benzo Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hey guys, wondering if anyone has purchased any of those NEW KE20 corner garnishes from Phils Rotary's and Fast Fours off ebay?? If you have bought some what were your thoughts of quality/finish etc? Cheers, Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodle Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 i brought some inside door handles for my ke20 from here... one was real brittle and fell to bits after about a month and the other is a bit dodgey aswell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hmm yeh alot of their stuff is 'new' taiwanese shit :jamie: I got a pair of the corner garnishes from them for my KE20, recieved them today and I'm half half. The centre insert looks really good, but the actual garnishes are not the best. They look like they were made with a pretty average mould. Mostly nice and smooth but the top curve is not quite right compared to original ones and they have little bits of plastic dags from the mould. Will probably end up just sanding/spraying my old garnishes the same silver and put the new inserts in them. Then I will have new ones :no2: Cheers, Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 i bought door rubbers from them but they weren't that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 (edited) Yeah have also bought boot rubber for my old orange KE20, turned out to be a cheap one which requires sealing adhesive to put it on instead of just pushing on. I will take pics of the garnishes to show you the faults. Cheers, Ben. Edited December 15, 2008 by benzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMP020 Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 (edited) ok heres the low down. i bought my front garnish/ finishers from thailand. one of those peeps from ebay. they were plain crap, i ended up using the centres in some old garnishes i had in the shed to make a set of good ones. but they look overrated now. ok as for Phil, from Phils rotary products. i had 2 deal with him over the phone at least 5 times in the space of 3 weeks for differnt reasons. i orderd alot of stuff from him. it was all cheap crap and it wasnt cheap !! the door seals are very average, the fronts fit sweet, but the rares are horrible. listing was for a KE20 KE26 4 DOOR, they arnt even close. as for my ke26 wagon tailgate body seal, he sent me some bulshit universal fit seal that isnt even same as factory like stated in his ebay add. also got some front lower indiactor/parker assemblys, they are the worst fitting part ive ever seen, the lenses were all scratched from poor packaging. also front side indicator assys, are very cheap crap, don't sit very nice in the gaurd and the seals are shocking. mind you it took 4 weeks to get all this stuff, because he forgot it wasnt in stock and had to order it all. the guys a tool, wont be dealin with him again. cheers, scott Edited December 15, 2008 by PMP020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budowski Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 cheers for the heads up might need to start making moulds lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ke20nut Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 leave him negative feed back, that way people will know about the rubbish he sells. For a boot lid rubber on my old ke20 i had i used the seal off the re tailgate of a Ford ed fairmont wagon. i just had to cut it . owrked a treat. the boot just closed nice and firm on it. it even has the wind lacing on it to clip it onto the lip of the boot. no glue required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrot Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 That's good to know. Had been thinking seriously of buying my seals from him. Does anyone now if the Thai ebay guys seals are any better or are they the same ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 ok heres the low down. i bought my front garnish/ finishers from thailand. one of those peeps from ebay. they were plain crap, i ended up using the centres in some old garnishes i had in the shed to make a set of good ones. but they look overrated now. ok as for Phil, from Phils rotary products. i had 2 deal with him over the phone at least 5 times in the space of 3 weeks for differnt reasons. i orderd alot of stuff from him. it was all cheap crap and it wasnt cheap !! the door seals are very average, the fronts fit sweet, but the rares are horrible. listing was for a KE20 KE26 4 DOOR, they arnt even close. as for my ke26 wagon tailgate body seal, he sent me some bulshit universal fit seal that isnt even same as factory like stated in his ebay add. also got some front lower indiactor/parker assemblys, they are the worst fitting part ive ever seen, the lenses were all scratched from poor packaging. also front side indicator assys, are very cheap crap, don't sit very nice in the gaurd and the seals are shocking. mind you it took 4 weeks to get all this stuff, because he forgot it wasnt in stock and had to order it all. the guys a tool, wont be dealin with him again. cheers, scott Yeah I will be doing the same thing Scott, putting the new inserts into my old garnishes. Seeing your wags actually convinced me to buy some new ones! Agree 100% about the seals, they don't fit very well at all. As you said all his items are cheap crap but they certainly aren't cheap to buy. $119 for garnishes delivered! and yes parrot I'm pretty sure that Phil gets all his stuff from Thailand so it would be the same, all the thai reproduction gear is cheap and nasty I just might leave him a negative feedback. Cheers, Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMP020 Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 RARESPARES is the only way to go. even if they don't have an exact listing, they have that many seals to choose from they can match it up almost perfect. cheers, scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Thanks Scott I would much prefer to pay double at Rare Spares knowing that the part I am paying for will be quality and/or fit. Cheers, Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Yeh, definitely leave bad feedback, I always read through (the bad ones) to get an idea before I Buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroosa Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 I never actually purchased anything off phil because he is extremely overpriced. You could try 'Scotts Old Auto Rubber', as i got a heap of seals and bailey channel felts from him. All good quality. I also purchased a a full rubber kit from the Taiwanese blokes on ebay. Seem like a good quality product. Some of the rubbers were in 'Genuine Toyota' plastic packages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattress Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Phil is a dodgey dodgey man. My brother had a motor built and engine conversion done through him many years ago. Lets just say it was average at best. When my brother picked his car up there was a big scratch on the tailgate of his wagon's new paint. Phil claimed a cat got in through an open window and knocked something off a shelf onto it. We also found a very nice tidy mazda 1300 wagon and decided to swap that for a weber, manifold and tune. Phil knocked $500 off the price for our trouble.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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