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Old 10-21-2016, 12:08 AM
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Default EBay/ off-brand turbos
What gives eBay/off-brand turbos such bad reputations?

Can you send the turbos anywhere to be built or upgraded to hold more power?
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The bad reputation comes from ~10 years ago when they were first getting into the turbo market, and had some trouble getting them right.

Now, most people have more luck with the ebay turbos than they do from places like Precision.
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Originally Posted by JoeNova
The bad reputation comes from ~10 years ago when they were first getting into the turbo market, and had some trouble getting them right.

Now, most people have more luck with the ebay turbos than they do from places like Precision.
Yep. "eBay turbos" being total garbage is most a thing of the past at this point. Of course people still have issues here and there but overall I wouldn't sweat it.
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my favorite from the early days was all the pics of the glued together compressor housings.
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Originally Posted by stackz
my favorite from the early days was all the pics of the glued together compressor housings.
Yea those were awesome.
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People have had great luck with them.

And lets be honest, VS racing, On3, CX racing ect are all ebay turbos with just a little mark up.
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I can't tell if thats a dig at me or the OP
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I can't tell if thats a dig at me or the OP
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ahh dang I was hopin to tell my favorite joke. i'll tell it anyways.

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Originally Posted by dburt86
People have had great luck with them.

And lets be honest, VS racing, On3, CX racing ect are all ebay turbos with just a little mark up.

That mark up is probably customer service.
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Originally Posted by JoeNova
The bad reputation comes from ~10 years ago when they were first getting into the turbo market, and had some trouble getting them right.

Now, most people have more luck with the ebay turbos than they do from places like Precision.
I can personally vouch for the latter part of this comment.
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Originally Posted by slowlsx
That mark up is probably customer service.
@ markup being "customer service"
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Originally Posted by oscs
@ markup being "customer service"
Yes and no. The guy that runs VS Racing is very deep into the LS world, some of us have contact with him on a regular basis.

On3 charges markup because they have their name on the compressor housing.

CX Racing has crap for customer service, but their name is huge now and they're one of the main driver's behind over-seas production.
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Originally Posted by JoeNova
Yes and no. The guy that runs VS Racing is very deep into the LS world, some of us have contact with him on a regular basis.

On3 charges markup because they have their name on the compressor housing.

CX Racing has crap for customer service, but their name is huge now and they're one of the main driver's behind over-seas production.
So one guy out of the bunch answers a phone. In large part the mark up associated with China **** is the same as any other commodity and should be viewed as such.
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