Best Silicone Boot?

AWSB328iM · 08-01-2019, 10:46 AM

Consensus on the best Silicone Intake Boot? Turner for $61? Rev Motoring?

Down to two items left before I tackle a
3-Stage intake manifold installation. This month. The Boot and Bimmergeeks cable I'm ordering this week.

CTinline-six · 08-01-2019, 11:48 AM

I have the Mishimoto one from ebay (think it is similar to the Turner one). It seems to fit much better than the Rev Motoring I installed on a friend's car. Both do the same thing, but the Rev Motoring one just seemed a bit more annoying to get to seat right on the intake manifold side.

W37V · 08-01-2019, 12:15 PM

Been running revmotoring since they offered it. 6 ply one. Tight fit, but never gave me issues. Had it for over 40k miles. Can't speak of other brands.

Rmtt · 08-01-2019, 12:16 PM

I have the Turner one...but I have read that the Mishimoto is basically the same piece.

I stayed away from The Rev one after reading about fitment issues.

Phyrexia · 08-01-2019, 01:14 PM

They're all going to be a pain in the ass to install. The trick is to loosen the airbox, install the boot and vigorously tighten the silicon hose clamps BEFORE tightening the airbox fasteners back down.

CTinline-six · 08-01-2019, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Phyrexia

They're all going to be a pain in the ass to install. The trick is to loosen the airbox, install the boot and vigorously tighten the silicon hose clamps BEFORE tightening the airbox fasteners back down.

This.

Bufalo · 08-01-2019, 02:12 PM

I bought the rev motoring one on Ebay and had zero issues installing it.

Biginboca · 08-01-2019, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Bufalo

I bought the rev motoring one on Ebay and had zero issues installing it.

Same here

Noir · 08-01-2019, 07:00 PM

no issues with rev... when I had it.

nsjames · 08-04-2019, 10:43 AM

i did a rev motoring one.

didn't have to loosen the airbox or anything, installed pretty easily.
shaved the throttle body tab off with a pocket knife and slid it on both ends.

tsosby20 · 08-05-2019, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by AWSB328iM

Consensus on the best Silicone Intake Boot? Turner for $61? Rev Motoring?

Down to two items left before I tackle a
3-Stage intake manifold installation. This month. The Boot and Bimmergeeks cable I'm ordering this week.

I got the mishimoto blue one. I love it! Very easy to install and works great

N52UNED · 08-07-2019, 10:52 AM

I have a Turner. It's been installed for about 4-5 months now. Nice fitment with throttle body. The only issue is it doesn't have the small notch cut out. However a hard clamping works fine.

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Originally Posted by Phyrexia

They're all going to be a pain in the ass to install. The trick is to loosen the airbox, install the boot and vigorously tighten the silicon hose clamps BEFORE tightening the airbox fasteners back down.

Great Piece of Info!

If not you'll get an obnoxious vibrating noise from the engine compartment. I tried to troubleshoot my air box for a good week before I took it apart and started again.

I'd also add to make sure the silicone tube is pointing a steeper degree than you'd want. It makes fitment onto the airbox imprecise but a nice tight clamping works just fine.

hassmaschine · 08-08-2019, 10:21 AM

I've had the RM hose for about as long as I've had my car. It was a little fiddly to put it on but I haven't had any problems.

Any of these hoses are honestly fine, they're all basically the same.

desertman123 · 08-08-2019, 12:41 PM

Rev Motoring here as well. All I had to do was file the locator nub on the throttle body's plastic coupler

probably the standard case of "one factory in Taiwan makes these and 5 different people put their names on it"

Also once you get the thing installed and heat cycled a few times, it'll form to your car. Mine fits like factory now.

AWSB328iM · 08-08-2019, 12:47 PM

Thanks guys will order one this weekend.

nsjames · 08-08-2019, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by desertman123

Rev Motoring here as well. All I had to do was file the locator nub on the throttle body's plastic coupler

probably the standard case of "one factory in Taiwan makes these and 5 different people put their names on it"

Also once you get the thing installed and heat cycled a few times, it'll form to your car. Mine fits like factory now.

probably.

I went rev motorig because they seemed to be the first, and probably are the people that got the tawain factory to make them.

AWSB328iM · 08-15-2019, 02:39 PM

Rev Motoring Boot came today and it fit great! 450 mile round trip coming up this weekend.

Oil & Filter
Silicon Boot
New Coils
New Plugs
Tires topped off with air!

Just need a vacuum and interior wipe down.

desertman123 · 08-16-2019, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by AWSB328iM

Rev Motoring Boot came today and it fit great! 450 mile round trip coming up this weekend.

Oil & Filter
Silicon Boot
New Coils
New Plugs
Tires topped off with air!

Just need a vacuum and interior wipe down.

Feelin fresh

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nsjames Brigadier General 2440 Rep 4,330 Posts Drives: 08 328xi Touring Join Date: May 2017 Location: ohio iTrader: (0)	i did a rev motoring one. didn't have to loosen the airbox or anything, installed pretty easily. shaved the throttle body tab off with a pocket knife and slid it on both ends.
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hassmaschine Major General 3966 Rep 7,215 Posts Drives: "NBO" 330i Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: earth iTrader: (0)	I've had the RM hose for about as long as I've had my car. It was a little fiddly to put it on but I haven't had any problems. Any of these hoses are honestly fine, they're all basically the same.
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