Ya dude, Id see about riding out some like metal clamps of some sort period. From everything Ive read, the plastic ones are bad news. I think you can get pre-painted ones online if you dont like the metal look. Im gonna just hold out for funds to do compression fittings in my case. Looks clean as hell. The worm clamps are beast though. My loop has them, but its just a bench rig. It runs pretty much 24/7 and has since like october, when I got it.