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Old Aug 29, 2015 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by tblu92
Ego within a Corvette owner seems to be more important than value---Where owners like to brag about having a set of $2400 LT's but the real enthusiast would brag about the actual HP gains and the $$ they saved to be able to purchase other HP producing mods-----
There's no need to devolve this thread any further.

The OP has accepted that he will not be purchasing the headers, and has confirmed that he has received the information he was looking for.

Any further negative / offensive discussion such as the example posted above is counter-productive to the thread and forum in general.
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Old Aug 29, 2015 | 09:13 PM
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One issue is most people have never held different sets of headers in their hands to actually make an informed decision. They see shiny headers on some ebay page and are like "Those are pretty and half the price". Yet if you look at them in person next to a set of Kooks, you can tell one is hand crafted by highly skilled person. The other looks like it was made between batches of Walmart lawn furniture by a 12 year old working in a cave.

Because of this, we actually have set of overseas headers we display next to the real thing at shows. Sells a lot of product for us
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Old Aug 30, 2015 | 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by MarylandSpeed
One issue is most people have never held different sets of headers in their hands to actually make an informed decision. They see shiny headers on some ebay page and are like "Those are pretty and half the price". Yet if you look at them in person next to a set of Kooks, you can tell one is hand crafted by highly skilled person. The other looks like it was made between batches of Walmart lawn furniture by a 12 year old working in a cave.

Because of this, we actually have set of overseas headers we display next to the real thing at shows. Sells a lot of product for us
Awesome reply!!!! I love the Kooks headers you sold me btw... They fit perfectly, make great power, and sound amazing. Well worth the extra money over the cheaper headers in my opinion.
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Old Aug 30, 2015 | 06:42 PM
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The majority of the so called name brand headers are made in ..........yup you guessed it.... CHINA! TSp headers are made in china. NOT saying thats bad, but they all said the same about OBX headers and they are pretty good except the hardware sucked azz.
Ah NO the big ones and best ones like ARH and KOOKS are made here!
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Old Aug 30, 2015 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MarylandSpeed
One issue is most people have never held different sets of headers in their hands to actually make an informed decision. They see shiny headers on some ebay page and are like "Those are pretty and half the price". Yet if you look at them in person next to a set of Kooks, you can tell one is hand crafted by highly skilled person. The other looks like it was made between batches of Walmart lawn furniture by a 12 year old working in a cave.

Because of this, we actually have set of overseas headers we display next to the real thing at shows. Sells a lot of product for us
This is a good vender as good as they get!
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Old Aug 30, 2015 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Theta
There's no need to devolve this thread any further.

The OP has accepted that he will not be purchasing the headers, and has confirmed that he has received the information he was looking for.

Any further negative / offensive discussion such as the example posted above is counter-productive to the thread and forum in general.
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Old Aug 31, 2015 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MarylandSpeed
Because of this, we actually have set of overseas headers we display next to the real thing at shows. Sells a lot of product for us
I've seen this approach at SEMA - it's quite effective, especially for Missourians that are into the 'Show-Me' mentality.

Fun to sit back and listen to comments from people when they think nobody is listening, as well.

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This is a good vendor as good as they get!
Absolutely agree.
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 05:46 PM
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Ah NO the big ones and best ones like ARH and KOOKS are made here!
Correct!! And Billy Boat!!
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