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I love the stuff like....
"Oh Kooks has been overcharging for quite some time".....and "If they want to send me a set, I will be glad to look them over".
Here are the two realities.
a.) There is a difference between overcharging, and a product simply costing more than you want to pay. In a world of $400 intakes a $1000 catbacks...I do not think that spending $1100 or so on a set of American made headers with cats is out of line. Do some price research. Especially considering in terms of performance, headers are the only one of the 3 that does everything. I get so frustrated when I see people running around with a CAI Intake, Corsa or Borla Exhaust, and then they want to moan over how they had to buy some flea market headers because nice ones are over priced. Kooks, ARH, Dynatech, Stainlessworks all cost about the same price. These companies are all very competitive...and if one could drop the price $200 and own the market, they would. The reality however is, if you want a header with cats made of 304 stainless, in the US, you are gonna pay $1000+
b.) The second reality is sometimes a product is out your price range. And it has nothing really to do with income. It is all a matter of what you want to spend. I know plenty of rich people who won't part with a dollar to save their lives. I know plenty of people who blow money they really don't have. If for some reason you say in your head you are only gonna spend $400 on headers...then the only real end game is you end up with ebay knock offs. Your car, your money, do what you want. However I personally think it is wrong to buy a knock of product, and then run around like they are such a great value, and the real thing is over priced...blah...blah. There is no way it is not hypocritical to buy an unauthorized, inferior copy of some elses work, and then act like the original company being ripped off is the bad guy fleecing people. Especially when the reality is, you would love to have the real thing, you are just too cheap (or can't afford) to buy it.
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