I took a gamble on a local salvage yard that had a flywheel online. Low Miles, Grade A condition. Umm, not so much... But to be honest if it wasn't for the rust it'd be a bargain. If you look at the pressure plate surface it looks like it's never been used.

They had no problems taking it back. "Just send it back we'll refund your money"

Still waiting on RMA from Carolina to send back brand new untouched flywheel.

Although good news is my bolts should arrive tomorrow morning. Gonna put everything back together using old flywheel, I think it will be fine.

After experiencing the dampened play in the LUK DMF081 vs. my Flywheel I'm not sure why they chose to use dual mass flywheels at all. Even by hand turning the flywheels they seem to "bottom out" rather easily. I'm no body builder, although my mousing arm is still pumped from editing photos, but it seems the torque these flywheels must be under would warrant much heavier springs.

But my list of auto repairs is thin at best so WTH do I know?