buying used pistons
#33
Re: buying used pistons
Originally Posted by marcj
put them on ebay and let people bid. just say unknown condition as is.
that's kind of accurate since you don't know if they will work or not
that's kind of accurate since you don't know if they will work or not
#34
Re: buying used pistons
Originally Posted by stenseltizm
I hate ***** with the ebay mentality that do that ----, 'I learned these parts are junk but if I say unknown as is condition my morality will let me knowingly rip someone off'
I do agree with you on some level though. If you blow oil out of a turbo and put it on ebay without any description and say AS IS for 100 bucks you're really dicking someone over.
#35
Re: buying used pistons
Originally Posted by marcj
Look man, there are two people in this thread that have vouched for used pistons with scars working fine on boosted engines. He doesn't know if they would work or not, which is OBVIOUSLY why he made this thread, therefore the condition of them is UNKNOWN. Let the buyer take the chance and save some money on a build if it works.
Ask PhilStubbs how his used pistons with binding pins is working out for him right now.
#36
Re: buying used pistons
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
It has binding pins. That is not scarring to the skirts which "I would run if the ring lands aren't slopped out and the pistons were free."
Ask PhilStubbs how his used pistons with binding pins is working out for him right now.
Ask PhilStubbs how his used pistons with binding pins is working out for him right now.
#38
Re: buying used pistons
Originally Posted by marcj
Look man, there are two people in this thread that have vouched for used pistons with scars working fine on boosted engines. He doesn't know if they would work or not, which is OBVIOUSLY why he made this thread, therefore the condition of them is UNKNOWN. Let the buyer take the chance and save some money on a build if it works.
I do agree with you on some level though. If you blow oil out of a turbo and put it on ebay without any description and say AS IS for 100 bucks you're really dicking someone over.
I do agree with you on some level though. If you blow oil out of a turbo and put it on ebay without any description and say AS IS for 100 bucks you're really dicking someone over.
#39
Re: buying used pistons
Originally Posted by stenseltizm
even getting mixed feedback enough to make someone unknowing/inexperienced to shy away but only list as simply 'unknown condition' without sharing the mixed feedback irritates me. But you're probably right my bitterness comes from 'unknown condition' arriving in obviously defiled state. I got a set of free rods off the last ****** that did that though.