Light force but with one hand, nothing big.

 

Ya ---Its best to leave every clamp loose till the turbo is plumbed in, then go down the line, fine tune the pipes and tighten

And --yes, the A/C bracket to pipe is prone to break

 

Hopefully TN will take care of you. Not too exciting though in the mean time!

Would it be better for you to try and get the relocation kit now, or is this already it?

 

Did you overboost at all?

 

i see a trend here but good thing they have great customer service.

 

I already have the relocation kit on.

No I didn't overboost, not even close. I wasn't driving hard, I think maybe 7psi.

 

these things happen... its funny how durable these vac hoses are though! ive heard of heeps of cases of this happening on honda's who run ****ty ssac manifolds. strong buggers.

 

Well I'm waiting to see if TN will cover this under warrantee. Hopefully. Trying to get to the Huntington Beach meet with the car. Hopefully they can work with me.

 

Mine did it twice. Both times I was over-nighted the parts

 

I never had the issue of broken tabs or piping driving the car for 2 years. I don't know why some people would have any more.

 

Unlucky I guess.

 

They were made on a Friday.

 

I dont know, the only thing I can figure out is having to use a lever to line the piping up or bottoming it out (which is highly unlikely). Personally I'm not even sure which tabs I used to attach the piping to the ac compressor. I was running only one bolt there and it worked fine.

Sometimes sht just happens I guess.

 

I agree. In multiple years on my car and tens of thousands of miles I've never seen a broken tab. Perhaps too much force/tension during install?

 

My tab didn't break though. I think the weld wasn't good. At least thats what it looks like.

 

Got a pic? I'm interested in seeing. I'll look at mine when I get to Orlando this next week.

 

Any chance you hit/ran over something, high centered on a speed bump, etc?

 

yea pics would be cool... also 've had mY used tn kit for aa few months and no problems, other than havg to wrap the upper ac line better, but that was my fault...

 

I'll be able to post some pics tonight when I get home.

I didn't hit anything, or high center at all.

 

yea i dunno, i've even bottomed out really good (i mean really 4ukken good) and everything was fine... just my nerves were outta rack! lol

its all back to installation and the quality of the parts; thats in my opinion!