They were out of black? Lol

I guess OP haven't seen this thread:

https://mbworld.org/forums/w212-amg/...e-failure.html

OP of this thread said the silicon tubes pancaked once the engine gets hot and slips off.

Maybe you should buy these to match your blue BOV

nothing wrong with blue bovs! Got you Sammy

ahahaha I switched to Tial black, better luck next time.

thanks homie, Adnan is like your future ex wife, they just need something to biitch about

how much was it ?

Can you provide detail - what , where , how much. I hate those cloth POSs and autozone kit just looks terrible.

I did the same when I installed my intake, haven’t had any issues so far.

Really appreciate the pictures but is there a reason nobody wants to share where and how?

I just bought some decent 76mm hose on eBay and cut it to size it isn’t a secret or anything haha… my old intakes were splitting so I removed the cloth centre part and kept the two ends then cut the hose to the right size and length and then stretched it over the two end pieces. It isn’t under any great pressure so as long as the length is right they will stay in position, I know some people have mentioned them collapsing but I haven’t experienced that at stage 2 on my car and have been running it for a while now.

is that Inner or Outer Diameter (ID or OD) on 76mm??
I've looked into that but was worried about the bend - -I assume these are straight

yeah they are straight pieces and the end at the bottom has to be cut off at an angle and squeezed into an oval shape to fit.

I used this tube

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202755389138

Cool thank you.
I just bought a true 4 ply one (5 silicone layers 4 reinforcements) - http://www.siliconeintakes.com/silic...ose-p-400.html
going to give it whirl and see what happens. I'd think with that spec there is no way it will pancake (200PSI burst and 50 PSI working )