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Originally Posted by qstoria
Very interesting thread on one of the most important and most talked about issues of M96 ownership.
As a one year owner of an 04 Boxster S I can definitely say that it was a no brainer for me to go with the LN engineering bearing on the day I bought the car. I had done my homework for over a year before buying the car so I knew the risks involved with the IMS etc.
The one thing that I find surprising about this thread is that people are still prepared to save a couple of hundred bucks and buy a bearing that is not from LN but allegedly is cut from the same cloth. We are talking what, a $300 saving? I believe that is almost as risky as not replacing the bearing at all in some ways.
LN did the hard yards with the R&D for several years to bring the first reputable solution to this problem which I think in many ways has probably prevented the value of these cars from sliding right off the bottom of the scale so for people now to look at a generic version of the same bearing LN offer seems a little odd to me!
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Well i understand your point of view but i'll expose you mine.
The bearing that is in the car from the manufacturer is a 15$ bearing #6204DU17.
Considering this, it means that the IMS bearing allready in place from the porsche factory that has allready less than 10% chances of failing is a 15$ bearing.
I conclude that if a install there a hybrid ceramic (plane turbine) bearing that can endure much more stress, heat and rpm will have less chances of failing than the oem one.
By the way, my car that has now 75 000 km and is a 2002 still had a 15$ bearing in good condition. I replaced it by prevention.
LN engineering said that they tried many bearings and found one that did not fail blablabla.... I'm curious what they had to do to make other bearings fail. I don't believe that. They just did like me and stopped a little bit to think about it and came with the conclusion that a hybrid ceramic bearing will perfectly work there. They don't make bearings, they just chose one for the application. And still you have to consider that the 15$ bearing could last 200 000 km there but in some case of unusual use, it can wear out.
I operate a repair shop specialized in european cars and this way of thinking drove me to success ever since.
So i wish myself good luck and will keep you updated if anything happens :-)
Maxime Routhier