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Originally Posted by SOLISIMO
You guys are your own worse enemies, and you wonder why Volks, SSR's, TopSecret, etc.. are so expensive.... Its bc people in the US are lazy and instead of designing their own wheel or body part its easier to COPY.... It has lead for TopSecret to stop importing G37 parts to the US bc of replicas.
Over the the 350z vendor forum, 90% of the parts being sold are all replicas of Japanese companies and it irritates me. What I wish for is that people that buy these parts have something of theirs that they spent thousands in researching and designing just get swiped and copied and see how good it feels.
Im done buying replica sh!t and have slowly transformed my car to support the market and not hurt it. I would be embarrased to rock fake crap on my 40k plus car and proud to have real JDM/American made parts.
Another example: ARK Exhaust = HKS copy
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...Other than the canister with the resonator in the back the exhaust is still differently enough NOT to be a 'replica'
The tips are different, HKS is an H-pipe while ARK is X-pipe, so how are they replicas??? These wheels are replica's because they are damn near IDENTICAL but not authentic...
If ARK copied HKS - they sure as hell made it different enough to call it their own.
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Performance GTM Stage 1 SC, GTM Res.Test Pipes, Invidia Gemini Exhaust, GTM HD Oil Cooler
Wheels & Suspension AME Tracer TM02's 19x9.5F 19x10.5R w/ 265x35F & 305x30R, Hotchkis Sways, BC (BR) Racing Coilovers (Car Sold)
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