Ebay D turbo kit ! ?

[dudeling7]

im gettin mine from this seller
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Gredd...m190227850565&

he said he canship the kit for $230do you have eg or ek?

[Aza]

dont touch them dude one way or another they fall apart... and its nothing but a headace from what ive read to fit them and get them working consitantly

they are fine just so long as u no what ur doing. most people would install these kits are people who have never worked on turbos before.

just take ur time and do the proper reseach.

[tekung89]

boost it for the experience and fun =]

[grumpy rooster]

Don't forget to add import duty and GST on the landed total cost.

[Centurius]

what about the kit kraiye has for sale?
used parts, but they're not gonna fail like a ebay turbo, and he's got an e-manage there FS aswell....
in the parts section of the marketplace i think :S

[SeverAMV]

if you're gonna do a turbo kit, then upgrade some of the internals. www.fjdistributors.com have a vitara piston motor refresher type kit for $300 that will replace most of your factory parts with new ones, comes with a metal head gasket and 4 vitara negative dome pistons to handle boost pressure, as well as coming with water pump, new bearings, and all necessary gaskets. then its better if you stick to a good turbo kit, but the ebay kit is fine as long as you get the cast iron manifold, and new 'round' intercooler piping (the last ebay kit i saw claimed the piping was round, but it was shaped like a pentagon).

[aimre]

so ... as what u said , a kit + tuning , what did that cost you ?

+ 1200 for injectors (from america less that $400 for RC 440cc) then tunning.
My mate found a place down south. $800 drive in drive out tune for the emanaga.

My kit with with a cooler and piping was $2400 landed

[aimre]

if you're gonna do a turbo kit, then upgrade some of the internals. www.fjdistributors.com have a vitara piston motor refresher type kit for $300 that will replace most of your factory parts with new ones, comes with a metal head gasket and 4 vitara negative dome pistons to handle boost pressure, as well as coming with water pump, new bearings, and all necessary gaskets. then its better if you stick to a good turbo kit, but the ebay kit is fine as long as you get the cast iron manifold, and new 'round' intercooler piping (the last ebay kit i saw claimed the piping was round, but it was shaped like a pentagon).

no need

[Lukezen27]

I'm just one in many thats had great success with the GReddy kit.. off eBay

$2080 to my door for a quality kit is amazing IMO

As eimre's said we installed the bare kit that day and I was boosted that night

97kw ATW after install from about 70kw for a stock D16Y1

I'm now at 128kw ATW after the upgrades and re-tune..

Upgrades
FMIC $150 eBay AU
FMIC $200 eBay USA
RC 440cc Injectors $200 second hand off these forums
2.5" Exhaust $600 second hand bits and pieces
Re-tune $300 to $500

I welded a new actuator on but most people just buy a good quality EBC

[Weq]

Don't forget to add import duty and GST on the landed total cost.

Just do the dodgy and get the guy to include a reciept for under 1000aud. Or get them to market it as a warrenty return. This was one thing i was really scared of, all the vendors or shops i talked to in australia emphasied that i would be hit, and hit hard.

In the end, i payed $90 to clear everything out of customs. I had a friend who was a customs broker at the time, he found me a code that stated 'turbos' are duty free and all i needed was to pay GST. With that code, even though i found out later it shouldnt of exempted me, worked without a flaw. The guy at customs looked at the box, it said 'turbo' and used the greddy instructions to itemise everything and verify they were all part of the 'turbo kit'. He looked up his book and said 'good enough'. Passes it through.... Oh and some people dont even get stopped. Luck of the draw.

That said, even if u get hit at customs, it works out alot cheaper then purchasing locally. Since vendors hear 99% of the time dont keep stock, you will have to wait for them to import it, clear it (as legally as the shop wants to do) and then ship it out too u... My advice is to cut out the middle man

[Weq]

Oh and to add, at the time, shipping costs ranged from 430USD to 270USD. the more expensive being with UPS the least being with USPS. USPS will always be your cheapest option, but sometimes OS vendors dont like using them because they sometimes lack quality assurance and are header to deal with incase of disputes.

[Lukezen27]

I used the warranty return trick

Worked out perfect