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Crazy cheap TPS's!

Post by NafemanNathan » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:45 pm

Almost worth it just for a spare!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Throttle-Posi ... 2a1ee3effd

Usually these things retail for £40ish+. Not sure you can really go wrong with the quality of a TPS either.

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Post by mercutio » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:51 pm

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Post by jjmartin349571 » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:56 pm

Awesome, nice find there mate :) at that price it's tempting to get 4, replace my 2 current ones (two separate cars before anyone thinks I've gone mental :lol: ) and have two spare :lol:

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Post by Vtecmec » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:56 pm

Nice find, bought one just for the hell of it. :lol:

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Post by Lude-dude » Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:45 am

I would be bit worried about quality, and if it lasts

I bought a yonaka one recently for about 40ish I think
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Post by NafemanNathan » Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:55 am

Lude-dude wrote:I bought a yonaka one recently for about 40ish I think
Is that why you're worried? :lol:

I've ordered one as at that price it doesn't matter if it is rubbish, but I did think there's not really much they can do wrong with a TPS... It doesn't actually do any thinking itself, it purely sends a signal/makes a resistance.

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Post by Lude-dude » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:15 am

probably :lol:

if its chinese components, they could fail

but your right for the price you could buy ten of them
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Post by judderod » Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:37 pm

I did have a dodgy OBX one a few years back. Didn't flag up on the ECU that it went bad, but the car just felt crap when pulling off and poor response during tip-in. Took me ages to find the fault. Turned out it was acting like an old crackly volume control. So when I took it off the back fell off coz whatever they used to glue it on with had dried out!

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Post by NafemanNathan » Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:41 pm

Oh! :? :lol: Well I'll thoroughly examine mine once I've received it and report back ;-)

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Post by judderod » Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:45 pm

Mine was fine for about a year, I guess the weather or heat got at it. Can't complain really I got what I paid for but I just can't be bothered with having my time wasted by cheap parts anymore :yawn:

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