I quit giving reviews on Amazon when I was trying to leave a review for a set of Imore earbuds that I was replacing. Went to leave a review and got the message “we are not accepting reviews on this item from this account”. So for giggles I got on chat to ask why. If you ever get on Amazon CS...
It will work fine as long as the overall diameter is the same. Which, in this case, it seems to be. I did this exact thing on a 2014 Elantra a few years ago. Had absolutely no issues. The highest cost was getting the tire monitors swapped over. The ride quality will be noticeably smoother.
This is a classic “Kobayashi Maru” scenario. The shops gonna get the blame no matter what. One of those “it’s never knocked or made strange noises before I brought it in” type of deals. Unless the guy is a stand up, seems you have two choices: used engine on the shops dime, or send him out the...