Have you used this?

[chinaren]

I found this on Ebay, my k03s are done for 4 month, i do not have a money for stage 3 and k04s, i want to either rebuilt my k03s or buy the new k03 CHARs, what do you think? would this help me?

"Rebuilt kit"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KKK-K...mZ150306381119


CHAR

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHRA-...mZ220232792268


Or Brand new k03s, I currently have GAIC chip flash. I have found lots k04 threads, but i have not found any rebuilt k03 threads, any help will be very appreciated, or if you know who sells these part with a cheaper price, please let me know too. Thanks for the help.

[Das General]

You are honestly better of sending them to a reputable rebuilder.

[chinaren]

I live in Utah, no rebuilder around here, I ask around and no one would do it, they tell me to buy new ones. Someone help, anybody know where I can sent it to get rebuilt and how much? Thanks

[Das General]

Well you could swap the CHRA's yourself. But you need to buy legitimate ones. So I assume you are going to buy 2 CHRA's on eBay for 400. Why not just spend the extra 200 dollars and have a legit place do them, with OE components and a warranty?

edit* the seller on eBay is legit. He is on the forums here, but you are still going to end up spending 800 sans your labor costs.

[chinaren]

Sure, i think where i find it on ebay at least where the CHARs are ligit, this is why i am posting this to see what you guys think, is the ebay LIGIT CHARs alrite or i should just buy brand new k03s, do anyone know where i can buy brand new k03s?

[Cobrakiller08]

i know of some guys here localy that have some ko3 in good condition if u want to put those on i live in ogden pm me for more details

[chinaren]

pm'ed...

[jblinga]

local shops

Hi tech turbo and Gillette diesel
www.htturbo.com
www.gdsdieselparts.com

Out of state

www.limitengineering.com
www.boostplanet.com

I can't vouch for any of these shops, I got all this info from the local nissan crowd I know

[MacDaddy]

you can send them away to be rebuilt and if you like upgraded at the same time for the same cost as new centers.

but if you want to rebuild them that would work just fine as long as there is no physical damage to the turbos. as far as those ebay rebuild kits, they aren't very complete and for a few bucks more you can buy a more complete rebuild kit off a online turbo dealer.
The biggest thing when rebuilding a turbo is to mark off precisely the position of the turbine in relation to the shaft or it will be out of balance and the turbo will fail again very soon (re-balancing costs around $100 and up) other than that, turbos are a very simple device and not so much of a black art as others believe.

[jaredsogn]

I found this on Ebay, my k03s are done for 4 month, i do not have a money for stage 3 and k04s, i want to either rebuilt my k03s or buy the new k03 CHARs, what do you think? would this help me?

"Rebuilt kit"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KKK-K...mZ150306381119


CHAR

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHRA-...mZ220232792268


Or Brand new k03s, I currently have GAIC chip flash. I have found lots k04 threads, but i have not found any rebuilt k03 threads, any help will be very appreciated, or if you know who sells these part with a cheaper price, please let me know too. Thanks for the help.

Just as warning, I would stay away from that ebay seller. He rebuilt my K04/16 turbos and screwed them up majorly. Didn't even balance them. Turbos failed instantly. Send them to a reputable shop like Blouch, they actually know what they are doing. I'm sure Audspeed is going to jump on here really soon and try to say that I'm lying...but I have the proof that he didn't build them right, and failed because of his poor work. Not to mention the fact that he charged me for new compressor wheels but reused the damaged ones and tried to cover it up by filing down the edges of them. Just warning you, because he won't do anything about it and I'm out $1100. Be careful.

[chinaren]

I am so glad that i have this whole community to watch out for me, I was going to buy this kits from this ebayer, now i think i have a good understanding what i would need to do. If anyone know where i can buy a set of brand new k03s, i would appreciated mostly. Thanks for all the help you guys gave.

[Das General]

at that point you might as well just get k04's.

[jibberjive]

I'll have a set of great condition (will be able to confirm once they're out) KO3's with 56k babied miles on them in hopefully less than a month, and am local. PM me if you'd be interested

[///M3 TO S4]

blouch in Florida is the BEST at rebuilding borg warner turbos...google them and give em' a call. They do uprages for a K03, and are reliable.

[jaredsogn]

blouch in Florida is the BEST at rebuilding borg warner turbos...google them and give em' a call. They do uprages for a K03, and are reliable.

If you are refering to Blouch Turbo, they are actually in PA, not FL. Audspeed is in FL, but I would stay away from Audspeed.

[jaredsogn]

I am so glad that i have this whole community to watch out for me, I was going to buy this kits from this ebayer, now i think i have a good understanding what i would need to do. If anyone know where i can buy a set of brand new k03s, i would appreciated mostly. Thanks for all the help you guys gave.

PS, if you decide you would rather save some money and stick with K03's, I have a set with less than 20,000 miles on them that are in perfect shape. I removed them a few months ago when I went stage 3. Let me know if you are interested, I'll let them go cheap.

-Jared