Turbo duct silicone couplers

[Jantrix]

Is there a recommended aftermarket company that does the blue silicone couplers for turbo duct tubes? Any help would be appreciated.

[Belugawrx]

hey Rob..

wouldn't scratching them with oversized tubing and p/e hose clamps work?

[ScottH454]

Yeah best bet is make your own. Find a hardware store that sells heatshrink tubing an get some black for the tube an blue for couplers. Use solder or soft wire to form the pipe as needed, then heat your black tubing over it, then do the same with sections of blue. For the clamps smash a section of thin soft wire flat. Wrap the flat part around the coupler leaving a part of the round wire coming off to wrap thinner wire around it like a coil. Thin wire that would be wrapped in strands of regular electrical wire. That make sense? 

[Jantrix]

22 hours ago, Belugawrx said:

hey Rob..

wouldn't scratching them with oversized tubing and p/e hose clamps work?

 

21 hours ago, ScottH454 said:

Yeah best bet is make your own. Find a hardware store that sells heatshrink tubing an get some black for the tube an blue for couplers. Use solder or soft wire to form the pipe as needed, then heat your black tubing over it, then do the same with sections of blue. For the clamps smash a section of thin soft wire flat. Wrap the flat part around the coupler leaving a part of the round wire coming off to wrap thinner wire around it like a coil. Thin wire that would be wrapped in strands of regular electrical wire. That make sense? 

Yes. I could make my own. But I have seen folks use some sort of aftermarket material that is the exact shade of blue mas the 1:1 parts. I want the realism of that.

[70mach1]

Try the 3M blue fine line tape, wrap it around the duct hiding the seam on the bottom, its the right color and thickness, I've used this method alot and it looks "right".

Edited January 18, 2018 by 70mach1
left out a word

[Casey]

Heat shrink butt connectors, like so:

You may not even need to apply any heat to shrink them if the fit is snug enough.