A somewhat serious but inquisitive question for those that may know. As a pretense I don't ask the following because of an aversion to spending money or doing maintenance; if anything I spend a lot more money then I should when I do maintenance replacing things because I'm already in an area, if it really needs it or not. So with that being said, has anyone ever successfully used anything other than the BMW genuine or oem hoses? In this regard I'm wondering if in place of these specifically molded parts has anyone used high quality generic hosing you can buy in custom lengths instead (keeping in mind to get the right id / od for the connector it is going on? Depending on the hose, the cost could be more or less than the genuine BMW molded parts. I guess I'm more asking this as a question for very long term availability of parts for our cars, especially the most commonly replaced ones. |