Quote Originally Posted by dom14 View Post
Hose clamps that come in little plastic box as a kit may be rubbish. But, if you buy them individually in stainless steel form, they are usually good quality. Another thing I did when necessary was to use two clamps, instead of one, when I was using them from an inferior quality kit.
The stainless steel clamps in Bunnings are usually good enough, or you can buy them from Burson, Repco, Supercheap, Autobarn, etc, but usually the same. You shouldn't need heavy duty screw clamps on coolant hoses.
Thanks. I'm currently using the twin-wire screw type that came with the vehicle. I purchased the screw type individually at about $2.80 each from autopro however I may have got a bad one.

Out of curiosity has anyone ever had to trim a radiator hose? I purchased the Mackay item from Repco which was way to long and required trimming and was stupidly tight. I've never trimmed one before but wasn't sure if this was more common with 4x4's to suite body lifts etc