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Originally Posted by kpyo2000
I am thinking between these two brands. I know that FI is well known for customer service, product and all. I just don't have any patient to wait for it. The Berk is on sale for $995. Would FI worth the wait or should I go for Berk? I need some advice FI and Berk owners!
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You're worried about the F.I. wait, and you're still thinking about choosing Berk?
Berk has people waiting several months currently, and possibly even longer, to get their exhausts. They don't even have a proper ETA when it's being produced, let alone shipped or delivered. Berk is absolutely silent about the whole ordeal, unless they've come out recently and tried to fix the situation.
F.I. has a wait, but nowhere near several months and Tony comes out every week and updates which exhausts are being produced, shipped, and even installed in most cases.
All that being said, Berk and F.I. both produce incredibly sexy sounds. We had a dyno day at Z1 this weekend, and both companies were represented. I had the Berk and NewlyImported had the F.I.. Both sounded amazing, not gonna lie, and there was little difference at 7k RPMs.
Styling is completely different. F.I. has a unmistakenly tuner look, while Berk looks more stock than stock, haha.
If you can't bear to wait, F.I. and Berk may both be bad choices. Stillen, HKS, Invidia, etc. all may be better options.
If you can stand the wait, personally, I think Berk is the best CBE out there. Of course, customer service is dreadful currently.