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• MK4 Boost Gauge install by catlin_cava on 28 Feb, 2011 17:19
• So I got a complete VDO Cockpit style Boost Gauge and tubing kit. Whats the best tubing to use to install, the 6 feet of Nylon Tube that it came with or should I go get some rubber tubing?
• #1 by jdennison on 28 Feb, 2011 20:59
• Quote from: catlin_cava on 28 Feb, 2011 17:19

  So I got a complete VDO Cockpit style Boost Gauge and tubing kit. Whats the best tubing to use to install, the 6 feet of Nylon Tube that it came with or should I go get some rubber tubing?
  

  
  I would use the included nylon tubing as nylon will give more accurate measurement because of the lack of pressure loss due to the pressure swell that could possibly occur with rubber hose, minute amount but it will swell under pressure unlike nylon till you reach higher pressures
• #2 by 8v-of-fury on 28 Feb, 2011 23:29
• Use what is intended for the kit
• #3 by greentdi on 01 Mar, 2011 12:28
• http://www.idparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1230
  
  Use one of these in the boost pipe. I thread them into the pipe then use epoxy to make sure they stay. It makes working on the car much easier with the quick disconnect.
• #4 by cevans on 07 Mar, 2011 15:05
• I love those elbows.  Use the nylon tubing.