Brent,
Once you got it on did you tape the ends after pulling it tight? I have seen some that the guy's here put on and it has looked good for several years. One person didn't tape the ends under the covers and his started looking bad as it was trying to work back out from under them and that gave slack in the rest of the braid. They used black electrical tape at the very end, then tin snips and cut past the tape. Gave a very clean cut. After watching them, I was just to lazy to spend all that time and ordered the pre braided hoses. Very quick and easy to change. A little pricy for the radiator and larger hoses but they have been on now for over 5 years and still look good.
Ron
