Guy's who sell replacement A/C hoses. I need top quality hoses that are exact to originals. Anyone have a clue or reputable company.

Wacky

NOS - ebay or www.hemmings.com (http://www.hemmings.com)

Local A/C shops, a good local hydraulic/pnuematic hose & fitting vendor, these two would be good if the hard ends are still good, these vendors can re-hose & re-crimp while you wait. They might even have ribbed hose.

However, the hose they sell will have the date made stamped on the outer jacket for future reference. But, if you're looking for dated hoses, another place would be an older junkyard.

Old Air Products in Fort Worth, Texas. They have everything you could need. Their website is:

http://www.oldairproducts.com/catalog/main_default.php

And they know their stuff...

Not sure if you already have hoses or just replacing them. There is a set on ebay that you could check out. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2407727468&category=34197
Good luck
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Thought I'd bump this back up to the top for summer season A/C users like me.
Found one of my high pressure hoses just off the a/c muffler had a pin hole leaking out all the freon. Its probably original old rubber hose.. called that Old Air company that Dave mentioned in this thread and they have the WHOLE hose assembly with fittings complete for only $240 which to me is a great price.
Im checking with NAPA here since they do some rebuilding of a/c hoses but might not be able to help with the older crimping style compared to the newer style but I will report back on that.
In case anyone else needs something, give them a buzz.
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UPDATE .. NAPA guy said he could redo most of the hoses using new compression fittings and new hoses but they ruin the old crimp style fittings when the old hoses come off. The one lead at the elbow going into the back of the compressor, is too short to accomodate a compression fitting that fits right, the 'elbow' in the aluminum is to close to where the fitting would compress, hence no guarantee it would work. So I ordered hoses from Old Time and they will red label them to me for install on Sat.

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I have a couple vendors here. One would do the new crimp, a flat cylinder(?). The other vendor is an upholsterer, specializing in restorations and the like. A & W Upholstery, 757-671-7933, ask for Henry.

Henry has the cupped(?) crimp, but, due to liability, sells up-to-date (dated) hose.

Henry's place does the interior swapout for Nissan on their 350Z's. Say you buy a lower model, and it does come with leather seats, Henry's place orders the seat covers from Nissan North America, and does the install. Nissan dealer has nothing to do with the job. Dealer can't even order the seat kit.

I have my 350Z with leather seats, the Touring model w/6-spd. A blast to drive for work.

Got my new hoses on the way overnight for my Sat. 8am appt in the shop. Going thru the catalogs I see a vacuum valve for A/C heater hose shut off. I dont have that on my car, is it necessary for proper function of the system? Seems easy to add and I have the Vac canister hose laying there blocked off, guess that shut off is where it should be going too. ASsembly manual is kind of vague on that vac routing.
Anyone else running a/c without that heater shut off?
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Rut Roh... hoses didnt fit, grrrrrr now I have to wait till Monday to find out why.
The primary hose from compressor to the suitcase was over a foot too long, the alum. elbow coming out of the back of the compressor was wrong angle and the bracket that holds the muffler was too long. This will be interesting to see how a company handles a problem. Will post back with results. my mechanic spent nearly an hour dismanting hoses and brackets, then had to re-install them to keep dirt out of the system while I wait for correct parts.

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