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Originally Posted by LIM3
now how much longer could the high priced brands actually last ? thats a question worth answering. any idea any one ?
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the brands themselves? they'll last just fine. the question really should be... how much longer will the Camaro Tax be added to performance parts?
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Originally Posted by mikeSS
i live in MI, and i know people pretty high up in GM and chrysler. cant tell you how much they hate other counties at times. for things like these involving car parts.
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Can you tell us how much they love other countries for making the
parts that ae assembled into our cars? lol
Yes the car is assembled in Canada, but how many of the individual components are manufactured in China, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, US, etc?
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Originally Posted by mikeSS
i mean technically speaking, i guess they are not knock offs. but again they look exactly the same, and cost half the price. honestly they look so similar that it would be a easy win in court if kooks were to sue.
but on the flip side of that, couldnt kooks be sued for price gouging?
anyone wanna bet me that kooks hates OBX? maybe there is a reason behind that....
guys use some common sense. stop looking at this in the eyes on a consumer and start to in the eyes of a business owner. who works very hard to keep his company going and provides jobs for the working class.
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I believe that Kooks and other companies make a reliable product. however, I believe there is still a "Camaro Tax" on a lot of products out there.
(and Mike, this isnt a personal attack on you, you just happened to bring up good points...
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but i digress...
I said when the first headers first hit the market, the LS3 is not some magically different engine from previous cars. There's even more room in the engine bay than there was for 4th gens and vettes. These guys have been making headers for decades... this isnt new technology. but yet, we are still paying the premium for our parts.
However, this debate did not start with OBX and Kooks (or BBK). its been going on for a while... just the names have changed. any 4th gen guys out there will remember that Pacesetter has almost always had the price for LT's at around $500.00 while everyone else was $800 and up. granted a few companies had some truly unique designs (Hooker had a slip-fit #1 primary so you didnt have to disconnect the steering shaft to install them), but in general, the only real difference was the length of the header after the collector and the flange (if any).
Everyone who bought the higher priced headers would always say to stay away from pacesetters, because they were a lower quality... yet there were plenty of people buying them and never having an issue.
fact of the matter is, all LTs are going to give you more power, some might make 2hp more or less than the next one (not including primary sizes).
Buy what you want. Its your car, you are building it for YOU, not for somebody online.