OBX headers experience

[secondchance]

I did not see them in my package. I was figuring on reusing ones from the factory.

[mgbrv8]

Thank you secondchance looks like its time to stop looking and make a trip to the hardware store.

Dave

[Aurora40]

Originally Posted by richard sanderson

I don't know where they were manufactured. I bought them off US Ebay, from somewhere in the US, so I guess some of the profit went to reducing that famous debt! Anyway, historically, the biggest world traders have always been the USA, so looking from the outside, all this talk of boycotting imports looks a bit suspect to me. All this should be thought through in detail before unilateral actions are decided upon. Arent KIA's made in Kentucky? Is that bad for the USA? Sorry to preach - politics is my second biggest interest!

Just my two cents, it's not imports, it's Chinese imports. There are a lot of things to dislike about China, from their communism to their human rights violations, environmental practices, to stuff that is just stomach-turning like the various food scandals.

And OBX headers in specific all seem to be a ripoff of existing header designs (mostly by American companies).

I personally don't think a Kia made here is bad for anyone. But it's not hard to argue that a company that steals intellectual property and sends it off to a country that has an atrocious record for respecting human life for manufacture is one you'd prefer not to buy from.

[secondchance]

Originally Posted by Aurora40

Just my two cents, it's not imports, it's Chinese imports. There are a lot of things to dislike about China, from their communism to their human rights violations, environmental practices, to stuff that is just stomach-turning like the various food scandals.

And OBX headers in specific all seem to be a ripoff of existing header designs (mostly by American companies).

I personally don't think a Kia made here is bad for anyone. But it's not hard to argue that a company that steals intellectual property and sends it off to a country that has an atrocious record for respecting human life for manufacture is one you'd prefer not to buy from.

Well put, Bob. My selfishness got the better of me. Greed for performance plus my inherent cheapness...
I do agree with your message. International, balanced trade is a win-win for all parties. Stealing of interllectual right is wrong. Also, their social inequity and political system along with an expansinistic attitude makes China a dangerous country to support not to mention BS water pumps for LT5.

[Aurora40]

Hey Yun,

I was not trying to second guess your decision to purchase them. I was just trying to answer that guy's question, that a dislike of Chinese imports can be based on something other than redneck xenophobia, or whatever the implication was.

You got a great deal on those things, and I'm interested to hear how they fit and work once you get them installed.

[secondchance]

Originally Posted by Aurora40

Hey Yun,

I was not trying to second guess your decision to purchase them. I was just trying to answer that guy's question, that a dislike of Chinese imports can be based on something other than redneck xenophobia, or whatever the implication was.

You got a great deal on those things, and I'm interested to hear how they fit and work once you get them installed.

I know Bob. I am hoping that David may volunteer to take pics so that we can post intall and describe fitment.
I will be meeting w/ the guy w/ C6 ZO6 brakes tomorrow or the day after. If I can verify fitment I might go for this conversion too. Thanks for the heads-up.

[richard sanderson]

They are good! And thank goodness the social do-gooders didn't stop GE from building that factory in China! (not that I suspect for one minute they are fabricating the OBX headers in there). greetings from sunny Spain, Dick