In the latest round of things to begin breaking on my VR6, i now need to do a refresh of some of the cooling components on the engine including various hoses, crack pipe, radiator and the oil cooler.

So far, i've picked these items:

- Radiator (Aluminium one from eBay probably)
- Crack pipe (not sure aluminium or plastic)
- Oil Cooler and Seal
- Coolant hoses from engine to Oil Cooler (Rubber or Silicon?)
- ... probably a few other hoses that i've yet to figure out

For the Coolant hoses i see complete silicon kits on ebay for like $80 from China.

Has anybody used these before or should i just go with the oem rubber type items?

Anybody got suggestions on where i should get these as well? (hopefully not ECS unless i really have to)

Thanks