Originally Posted by
Autech This thread is about this product. The price is the price, and there is a reason for it. The chinese crap you posted is exactly that - chinese crap - and you pay for what you get.
with all due respect, andreas, it's companies like Autech, JWT, etc who do the R&D for our cars. companies like OBX and SSAC and other chinese knockoff companies sure do have killer prices but how much does it cost to copy someone's design? not much...
look what happened to Hot Shot Headers. sure, they weren't cheap, but what happens when SSAC/OBX makes a copy of their product and sells it for a fraction of the price? there's no more hot shot....
sure, autech's billet TB is expensive, but you're paying into guaranteeing that reputable companies like autech will continue making parts for our cars.
by all means (and this message is to all you cheapy-fake part supporters/purchasers) if you guys want to keep buying fake parts, go ahead. i've already moved onto different platforms so it doesn't effect me, but think about yourselves for a second. this market is going to dry up if you guys keep undercutting the guys who are putting their own time, money, and resources into the R&D for these motors/chassis....