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Who would honestly pay $2000 for an Intake?

The same guys who buy their strut bar for $2k, the Amuse exhaust for $5k, and the rear chassis stiffener for $2k... The people who want to show off

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Old 12-21-2012, 03:12 AM   #1 (permalink)
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The same guys who buy their strut bar for $2k, the Amuse exhaust for $5k, and the rear chassis stiffener for $2k...

The people who want to show off
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people who are insecure and NEED to have the best name brand parts reguardelss of whp gains will....

Don't lump people who buy some of the JDM brands into one group.

For example - everybody knows I hate taking my car out lol
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Same as people used to spend crazy money on Paris Hilton sex tape when it's just came out while regular porns are free.
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Don't lump people who buy some of the JDM brands into one group.

For example - everybody knows I hate taking my car out lol
yeah but you are a rare example. so JDM you swapped your german DD for a subaru.
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Don't lump people who buy some of the JDM brands into one group.

For example - everybody knows I hate taking my car out lol
Lol, sorry, my issue is more with things like the $2k strut bars and such... I think the Top Speed Strut bar is REALLY ugly too...

If someone really needs a titanium rear chassis brace and is willing to pay $2-3k, they have more money than brains, I can came the same thing with titanium for MUCH less

People think Ti costs as much as gold, yeah, it's difficult to weld


At the same time, Phelan, I have met you personally, and your car looks awesome to say the LEAST, I'm not saying because you have a full authentic Amuse kit that you're insecure about Johnson or anything, lol, and having the 5k exhaust completes the total package as well, and I think it's more functional than the intake or the other pieces I talked about

And the article that compares them to the G3's has to be wrong... I know the stock intake boxes are really efficient, and those look like they use the same inlets, but I still don't buy Baker's dyno runs (if they are correct it would seem that Stillen's G2 would be as good as the G3, but why does everyone buy/recommend the G3's???)
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