anyone ever heard of this lol
04-13-2008, 02:11 PM
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04-13-2008, 02:21 PM
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yeah ive seen/heard of it b4.....was put in a sunfire and the car was made fun of because there's "no way a e-bay turbo kit could make a sunfure fast"...but i dont know for sure..just ppl talking smack as usual...
04-13-2008, 02:26 PM
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for example, if i wanted to boost my 81 BMW, i'd probably need something like that as a starting point for a not a whole lot of cash. but when pre-engineered stuff is already out there for a given platform, there are a lot of good reasons to go that way.
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i agree joe....just ppl think that because its generic think right away its junk etc...you know not giving it a real chance...especially if you add to it...me personally i wouldny go and buy something like this tho....i'd go name brand/well known..etc
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NAMEBRAND!!! if we all quit buying the crap knockoffs, the namebrand quality wont be so expensive!!!
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Or exhaust by pacesetter or borla or corsa, all made from the same amount of metal, still cost 5 times as much as materials and workmanship when you can buy it on ebay for half the price or less.
Brand names are expensive because they are popular. No one in the history of the free market has ever made their products cheaper because they got popular...otherwise gas would still be 60 cents a gallon....
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04-13-2008, 11:38 PM
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Oh geeze did he just say that? Part of the reason NAMEBRAND equipment is so expensive is because everyone wants to buy the product because they know its quality. Knockoff parts can be just as good quality wise, but just not as well known....Take the AEM and INJEN intakes for our cars at 219+...all they are is tubes mandrel bent or single piece cast with a filter on one end and then the connector to our TBs, whereas the intake on jdmparts is 29.99
Or exhaust by pacesetter or borla or corsa, all made from the same amount of metal, still cost 5 times as much as materials and workmanship when you can buy it on ebay for half the price or less.
Brand names are expensive because they are popular. No one in the history of the free market has ever made their products cheaper because they got popular...otherwise gas would still be 60 cents a gallon....
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Or exhaust by pacesetter or borla or corsa, all made from the same amount of metal, still cost 5 times as much as materials and workmanship when you can buy it on ebay for half the price or less.
Brand names are expensive because they are popular. No one in the history of the free market has ever made their products cheaper because they got popular...otherwise gas would still be 60 cents a gallon....
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04-13-2008, 11:46 PM
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Oh geeze did he just say that? Part of the reason NAMEBRAND equipment is so expensive is because everyone wants to buy the product because they know its quality. Knockoff parts can be just as good quality wise, but just not as well known....Take the AEM and INJEN intakes for our cars at 219+...all they are is tubes mandrel bent or single piece cast with a filter on one end and then the connector to our TBs, whereas the intake on jdmparts is 29.99
Or exhaust by pacesetter or borla or corsa, all made from the same amount of metal, still cost 5 times as much as materials and workmanship when you can buy it on ebay for half the price or less.
Brand names are expensive because they are popular. No one in the history of the free market has ever made their products cheaper because they got popular...otherwise gas would still be 60 cents a gallon....
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Or exhaust by pacesetter or borla or corsa, all made from the same amount of metal, still cost 5 times as much as materials and workmanship when you can buy it on ebay for half the price or less.
Brand names are expensive because they are popular. No one in the history of the free market has ever made their products cheaper because they got popular...otherwise gas would still be 60 cents a gallon....
Econ 101
yes the prices are high cuz of quality, but also cuz they CAN make them that high, you pay for what you get, and they know peole will buy their quality product instead of spending and spending on the cheap product that will break numerous times. i get the idea thanx for braking down economics to me i'm jst completely dumb, thankgod theres you.
theres more than one reason for the prices, i was simply pointing out one of the huge flaws in aftermarket knockoff industry...
not to contradict myself
but in a consumer market, people are buying the bargain brand not caring about quality, so in turn the cost of making and distributing the quality product stays the same, but have less sales which means the prices must rise because no one is buying the ****. businesses gotta stay in business, knockoffs drive up the prices of the quality products because they flood the market therefore less and less people are buying name brand anymore...
a few of the tuner mags have done the reports recently...
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Oh geeze did he just say that? Part of the reason NAMEBRAND equipment is so expensive is because everyone wants to buy the product because they know its quality. Knockoff parts can be just as good quality wise, but just not as well known....Take the AEM and INJEN intakes for our cars at 219+...all they are is tubes mandrel bent or single piece cast with a filter on one end and then the connector to our TBs, whereas the intake on jdmparts is 29.99
Or exhaust by pacesetter or borla or corsa, all made from the same amount of metal, still cost 5 times as much as materials and workmanship when you can buy it on ebay for half the price or less.
Brand names are expensive because they are popular. No one in the history of the free market has ever made their products cheaper because they got popular...otherwise gas would still be 60 cents a gallon....
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Or exhaust by pacesetter or borla or corsa, all made from the same amount of metal, still cost 5 times as much as materials and workmanship when you can buy it on ebay for half the price or less.
Brand names are expensive because they are popular. No one in the history of the free market has ever made their products cheaper because they got popular...otherwise gas would still be 60 cents a gallon....
Econ 101
The big companies don't just throw a price out there. They do some research to see how high people are willing and able to go.
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Oh geeze did he just say that? Part of the reason NAMEBRAND equipment is so expensive is because everyone wants to buy the product because they know its quality. Knockoff parts can be just as good quality wise, but just not as well known....Take the AEM and INJEN intakes for our cars at 219+...all they are is tubes mandrel bent or single piece cast with a filter on one end and then the connector to our TBs, whereas the intake on jdmparts is 29.99
Or exhaust by pacesetter or borla or corsa, all made from the same amount of metal, still cost 5 times as much as materials and workmanship when you can buy it on ebay for half the price or less.
Brand names are expensive because they are popular. No one in the history of the free market has ever made their products cheaper because they got popular...otherwise gas would still be 60 cents a gallon....
Econ 101
Or exhaust by pacesetter or borla or corsa, all made from the same amount of metal, still cost 5 times as much as materials and workmanship when you can buy it on ebay for half the price or less.
Brand names are expensive because they are popular. No one in the history of the free market has ever made their products cheaper because they got popular...otherwise gas would still be 60 cents a gallon....
Econ 101
04-14-2008, 11:11 AM
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Gas probably would be 60 cents only if the nation did not have a 7 trillion dollar debt. Back a few years ago when this debt was minimal, gasoline cost roughly 60 cents, the USD was worth ~1.25 to the dollar. Now the USD is worth ~.74 to the dollar. That's why prices of oil are skyrocketing. It's the value of the dollar driving up the price of oil, not the demand.
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