonky.

[badamf]

Nice one mate, thanks
Your engine bays a killer with the super.
Cars colour is evoke so hoses should disappear like yours.
Great work.

[SilverVH]

Nice one mate, thanks
Your engine bays a killer with the super.
Cars colour is evoke so hoses should disappear like yours.
Great work.

Let us know how you go with it all!

Easiest way to remove the hose clips from the firewall is with vicegrips. Also be sure to remove the clips from the hoses when re-routing them as is it a tight squeeze. When you re-attach them, the hoses will go on the opposite outlets they came off of. It won't affect heater operation or water circulation so don't worry.

It should blend in nicely with evoke, although you don't tend to notice the hoses as they're pretty much right out of the way unless you look for them.

Have fun! Cheers

[godsvt2]

good tread very helpful thanks

[badamf]

Let us know how you go with it all!

Easiest way to remove the hose clips from the firewall is with vicegrips. Also be sure to remove the clips from the hoses when re-routing them as is it a tight squeeze. When you re-attach them, the hoses will go on the opposite outlets they came off of. It won't affect heater operation or water circulation so don't worry.

It should blend in nicely with evoke, although you don't tend to notice the hoses as they're pretty much right out of the way unless you look for them.

Have fun! Cheers

Well finally got around to doing the HH relocation, but after trying the route under the master cylinder and over the booster could not get it to work properly. (got one hose around but could not get the other to reach, also was not shaw if the wiper mech would rub on hoses).
So went with going up next to the the master cylinder and finished by going behind one of the ABS pipes to the firewall, had to cut some hose off. In the end still looks great and blends in well with the evoke colour. Very happy.

[SilverVH]

Well finally got around to doing the HH relocation, but after trying the route under the master cylinder and over the booster could not get it to work properly. (got one hose around but could not get the other to reach, also was not shaw if the wiper mech would rub on hoses).
So went with going up next to the the master cylinder and finished by going behind one of the ABS pipes to the firewall, had to cut some hose off. In the end still looks great and blends in well with the evoke colour. Very happy.

Glad you managed to get it sorted in the end. My directions mustn't have been the best, sorry.

Now that you've begun with modifying the bay, I wonder how long before the modification bug really hits.

[badamf]

Next is to get the Beauty cover off so I can put on the VZ 6.0L split engine covers on.
Your directions were fine just could not get one hose to reach properly.

[my99wrx7]

What are the black plastic 'things' in the middle of the factory hoses? Do you need to put them back in after you have changed the hoses? Or don't they serve any purpose?

Cheers

[Raptor6L]

What are the black plastic 'things' in the middle of the factory hoses? Do you need to put them back in after you have changed the hoses? Or don't they serve any purpose?

Cheers

They're just adapters for changing the ID size of the hose AFIK. Over the shoulder they go.

Cheers
Chris