russj249 2 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I've done loads of searching etc and every single picture I can find is identical with mine, and does not have a blue plaque on the compressor housing.. all of the writing is identical to my turbo.. anyway....just taken it to a 'turbo specialist' for advice of a wastegate, who told me that it wasn't a real garrett because the blue plaque wasn't there, and apparently because he's a 'specialist' he said it was the wrong colour, but funnily enough the compressor housing is exactly the same colour, size, writing as a gt35 that i've seen!His attitude was terrible and even though I was interested in a tial 38mm wastegate, he said stuff like 'get it into your tiny brain that it'll damage the car' and all this crap. Aswell as dropping my turbo back into the box in my boot, luckily it had tonnes of bubble wrap in. Also saying the external wastegate I had was rubbish and I should throw it in the bin as I went out.I've never been so close to punching someone because of their attitude, so threw the tial down and walked out. He followed me out and was all apologetic at the thought of loosing £230 for a tial wastegate saying some rubbish about he was sorry and that so I just said f*ck ya a drove off.For anyone who doesn't want to be spoken to like a kid don't go to Doug Sport Turbo Specialists. Link to post Share on other sites
gavinvr6 0 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 it should have the lettering embossed on the housing. just coz the tag aint there dont mean sqaut. it could of got pulled off. sounds like he was just being an arse hole, and slagging off the bits you had in the hope he could get you to buy his stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
russj249 2 Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I agree with you Gavin... his attitude was horrific though.He said that it was the wrong colour too.. so also says he doesn't know that the T61 and GT35r compressor housings are nickel plated to stop them from rusting...He said that the plaque wasn't there which meant it was a fake. But the plaque I've really only seen there is only the old T60-1's.And the thing that shocked me maybe the most was when he asked where it originally come from. I replied Stealth Racing.. nothing wrong there. Now for a turbo specialist and tuning place to turn around and say "well where's that then? Some place in America that imports them from china and sells them here?"W**ker can't even get close to his lack of knowledge and attitude. Link to post Share on other sites
golfrabbit33 0 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 british customer service, best in the world . pmsl Link to post Share on other sites
russj249 2 Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 british customer service' date=' best in the world . pmsl[/quote']spot on. Wish I could have recorded it for future amusement. Think he thought I was think, only just turning 20 in best clothes, don't think he understood that I've just done NVQ level 3 in motor vehicle, and have a good knowledge of turbo's as I'm not stupid enough to do no research before I buy.And another thing... he didn't come up with an answer when I asked him why a Chinese copy turbo would be water cooled... I'm sure that'd cost much more to machine and mould and I'm sure the Chinese copy's are going to be as simple as possible! Link to post Share on other sites
dman78 1 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 all the garrett turbo's i've seen have garrett moulded on the cold side but im not a specialist,lol Link to post Share on other sites
hvr6 88 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Doug Sport Turbo Specialists... who are they?... sorry to hear you've had some poor service, feel free to post about your experience in here http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewforum.php?112 but please read this 1st http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?54416I just googled Doug what's his face and found nothing, you may find that in future your feedback on this site turns up, just a thought ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
FishWick 21 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 The turbo Stealth use isn't a genuine Garrett. Link to post Share on other sites
russj249 2 Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 The turbo Stealth use isn't a genuine Garrett.what exact model would it be do you know? I'm sure with the good reputation stealth have they would use cheap parts? Link to post Share on other sites
FishWick 21 Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 I have no idea, sorry! Link to post Share on other sites
russj249 2 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 no problem kev. thanks anyway.i'll have a look around and see if i can find out eventually. as long as i know it's relatively descent and not going to blow up i'll be ok. after all i only want it to make 6psi for the moment Link to post Share on other sites
matty.vrt 120 Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 my friend bought a Chinese k04 copy two years ago and has done 25000 miles on it no problem Link to post Share on other sites
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