Just ordered eBay o2 housing and TBE
Apr 8, 2010, 02:32 PM
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Just ordered eBay o2 housing and TBE
Well after a lot of deliberation, I ordered an Ebay o2 housing and tbe today....It's going on my 06 MR...I was hesitant about this because of possibly lack of quality/poor fitment, but I figured, for the price, it was worth a try. I'll update after I get it in the mail and install it.
Apr 8, 2010, 03:05 PM
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Well after a lot of deliberation, I ordered an Ebay o2 housing and tbe today....It's going on my 06 MR...I was hesitant about this because of possibly lack of quality/poor fitment, but I figured, for the price, it was worth a try. I'll update after I get it in the mail and install it.
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Apr 10, 2010, 01:01 AM
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yeah and it is a HUGE PAIN to port it,... your pretty much porting a weld, which will take forever, i ran an ebay o2 on my 9 for a month befor i got fed up with all the boost creep i went with a MAP open dump which was great!
Apr 12, 2010, 08:30 PM
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I have been looking into getting an Ebay O2 housing lately and have noticed there is a wide range of prices $29($46 shipped) to $99($108 shipped) for the megan knockoffs. They all appear to to have been made in the same overseas factory. Anyone ever noted one being better quality than another? JFuego which one did you purchase?
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Well after a lot of deliberation, I ordered an Ebay o2 housing and tbe today....It's going on my 06 MR...I was hesitant about this because of possibly lack of quality/poor fitment, but I figured, for the price, it was worth a try. I'll update after I get it in the mail and install it.
Apr 12, 2010, 08:40 PM
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Just cause they look the same doesn't mean they are made in the same factory. Even the Megan's themselves had quality control issues for a while.
Either way If you're paying $100 or less I'd expect some modification required to get it to perform like a quality part.
Either way If you're paying $100 or less I'd expect some modification required to get it to perform like a quality part.
Apr 12, 2010, 08:42 PM
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You were hesitant because you know ebay is knock off garbage. I never understand why people spend 30k on a car and put pos parts on it. Yeah I know some people have had good results with certain ebay parts, but if you're hesitant about it, you obviously know they're crap. Good luck with your garbage.
Apr 13, 2010, 07:59 PM
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I ordered the $46 shipped version. As for midwestmonster's comment, I'm sorry I don't want to pay $1000 for some stainless steel pipe with some flanges welded onto it. Pipe is pipe. It's not like I ordered a turbo or something. Sounds to me like you probably overpayed for your AMS built stuff and are bitter about other people getting similar performance from cheaper ebay stuff. Bottom line is: do what you want, what you like, and what works for you. If what I do doesn't work for you, don't do it. I got the TBE in the mail today and I must say it looks great...welds are amazingly clean, pipe is bent well, flanges are nice and thick. I should be getting the o2 housing tomorrow, and I'll post pics up after I get it ported and the whole works installed, which should be thurs.
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There are two kinds of ebay housings - with a small hole (bad, causes boost creep) and with a large hole (Megan knock off). I got the latter last year for 65 shipped and weld quality is impeccable, much better than what I have seen on Megans. Fit is great, I got it ceramic coated for another 30 bux and it has been great so far no creep.