Please don't take this as bashing as I am currently searching for this turbo but $1100 is the going price for this new or am I missing something? The polishing is $100 extra but the piece of mind that comes with new vs "he said......" Is valuable. Make offer via pm if you wish.
I hate to play cheerleeder for chris but I owned the 62 before him and he never even ran it, its cut for hx40, with a vband wended on the cover and polished...its a low miles tight turbo ...just saying, i think its worth a couple extra bucks as its bolt on.
but hey... is what it is
this was the pic of the turbo when i took it off my truck, its sat in a box since.