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> Lemförder Turbo Tie Rods vs. Cheap Turbo Tie Rods, ...you decide
Eric_Shea
post Feb 15 2009, 04:32 PM
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Quite a few years back a friend of mine happened upon some off brand turbo tie rods on eBay. They were $80 a set which was hard to pass up.

The following started to happen about 2 months after installing them. They are shown beside their Lemförder replacements for reference.

It's fairly obvious that the rubber was missing a key element of ozone protection (antiozonates). This is what everyone means when they attempt to steer you away from cheap turbo tie rod alternatives.

These were never in use...

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Even the new boots that came with the kit were trashed.

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Lemförder turbo tie rod ends = $40.00 each

New Boots = $10 each

Total cost for El Cheapo kit = $180.00 plus shipping of new parts ($190ish?)

New Lemförder kit, complete $188.00

Great deal... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

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