Automotive look

MikeTimbers · 23 Jan 2021 at 14:47

I bought the wrong size ZMT but still have loads of barbs and jubilee clips from years gone by. What do you think of the automotive look? I think with the black matte tubing it looks kinda cool.

Parsley · 23 Jan 2021 at 15:27

If it works and you like how it looks, what else matters?

SirConfused · 23 Jan 2021 at 15:35

It's pretty retro, I like it!

Hard to judge how it fits without the context of a build though. Maybe you could theme a whole pc around it

MikeTimbers · 24 Jan 2021 at 19:14

not going to do this. I bought the 19/13 size I should have bought and a new case and PCI riser just for something to do. This lockdown is making me spend my golf money on PC parts

Opisflap · 25 Jan 2021 at 16:55

I kinda dig it but then I quite like those spring clip hose clamps too.

clone · 29 Jan 2021 at 18:16

Remind 's me when we used pond pumps to water cool the good old days

MikeTimbers · 29 Jan 2021 at 21:25

clone said:
Remind 's me when we used pond pumps to water cool the good old days

I still have my Eheim 1250 and used it just yesterday to flush a rad. Stick both in a bath with a single bit of tubing and run for half an hour.

Hakanese · 30 Jan 2021 at 03:24

Retro throwback themed build incoming then?

MikeTimbers · 30 Jan 2021 at 10:02

Hakanese said:
Retro throwback themed build incoming then?

Nah, there's a reason we have "progress". In the end, I found the 19/11 ZMT just too awkward and the 19/11 fittings I have (came with a set of rads I bought at auction) too damn large! I've used the P500A and the vertical gpu slots and I couldn't get a good tubing route with the 19/11 which just won't turn tight corners in short distances. So I ended up reverting to the 13/11 clear Mayhems. Not an ideal build but I had a tough time with it and just wanted to get it done. I'll probably redo it all soon.