I have given up with these and will pay lots more to get a coupe specific FMIC and you may ask why ?
I bought the kit from ebay and when it came,it had the 2 reducers missing,which RMJ kindly pointed out.
Got hold of them and they realised the mistake and would send them out so no big deal.
Checked kit again and the 2 U bends were missing.
I contacted them and was told that there are plenty of of bends included without the U bends to do the job
I replied that I would prefer the U bends as they were shown in their ad and it would save me chopping even more pieces up.
Reply.....wherehouse is empty of U bends.
I know it is a cheap (over £200) piece of kit but you expect to get what they show in the picture.
I have now asked,nicely for a refund.
Paul

theres alot of us that have used this kit without problems seems your just unlucky

I know Leon.
I'll send you the correspondence and you can see if I was unfair mate.
Give me an honest opinion.
Paul

i'd just make do with what you have and ask them to knock some money off as its not advertised correctly. Depends if you have the money to spend on a pro alloy as its a big price hike.

I did accept the problem with the reducers Leon,that was no big deal but when I was told to cut up a couple of 90's to make a U bend.....I lost it.
It is not the easiest of Kits to fit (even with the correct U bends) and I can use tools mate but I did not want to spend any longer chopping up more pieces than I had to.
I paid for the kit that was in the picture,U bends included (you saw the mail) and was told to make do with the bits they sent me.
Not good enough with me mate......you pay good money....you want the goods you pay for.

Paul

ok mate just get the proalloy

Did they send you 4 L's to make up for the 2 U's?

If not, that's quite shabby of them.

If they did, quit yer belly achin'!

I've had trouble with a Turborevs FMIC also, the package arrived missing the two 180-degree hard pipes, seller claimed he'd sent two extra 90-degree ones, which he hadn't, offered to order them in for me and email a picture, which never happened.
It was also missing the clamps to secure the two reducers to the 3-inch outlets, and there is a fair bit of denting to the intercooler core itself, enough that I'm not confident that it'll hold pressure.
The seller's response was minimal and unsatisfactory, he's now telling me to send it back, which I will, but according to his Ebay info I'll have to pay the postage (which may be the case for Ebay but it's unacceptable for a defective item) and "admin" costs, which I can only assume is extra profit for him, as how much "admin" is involved in receiving a parcel?
I'm hugely unhappy with my purchase, and would advise anyone to avoid this seller like the plague, item would be suitable if it was undamaged and contained all the item described, but it wasn't and didn't.
I've seen at least one other thread on here where people have had similar problems.

The seller is now insisting that the kit is complete, I'm in the process of getting Ebay to resolve it, and he's reverted to lying by saying that nothing is missing, despite the fact that he admitted to me via Ebay's message service that they were missing and offered to send a picture of the replacements he was going to order.

It will look like someting out of super mario bros. when you have finished it

He's now refusing to acknowledge the missing items, and is trying to get me to send it back, which will cost me the price of postage plus his "admin" cost, I can only assume that he's doing this because he can sell it to someone else, and make a bit of extra profit out of me from this "admin" charge.

I decided to keep mine as it was too much hassle to send it back and it would have cost me a packet.
He did eventually send me the reducers that were missing but still have to butcher up a few 90's to make a couple of U bends.
It is a good kit though all the same.
I am still trying to get the correct U bends so have not given up yet.
Can you post a picture of your damaged cooler.....my one was fine ?

I can't take a picture of it as it's at my parents house, it's not hugely damaged, just dented on the front in a few places, rough handling I guess, it was pretty poorly packaged.
If you want I can take one at the weekend when I go there next?
I'm trying to get the clamps and pipes now, if he's not willing to send them then I'll ask Ebay to step in and deal with it, as he's obviously decided to be deliberately difficult, terrible customer service!

I am in work now but later,I will take a picture of all the gear I recieved so you have a better idea of what parts of your kit are missing mate.
The dents on the cooler are probably just the fins so if that is the case,should still be ok.

i'm a bit surprised at this given there've been loads of GB's of their stuff especially hids. i had one less than pleasant experience but eventually they put it right

Stack it high, sell it cheap.

I should say the intercooler works fine, a touch on the heavy side but it cools just as well as a Pro Alloy.

Thanks for that mate, it'll be helpful to know what exactly is missing! I did receive everything in the picture except for the u-bends and the clamps, but it'll be interesting to see if I'm missing anything else (and if you are)
The dents are on the fins (I think) so hopefully that'll be ok, I'm just appalled by the complete lack of service, especially from someone who seems to sell a lot of products on this forum, you'd think reputation would be important to the guy, apparently not!

Here is the kit they sent me.
The brackets were made by me and the large ties,nuts and bolts were also supplied by me.
Paul

So how does it fit??

Have you chopped the bumper yet??

not yet mate.....only got the reducers a few days ago.

what are the tie clips for you shouldnt need them

Just in case mate.
Might make it easier to lash it place to measure the pipe work.They can be removed then.

All done glad to say although without the U bends,it did have to be lashed a bit but because it is booked in with Leighton next,had no choice.I will get it all sorted later though.
Also had to get an alloy rad fitted....it is never ending



Marvelous as well...my silicon hoses came today....a bit late and not much good to me any more and I am also stuck with a very good standard GT28


ps....paul_H.....the brackets fit ok mate and I will post yours out before the weekend

Cheers Paul

looks like most of the hoses should still fit, will finish off the engine bay and then ebay the rest, get back some pennies

why are them hoses no good to you? If they are the turbo side of things and you only have an hybrid they should still fit.

Which route did you take for cooler to turbo

Because they won't all fit.
The pipes are a bit low too but I am trying to get some U bends which will help.

should of taken it the way i have you'll never have any problems

alloy pipe here
http://www.gt3turbo.com/Merchant/home.php?cat=371

got it sorted mate off turbo revs....just waiting on them