Has anyone seen or tried a complete ebay build?
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Has anyone seen or tried a complete ebay build?
Just talking in hypotheticals here but has anyone seen or tried a complete ebay build. By that I mean sourcing everything possible through ebay. I know it may seem like a stupid idea but I'm just curious
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your most likely going to get bashed on this idea. But i have thought about this before aswell. Some of the suspension components on ebay i wouldn't trust but the turbo kits and some of the engine components are just too cheap to pass up. I always wanted to do an ebay turbo'd d16y7 on my $300 civic for ***** and gigs. Give it a shot!
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the issue is when it comes to parts that are there to prevent castastrophe. such as a wastegate, oil lines, and turbo controller. i bought an ebay kit but there are things that should not be tested on your daily lol
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Plus a full ebay build will provide people insight as to what works and what doesn't. Would be cool if I could get ebay to sponsor it but I doubt that is even possible
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Just because you buy it from ebay doesn't mean it doesn't come from a legit company or private seller. But in reference to the turbo kit you have a 50/50 shot of it lasting. if it works you save $1300. If it doesn't and you have to rebuild your engine and get a new turbo kit you just lost $3,000. Not exact numbers obviously but you get the point. Oh and since you're talking whats cheapest. peace together a kit from people on cl,ht,d-series,b20v you have a cheaper better kit then ebay.
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Just because you buy it from ebay doesn't mean it doesn't come from a legit company or private seller. But in reference to the turbo kit you have a 50/50 shot of it lasting. if it works you save $1300. If it doesn't and you have to rebuild your engine and get a new turbo kit you just lost $3,000. Not exact numbers obviously but you get the point. Oh and since you're talking whats cheapest. peace together a kit from people on cl,ht,d-series,b20v you have a cheaper better kit then ebay.
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Yes it's been done MANY times. Some eBay parts hold up, some don't. Figure about a 50/50 for the off brand sh*t. Also the quality on the off brand stuff won't benefit you as much compared to companies who actually invest lots of time and money into their products. Go for it though. Expect to be replacing a lot of parts. I've read builds where people have done eBay builds and been just fine though. It's a crapshoot.
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I've seen ebay turbo's fail within months. One actualy took the motor with it.
Granted, yeah not everything from ebay is crap. It's a great place, IF you know what your looking for. there are far too many people selling knock off **** that look exactly like the real thing.
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sure you pry could do the entire car from ebay. if you looked around you could find all brand name. but it probably wouldn't be much cheaper.
if you went full no name ebay you'd spend more money in fixing parts to fit right then you did initially buying said parts.
as to sponsor from ebay you could but not like that because its not actually from ebay. ebays just the middle man.
if you went full no name ebay you'd spend more money in fixing parts to fit right then you did initially buying said parts.
as to sponsor from ebay you could but not like that because its not actually from ebay. ebays just the middle man.
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Things that are usually quality well worthwhile eBay parts:
Intercooler
Log manifold
Charge piping from certain sellers
Oil lines
Downpipes
The rest of it will be hit or miss.
Intercooler
Log manifold
Charge piping from certain sellers
Oil lines
Downpipes
The rest of it will be hit or miss.
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i got a eg6 and i bought the the mugen style lip for it and its worth it because rather than buying the real thing and end up breaking it becaus i live in a city with the worst roads possible.
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People will give mixed opinions on ebay stuff. i personally got alot of my rebuild parts off ebay but a majority are not just "knock off" replacements.The majority were performance parts (forged rods, vitara low comp pistons etc.).As far as just generic, im running an ebay oil pump, water pump, timing belt and complete engine gasket set (even the HG coated with copper spray) although i will be replacing the Head Gasket soon its just to get me by for a little while i rebuild another head to swap on. I even have an ebay tubro with a few thousand miles on it
When it comes down to it , its a personal choice what to do. Some stuff is good, some is 50/50.
When it comes down to it , its a personal choice what to do. Some stuff is good, some is 50/50.
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People will give mixed opinions on ebay stuff. i personally got alot of my rebuild parts off ebay but a majority are not just "knock off" replacements.The majority were performance parts (forged rods, vitara low comp pistons etc.).As far as just generic, im running an ebay oil pump, water pump, timing belt and complete engine gasket set (even the HG coated with copper spray) although i will be replacing the Head Gasket soon its just to get me by for a little while i rebuild another head to swap on. I even have an ebay tubro with a few thousand miles on it
When it comes down to it , its a personal choice what to do. Some stuff is good, some is 50/50.
When it comes down to it , its a personal choice what to do. Some stuff is good, some is 50/50.
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Ebay is not a brand name. Title should be rename to "Has anyone seen or tried a complete Chinese knock off build?"
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I had one that started to leak out of the weeping hole, and one of my firneds had one just stops spinning one day.
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Why not try a partial eBay build? So get the parts that people have mentioned above like manifold and intercooler but then use slightly used OEM parts like a Mitsubishi Turbo or something? Seems you would want the main parts to be of proven reliability but for supporting parts I don't see why generic eBay parts couldn't work.
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Why not try a partial eBay build? So get the parts that people have mentioned above like manifold and intercooler but then use slightly used OEM parts like a Mitsubishi Turbo or something? Seems you would want the main parts to be of proven reliability but for supporting parts I don't see why generic eBay parts couldn't work.