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The question isn't how much something cost, the question is are you willing to risk your life for something that cheap? My favorite is when someone for example buys... a genuine gt2871r.. and a Megan Racing exhaust manifold.. wheres the thought process? Or a Twin turbo supra guy buying ebay exhaust.. wtf? you know?? Spend money on decent stuff.. Whether it works or not, I'd rather not risk it. $200 IS nothing, but no one is dumb enough to blindly send it to a stranger. I just spent $700 on a new exhaust cuz I don't like my apexi n1 dual. Expensive? Sure. Do I have the money? No. Its on credit. I could have bought something cheaper, for $200 less. But I figured I'll spend a bit extra, and have a longer return on it.
About a year ago I bought a MR down pipe and turbo outlet. I paid about $110 for each. Less than a year after the purchase, I realized I had a 2 inch long crack on the MR turbo outlet. I wound up purchasing a Tomei outlet for $200. Had I just spent an extra $90 from the start, I would have actually saved myself $110, or the original investment. Their downpipe lasted me about 1 week before the shitty bracket broke off on me. So, once again.. I bought a new HKS downpipe, and once again.. I could have SAVED $110 by going straight to the HKS.. Lesson learned? How often do you want to replace the cheap part??
My clutch slave cylinder blew on my S13. OEM Nissan charged about $50. I said screwit, I'll buy one from advance auto parts. $15 and 3 months later, I said shit. I need another one. $15 and 4 months after that I said shit, this is going to be the 3rd time, and I spent another $15 dollar. The fourth time around I said to myself.. I spent $45 and countless hours fixing that shit. I should have just bought OEM and saved myself the money and hassle, and went out to buy the OEM part and never looked back.
Once again, how often do you want to replace the cheap parts lol
-Bart
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05-04-2008, 10:30 PM
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