gaskets

[JesseH]

I know this topic has been brought up alot, but one company I found eristic.... I looked at some other threads, any many people have said that 99% of the cheap gaskets kits are sh*t but theweezl and kai said that this company was decent and had no problems, now with this gte I have out of the car that I will be putting in soon I want to change some of the gaskets, it already has a preped MHG, so I wont be using that...the main things I need from the kit are the exhaust mani, intake mani, turbo gaskets, water pump, injector o rings, oil pan(Ive heard FIPG from toyota is the best to use), and valve covers. I really want to hear facts or form people who has had experience with this company..not just opnions. If the responses seem too risky Ill just go fel-pro
thanks
-Jesse

 

[Poodles]

fel-pro is just reboxed cheap stuff...

best gaskets you can get are factory... they aren't cheap, but they don't leak...

 

[kylefoto]

fel-pro is just reboxed cheap stuff...

best gaskets you can get are factory... they aren't cheap, but they don't leak...

Can't agree more.
Grab two gaskets, one by fel-pro, one by toyota, you can tell the difference big time.

 

[Poodles]

most of the gaskets don't matter, but the ones that are notable are the exhaust manifold gasket and the turbo gaskets...

 

[josh930]

If most of the gaskets dont matter, is it better/cheaper to get the necessary notable gaskets from toyota and then get a cheap fel-pro set? What gaskets would you say you acctualy need from toyota and which ones can you do without?

 

[Poodles]

I have a fel-pro set on mine as I was on a horribly tight budget at the time...

it's really hard to say, but I did forget one... the throttlebody gasket has to be modified on the fel-pro one...

personally, if you can afford it, get the toyota one...

 

[johnathan1]

Yea, the throttle body gasket in the fel-pro/eBay kits have an opening that is waaaay too small...has to be opened up slightly...I used a pair of scissors.

I used an eBay gasket set, with a thin layer of Toyota seal packing on every gasket when I did my BHG replacement and haven't had any leak yet...

But I must say, the Toyota gaskets really feel a lot more substantial, and they are all very high quality.