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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 02:36 AM
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stuff off ebay good or bad?

hey guys i was thinking about getting this greedy full catback titanium catback i was wondering is the 3inch piping more then good enough for fd? and heres the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GREDD...04120583QQrdZ1

have any of you guys ever bought rotors of ebay? i was thinking about getting brembo rotors of ebay. was wondering if thats a good idea or bad idea? well here is the link to the rotors also
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-Ma...03563915QQrdZ1
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 03:09 AM
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3" is stock and is fine.

ebay rotors are fine. of course they are not racing rotors and are the same u get in the parts store. if u get a good price then u made out. i have ebay rotors when i changed the breaks last.

but for racing ebay rotors wont cut it for hardcore types.
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 04:05 AM
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the greddy catback seems like a good price..but look at the shipping costs.
i think itll be a better idea to invest in reliability mods first.
unless your done and your car is running and idling smooth
go for it
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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a lot of the parts on ebay are copies of real parts but made in lower cost locations using lower quality materials. a lot of the times the stuff doesn't fit right. almost all the times, the parts are sold as is so if you have any problems you're **** out of luck (kinda like buying from the rx7store except cheaper).
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 11:46 AM
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IMHO, there is little or no way of ensuring the quality of the Ebay parts, and returns are difficult or impossible. I will only buy parts off Ebay if I know they're good somehow.

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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 02:13 PM
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so what place is good to buy racing rotors? well how can i find out if its good? maybe i should get the seller to take some pics of the exhaust so i can verify that it is greedy and its not some knock off
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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oh ya and my car is running all well now i just need AST and my mechanics tell me to get rid of my cats asap. you guys know any place i can buy ast for fairly good price and where can get the whole bushing kit for my car? i want to replace all the bushings
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 03:29 PM
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Greedy != GReddy.

If in doubt, assume it's a knockoff.

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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 07:48 PM
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I bought some ebay slotted/drilled rotors almost 4 years ago. The seller's name was raceconcepts or something similar to that and they were Brembo (or at least they came in Brembo packaging). I've only put about 5k miles on them over the past 4 years and I don't race or abuse my car much, but I haven't had any problems and the zinc or cadmium or whatever plating is on them has prevented rusting, so they still look very good. The rotors were cheap compared to others, I think I paid about $175 shipped for fronts and rears, but at the time I figured that if they turned out to be crap then I didn't waste a whole lot of $$$$.
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 04:30 PM
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so where is the good place to buy rotors from and which exhaust is good? i was thinking about greedy exhaust but now i am in dilemma because i dont know if 3inch will be good enough in the future..alot of peeps r telling me that laterz if you want more horsepower you should get 3.5inch exhaust..so i dont know if i want to spend that much money now
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 04:36 PM
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ole greedy didn't get the message.
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 04:39 PM
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haha lol my bad guys.. srry really bad in english its my 2nd langauge
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 04:42 PM
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you're always rolling the dice when you buy through Ebay....
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 08:14 PM
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ya truee
so any1 with feedback for me
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just becareful what you buy...
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