@Whisperhead
As Carolyn wrote!
I suggest your car is "undrivable" now with that leaking hose.

Quote from: rajid on September 17, 2026, 03:18AD08R's are definitely the best sounding option so far. Have seen a car for sale with some on it. Seem to be the right sizes too which is rare (?)

Looked them up and doesn't seem like a matching full set is available at the moment. Hope that's not forever!!!

The ADO8RS are not made in 215/45.  If I remember correctly 225/40 is the closest.  They are not very good in the wet.

I wouldn't drive it like that.. It could get worse very quickly and the results would be bad.  All-ally engines do not like to be overheated.  The cylinder head is right at the high point of the system and will be the first to seriously overheat.

Hello all.

Me again with another obscurity. I noticed the fans on today, checked the true temp. with an ODB reader, and it was sitting at 103°C - great...

Checked the coolant and it's low, then saw the leak.

In a nutshell I need to replace this hose:




It is leaking underneath (this photo is sideways, with the right hand side being downwards):





My question is, does anyone know the diameter of that hose please? I struggled for a good half hour trying to locate it specifically on japanparts diagrams.

I'm guessing I can just buy coolant hose and cut to length, then swap out, but I can't remove the hose to check without rendering the car potentially undrivable til I replace.

Hi Stu I cant really say to be honest as it was so long ago now and I haven't driven the car with them in, but I am contemplating something like this further down the line once shes back on the road but I'm not sure if it will be to much

There was a very low mileage garaged showroom fresh one that had been garage stored c. 1000 miles that someone told me about after they missed out on it.  From memory he said it was about £12/13k. This was a few months ago.

There's actually a lot of cars sorn'd so I expect there's a few tucked away that have very low miles.

To be honest I actually think being garage stored and maybe only used on dry summer days would be better than one that's hardly been used.

How do they compare?

On both of mine I've done the same thing and that is add 10mm to the front tyre and drop the profile accordingly and then you can run Goodyear efficientgrip performance or Michelin pilot sport 3. If you don't make that change you are really into the realms of non matching tyres or stepping away from the premium brands

I run Nankang NS 20s.  215/45 /16 and 195/50/15.

Thats on a PFL car.  The best matching set I could get in a tyre I like.

I did have S2000 seats in there 6 years ago but sold them when I stopped work to look after my son when he was born