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Originally Posted by DarkPira7e
The money you save piecing it together will leak out of those $6 fittings
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Do the vendors of kits really use higher quality fittings? Plus what's stopping you from buying these higher quality fittings yourself? The cost saving is there to offset the research and development time, even if all you need to do is verify the correct threads on the oil filter or the right length for the hoses. Plus not counting the time investment into figuring out what to buy and then figuring out how to get everything installed vs. getting a ready made kit with instructions. If people priced their wrenching time they would probably opt for an off the shelf solution, but for most of us wrenching is a hobby and the time spent on it is both free and priceless.
If anything, needing to buy a longer hose after you realize that the routing you thought would work and measured for ends up touching the serpentine belt or something is what will eat up into the cost saving.
But if you do your due diligence well and are prepared to put in the work to figure everything out there's no reason why you shouldn't have a well working oil cooler for much less than a vendor's kit. Just look at the
Super/Turbo thread for the exact same discussion on Supercharger and Turbo kits vs. full DIY.