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The Nissan replacement AFM's are not lasting long at all, and they refuse to warrant them. I have some aftermarket ones coming in the next week or so, they tested out fine so I am ordering a bulk shipment. Hopefully they will work out at around $65 each. A few of the M35 guys are using them without issue now. Let me know if you want one as I am sure they will disappear fast.

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I thought they would go quick. :P

Unfortunately I doubt the manufacturer will warrant these either, so I can't offer one myself for now. If they seem reliable after this batch I will add a little to the price and offer some kind of warranty with them perhaps. Not that it matters, Nissan won't warrant their $330 ones either.

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Put me down for one when you get them Scotty.

I'll be keeping one as a spare; that way it'll never fail again. :whistling:

Spot on. Its like washing your car to make it rain. Works every time.

Throw my name on to the list for one of your new fandangled AFM's Scotty, I've killed 2 or 3 OEMs one myself to date.

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I thought they would go quick. :P

Unfortunately I doubt the manufacturer will warrant these either, so I can't offer one myself for now. If they seem reliable after this batch I will add a little to the price and offer some kind of warranty with them perhaps. Not that it matters, Nissan won't warrant their $330 ones either.

Mate, I figure the status quo remains; if Nissan won't warrant them, and they are failing randomly, you shouldn't be expected to anything more.

I'd rather have no warranty on a $65 part, than no warranty on a $330 part.

At $65; it's a consumable as far as I'm concerned. A bit like oil or a filter.

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What information do you want to know? They blow when you boot them, very hard to hang out of the bonnet at 100k's an hour. :P

I have a theory, the Chinese are spitting in each Nissan AFM as it rolls off the production line. I think they are still pissed over that island dispute...

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