Hey Yotatech.

So I'm ditching my Aisin for a Weber 38 (a 1" crack appeared above the fuel mixture screw so it's toast). I've been searching around on the forums and elsewhere for Weber/Redline kits and everyone says LCE, but imo their kits seems *very* overpriced (by about a hundred bucks). It doesn't even come with a different adapter, which is another 70 bucks or so. I'm not bashing them in any way but a hundred bucks is a lot of cash for me. Other options seem to be:

Ebay- I'm very leery of Ebay but if there is a reputable seller that is known I'm open to that

Weber carbs direct- seem to have a bad rap for selling knockoffs

Carbs Unlimited- seems OK, but ????

Pierce Manifolds- ???? No idea if they're reputable

Yotashop- Again, no clue

Amazon- these appear to be Chinese knockoffs sold by who knows

Weber/Redline website- emailed them today but no response yet. No webshop either.

Is there some secret source to a genuine Weber kit, or am I going to have to bite the bullet and go with LCE?

Hope you all have a kickass Wednesday

 

Also I might add that there were forum postings here about the issue, but none were very recent and I wanted to get updated info for 2016. Also a lot of the opinions seemed to be secondhand (I heard XYZ company was good) rather than first hand knowledge

 

I'd order it straight from Weber/Redline. I believe their sales all go through a 3rd party like Amazon or eBay - at least that's how it was when I bought my jet kit from them. They have very knowledgeable staff who actually answer the phone when you call, so dunno why you can't get hold of them.

 

I got my 38 from on eBay. He advertises them specifically as "genunie Weber" and "made in Spain" so if it wasn't legit then I has reasonable proof to go back to eBay and get my money back. He ships really quick and when it arrive it was in fact a legit genuine Weber 38. I got mine for $269 with free shipping. He has one listed now for $279 with free shipping (Below). Pretty good deal from what I have seen them sell for from other sources. I would recommend still getting the LCE spiral adapter in lieu of using the two piece Weber adapter to save yourself some future headaches.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/K746-38-Toyo...-/201445958173

 

Good to know in the future about Ebay, I think direct from Redline is the way to go for sure.

To anyone searching in the future, I ordered through Carbs Unlimited- it was about the same price (260ish for a Weber 38) and it was indeed genuine. Comes with the carb, crappy Redline adapter (toss it!), and *one* block plate with the barbed PCV fitting. Took about 4 days UPS from their little store in the West Coast to the Mid-Atlantic where I am.

Now I just gotta spend 10 more hours on Yotatech to get the thing installed

 

It's that way with every modification