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Originally Posted by PQ
Serious question here. All aftermarket part are superior to the OEM equipment correct? (or are supposed to be or there would be no reason to do it) (well...... to get the stickers maybe lol)
Is there really THAT much of a difference in them. I mean if the OEM stuff gets a rating say 60 out of 100, is it really so bad to buy a product that gets you a 90 out of 100 and worry about if you might have gotten 91 out of 100?
Basically, are the differences going to be all that much?
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PQ, you bring up a good point. Its my opinion that it isn't necessarily that straightforward of a scale though, when customers are considering the purchase of upgraded components. If you are simply entering a engineering competition, then yes, it seems like you could use a scale of that resolution to determine a products "effectiveness". But a problem arises when you introduce cost and value to a customer. This is really where matters get subjective, and customers have different opinions on if the differences are "worth" it.
To put it simply, some customers when "thin-slicing" a products value, will rate the difference between two products (in the example you mentioned), a 90 and 91. But another customer may have the opinion that certain differences are more valuable, and would rate those same two products at a 65 and 95.
So it really just comes down to the customers attitude on the situation and the "resolution" in their scale, if that makes sense. Pfadt likes to supply products to meet the demands of all "scales" being considered.
With that said, I think the point you are trying to make is that customers are going to see an improvement from all after market products, and people will not be dissappointed with the decision they come to (as long as its not keeping the stock components
). I will agree with you, but the key is determining the value of "improvement" relative to another product.