You live in California. Try that in Seattle or Maryland. I am not sure the argument about stainless is relevent. If Chinese Stainless was good enough for most mainstream manufacturers, then you would see some of the big exhaust companies using it. Most i talked to won't use it because they cannot make the complex bends they need without it tearing.
Let's be real here though. They are welded bent pipe...that is a copy of a proven design. You have to comepletly fail to mess it up. So even though anyone with half an ounce of objectivity can look at them, look at say Kooks, and see a big difference in quality, the odds of them like failing is likely pretty small. Just like fake oakley's keep the sun out, or you can play twinkle, twinkle little star on your knock off Les Paul.
Here is my point in all this. Some people have no issue buying fake or knock off stuff...I get that. However there are plenty of people who spend good money on the real thing. They see value in a product that is well designed, engineered, and assembled, and comes with quality support, so they will pay for it. So when you come here like "Omgz...I bought these headers and they look awesome, and I saved big $$$$$!"..everyone who bought the real thing is going to have an opinion. I can't think of anywhere, or any market segment where you could buy a blatent knock off of a product, publically brag about it, and get 100% positive response. At the end of the day, sure they are best in terms of price..and they likely will not fall off your car or some crap. But the also are based ofof a stolen design, and the set I had were personally the worst looking set of stainless headers I have ever seen.
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Originally Posted by ss/rs-matt
With all these metals experts on here can someone explain to me how the $100 mild steel hedman headers that are rusted and look like hell havent fallen off my 46 ford? They've been on for 15 years and have been through many heat cycles. Are you going to tell me that mild steel is better than supposed Chinese steel? I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here and say my OBX headers will outlast the mild steel fenders on my car.
Btw, china produces 44% of the worlds steel.
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