a friend of mine in our german forum has been scammed

eBay Motors: Subaru Impreza STI Brembo Brake Kit (item 220361412237 end time Feb-16-09 13:30:00 PST)

donīt bid on this, you will never see the brakes, be aware!

 

thanks

 

Looks pretty legit...is its because its in Latvia?

 

looks ok to me though i would never buy from eastern europe, just a thought but if you were going to scam people why say the discs won't fit pre 05? it wouldn't matter if they don't fit if your never going to send them

 

exactly what I was thinking.

 

I had a similar problem with a set of wheels off ebay. They were from Portugal, paid for them, noticed the next day he was selling them again, then again the next day, and the next etc! Long story short it took 8 weeks to claim my money back with Visa, paypal were next to useless.

 

believe me, this guy sold one kit with exact the same pics to my friend...the kit never arrived.
Last week this guy, other ebay-username, offers the kit again...better, he offers the pics and hot air...we told ebay germany, offer was closed/moved.
Now heīs trying it in the US, exact the same pics.

hereīs a screenshot from the last attempt in gemany

 

Dint you think to email the seller when it said?? FRONT AND BACK Therefore everything is immaculate. As you can see from the pictures there are back plates, flexi hoses, handbrake shoes, cables and all the brackets and fixings you need to make the upgrade.

You can clearly see this is a scam, all you have to do is read befor you buy. Ask questions when things dont look right, like stated above.

 

front ad rear i get but whats you sayin bout the Handbrake shoes bit????

 

since when do you get hand brake shoes on a turbo, it's pads

 

DISCS ALL AROUND!!!

 

On the rears you get pads for braking and the inner disc(drum) has shoes for the handbrake

 

yeh cause they do have handbrake shoes inside the discs.

 

Well stand corrected, did not no this.

 

so are u saying that the inside of the disc is used as a drum??

 

yup spot on pretty much like a normal drum setup sure hwen you change to brembo rear setup on a classic you need bigger rear handbrake shoes to go with the bigger discs.

 

Yes, on the rears the inside of the disc is a drum for the handbrake

 

No not the disk its self the black plate thingi, used just to hold the car by the sounds of it. does my00 have this as well then, or just newage

 

Clever stuff! is this just for Brembo's?

 

MY99/00 had backing plates

 

2 pot rears as well, different sizes if you had R160 or R180 diffs eg Newage290mm rears disc's won't fit classic Type R 's

 

no both my classic had this similar setup too a 96 555 sti ra
and a 93 wrx and my 2005 wrx 300 and now my 2005 sti

 

This is going well off subject

 

good point lol even more so im liking your red wrx wi the turins mate sweet

 

All impreza's have this type of handbrake which works in the centre of the discs , the MY01 sti's have a larger set up though
Cheers Ian

 

have you lot fitted any clear indicators, i got some from flebay not 100% perfect fit, but will do. If i can get a perfect fit i will rebuy. MY00 where did you get yours from. wile off topic

 

would it be fair to say that if i changed my rear discs then it would be advisable to also renew the Shoes.

 

the shoes aren`t really doing any work so should last for a long time check them when off but doubt they wiould need changed

 

Theres a few basic pointers :

To me it looks like the 'seller' has just copied someone elses previous auction word for word and taken their pictures.

It also looks like a hijacked account, hence the good feedback, but the account hasn't been active for nearly 4 years, which should always set alarm bells ringing.

Also the user name - mdarren614 does not sound like a Latvian name

The seller also doesn't offer paypal as a payment option, so the odds are he'll want a western union transfer or direct bank transfer as payment.

 

Let's ruin the ***** auction..

I'll post some of his responses up here when he asks me for payment..

Then I'll leave him negative feedback.