Engine dressing & alternatives to Jubilee clips.

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Posts lifted from Daggers how to thread http://www.torquecars.com/forums/f101/how-wrap-stuff-carbon-fiber-23102/#post201936 as we went a little off topic. :D


Did you not take the keyfob apart to do it then?

Id hash it up if I was to do it. Although, I don't know if it was your's that I saw or Badders but you/he had coated your/his jubalee clips in it, and as I'm going for a samco set up when I get back, was thinking of doing the same thing.

Whats it like under heat? Will the engine destroy it or is it quite tough?

OOOhh, tacky! (IMO) :)

How about just replacing standard clips with something more robust, stronger and better looking (again, IMO), like these, for example?

They are stainless and twice as wide as standard hose clamps so don't cut into the hose and clamp over a larger area making a better seal. You can also apply more clamping force compared to the standard clips sold in acccessory shops.

http://www.torquecars.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1334&stc=1&d=1326066862
 

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Re: How to: Wrap stuff in Carbon Fiber

Smart O-G. They are very smiler to the jubilee clip, but are smooth.

Whats the unit price on them OG? Ill get onto partco/autosales when I get back see if I can get a set.
 
Re: How to: Wrap stuff in Carbon Fiber

Mikalor are the market leader, I believe:

http://www.thor-racing.co.uk/Mikalor-392.asp

Prices range from £1.35 to £8.50 each. More than the standard 'jubilee' clip but do a MUCH better job.

The one in the photo came off a Sapphire I stripped last year and has no name on it, so is not a Mikalor. Quality isn't as good, either, but the difference is marginal.
 
Re: How to: Wrap stuff in Carbon Fiber

Apologies, seem to have hijaked this thread. Can someone cut and paste the bits about clips to a new thread?
 
The thing is that "looks" nice nad slender in the pics whereas Mikalor ones are hench as owt and look a bit gash. That one might be the same but doesn't look it.

I have always been fine with jubilees even at 24psi apart from the odd occassion where I've forgotten to tighten them up :lol: I do intend to upgrade all my boot hose clips though and looks like I will have to go for ugly Mikalor :amazed:
 
Mikalor are great and I have upgraded quite a few of them now from the old conventional jubilee clips!

Oh yes and they polish up a treat, try to do that on a jubilee clip.
 

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