Is this a good deal?

[cavyboy23]

Alright well im running stock everything in my 95 Talon Tsi Awd besides a K&N intake and a HKS blow off valve. Now im doing stuff over winter to my DSM, im dying to take that stock turbo out soo one of my buddys has a brand new big16 for 300$ now it might be a dumb question but maybe some of you can get cheaper for me without buying used im not too sure figured i would make a post and ask let me kno

[Blackcrow64]

Have you checked ebay for used turbos? I wouldn't trust those knock off brand ones and some people wouldn't even trust a used turbo off ebay. But, I bought my last turbo on ebay for cheap and it was almost brand new and was a heck of a steal... You could also check on dsmtuners classifieds.

[cavyboy23]

Yah well im scared to buy a turbo off ebay one of my buddys did and blew it in around 3 months dont ask how i figured it would last longer then that but im sure the 16g isnt a knock off turbo, yah i been checking dsmtrader everyday to see if theres anything i would be interested in it's just hard cuz i always see people gettin ripped off on there im not saying that will happen but with this big16 i seen it in person and everything its brand new never even put in but im gonna keep looking but would that be a good deal ether way?

[Blackcrow64]

Doesn't sound too horrible... I suppose you could just go with that one then if thats what you really want.

[Thor06]

If you are going 16g, my advise would be to go Evo III. Yes $300 is a good price for a big though. eBay is full of dumb fuckers though, I bet you could score some 16g variant for like $200. Search for 14bs and look at the pictures. 16g's use the same housings as the 14bs so they often get confused. TD05 housing and grouped fins = 16g variant. One time on eBay I looked for 14b's... like 1/3 of them had grouped fins. Now if you get a really good picture and you can get the numbers on the turbine housing then you can tell what you are really getting.

[defiancy]

I have a knock off 16g and it's just as good as a regular big 16g. It's well made and flows awesome. I paid 550 for it new with the install kit for a 2g, so I think 300 is a great price for one.

[cavyboy23]

yah thanks alot guys im kinda new with turbos he said the code or number or whatever on the turbo he could prove its an actual big 16g with macthing that up to something but thats what everyones telling me go with the evo 3and i wanna do this right all though im REALLY nervouse on dropping money into the 7 bolt but im gonna do it if something happens its not the end of the world itll be time for a 6 bolt swap then but it'll just suck in general

[cavyboy23]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TD05H...QQcmdZViewItem

ok well here we are now im thinking about this because i need something with everything if i just buy the turbo im not going to be able to put it in without buying everything else and i kno its off ebay and everything but it could be worth a shot like one of you said you got yours off ebay and it was fine im nervouse but i would be able to order this in like the next week guys let me kno if i should do it or not i really need some advice on this if theres any doubts im not going to do it cuz i dont want to be stuck with junk. Also is that everything i would need without fabricating cutting or anything?