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Hi all

I need some of those rubbery hose protectors like the one on the image - but I cannot find it - as I do not know what they are called. 😆

A hint please. 🙂

Best regards, Søren

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Where on the vehicle are these located?  Are they about 1/2" thick and keep an a/c hose from laying on the inner fender, for example?  Possibly used on non-Rivieras?

 

NTX5467

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22 hours ago, Stickybit said:

Hi all

I need some of those rubbery hose protectors like the one on the image - but I cannot find it - as I do not know what they are called. 😆

A hint please. 🙂

Best regards, Søren

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Go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy the foam tubes, they have them in 1/2 & 3/4, cut to width.

 

Bob Bonto

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Buy a pool noodle. Cut it to the length you need, slit it, slip it over your hoses.  You might want to tape it with some black tape - pool noodles come in cute rainbow colors.

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On 5/14/2024 at 7:18 AM, NTX5467 said:

Where on the vehicle are these located?  Are they about 1/2" thick and keep an a/c hose from laying on the inner fender, for example?  Possibly used on non-Rivieras?

 

NTX5467

Yes - they are used for keeping hoses of the fenders - and probably used on most vehicles. 🙂

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On my 93 Riviera, I covered some a/c lines with the black hose type insulation from Lowe’s - Home Depot for a/c lines.  It’s already split and had double sided tape for connecting the two sides of the split.  Cut it to the dimensions you need.

 

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36 minutes ago, RivNut said:

On my 93 Riviera, I covered some a/c lines with the black hose type insulation from Lowe’s - Home Depot for a/c lines.  It’s already split and had double sided tape for connecting the two sides of the split.  Cut it to the dimensions you need.

 

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Ed,

 

That is exactly what I suggested. 

 

Bob Bonto

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Pretty sure GM called these pieces "insulators". As noted small diameter foam pipe insulation or pool noodles make a good substitute. "Adel" type clamps are available too for cars that used them on A/C pipes.

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Soren is in Denmark so there's probably not a Lowe's or HD convenient to him. I'd think there are European home improvement chains hardware stores though.

 

 

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1 hour ago, bob71GS said:

Ed,

 

That is exactly what I suggested. 

 

Bob Bonto

I guess that I didn’t read the entire thread carefully enough or I wouldn’t have double posted.

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