For the love of Silvias!!! Aftermarket Industry rant....

[Sleepy240]

Originally Posted by CrimsonRockett

+1.

I can't honestly say I've never rocked knock off parts, but I learned my lesson through them.

Cheaping out on suspension/engine pieces isn't exactly smart. Shit fails and you're F'd. Now, a body kit on the other hand, I'm not one to spend $1,500 on a full aero kit, slam my car to the ground, track it, and watch it all explode.

I don't exactly have disposable income.

However, I will always try my best to support the industry by buying name-brand parts.

I may be young, but I never had the drifter "whatever works" attitude.

I prefer doing things right the first time.

See this is what I mean about people being hypocritical, and I don't mean this to necessarily single you out (Nothing against you this is going to more of a generalization). It's OK to drop 500$ on a manifold but 1500$ on a body kit? No thanks I stick with my $500 knock off. But then the same people will turn around and knock on people for having a freddy manifold. I honestly don't see the difference, a knock off is just that a knock off. It doesn't matter whether its aero, manifolds, or seats.

Again I'm not gonna sit here and claim to be a purist and only use name brand parts but honestly whats the point? 99% of parts serve the same purpose nowadays. Why would you choose one company over another? Such as what makes Teins $1500 coilovers better than Stances $1200 coilovers? Yet most people will spend the 300$ less on a cheaper coil because guess what, they are VERY similar. Obviously there are differences I'm not claiming part A = part B. But when part A is very comparable to part B its not a very difficult decision.

[CrimsonRockett]

Originally Posted by Sleepy240

See this is what I mean about people being hypocritical, and I don't mean this to necessarily single you out (Nothing against you this is going to more of a generalization). It's OK to drop 500$ on a manifold but 1500$ on a body kit? No thanks I stick with my $500 knock off. But then the same people will turn around and knock on people for having a freddy manifold. I honestly don't see the difference, a knock off is just that a knock off. It doesn't matter whether its aero, manifolds, or seats.

Again I'm not gonna sit here and claim to be a purist and only use name brand parts but honestly whats the point? 99% of parts serve the same purpose nowadays. Why would you choose one company over another? Such as what makes Teins $1500 coilovers better than Stances $1200 coilovers? Yet most people will spend the 300$ less on a cheaper coil because guess what, they are VERY similar. Obviously there are differences I'm not claiming part A = part B. But when part A is very comparable to part B its not a very difficult decision.

To make things perfectly clear, I would spend the money to buy a $1,500 kit, but I wouldn't exactly take it to the track and watch it blow up. It would be more of a hard parker(like stated above).

It's not that I'm cheap and prefer rocking a knock off kit that fits like shit. If anything, I have the same standards when it comes down to exterior parts as well(hence the reason why i'm running OEM Aero).

Your comparison to Tein and Stance is just personal preference. Both are great coilovers. Some people like Tein's more than Stance and Stance more than Tein.

I'm not one to knock on people for rocking knock-off parts either. I can understand with certain people because I've been in their shoes. They don't exactly have the money to buy Cusco this, or JIC that. They try to mod their cars with their allowed income.

People learn from their mistakes.(That's a true enthusiast). You realize how much your previous knock off part sucked compared to your new legit part. For example, I rode on D2 coilovers for about half a year. That was my first coilover...ever. I made $7.50/hr back when I got those. Sure, I had heard JIC's were the shit, but I just couldn't afford them back then. I worked hard, got out of that crappy job, got myself into an office job making loads of money(for someone still living at home with no real bills). What's the first thing I did? Got rid of my D2's and bought my current JIC FLT-A2's. WORLD of a difference.

From then on, I tried my best to replace all of the crappy parts I was only able to afford with my allowed income. I had the whole new car feel to it. No random clunks here or there.

I build my car for my own pleasure. I chose to use the best parts I can afford.

I'll never talk down to someone running knock off parts.

I simply suggest to do some research. That's really all it takes to know what parts are worth the money.