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UPDATED: As promsied, some K03 / K04 death/replace info

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Old 08-29-2006, 07:52 PM
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Default UPDATED: As promsied, some K03 / K04 death/replace info

Update: I was stupid with the graph and made some errors. New one in place now with four pieces of trend data.

From my original poll (see link), I got some crude data from ya'll. I asked what mileage your K03s blew (if they blew), and what mileage is on the K04s.

Threw it in Excel for this:

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/53671/k03k04.jpg">

If you want the excel, let me know.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/2455154.phtml">poll</a></li></ul>
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What do you conclude from your poll?
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and no, I don't have much data...

more people replace working k03s than waiting for them to blow. with a mod-heavy group like ours, k04s seem to be a power upgrade rather than a reliability upgrade.

so far, mileage on k04s does not prove that they are in any way more reliable than k03s.

nothing really new, but I was curious.
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more k04's blew in the first 15k miles than k03's in 100k?
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Default OK. But KO4's on your chart means miles on K04's so far, not K04 failures. Is this correct?

Maybe should ask for K04 failures as well for your poll...

K04's at 83K (K03's OK)
currently at 94K

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yes. i was confused at first... i had to go back and reread...
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yup. and yes, you are right, i should ask for k04 failures
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Default sorry - the k04 bars represent how many miles on k04s.

only one user reported a blown k04
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nice... thanks...
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TampaS4 is on his 4th set of K04's... LOL


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