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In some cases I agree. It realy does depend on the item though, we have to remeber that ammount of R&D time involved in bringing a product to market by the original company costs money, reflected in the RRP of course.

 

Copying a product is easy.

 

Hidden nastys:

 

Material specification, no matter if it is metal plastic or composite the original material specification is choosen for a good reason, many options will have been concidered in the design / testing stages.

 

Fakes (if sold at the same price or cheaper) may have, although it appears the same, a differing spec to reduce costs and provide a good looking but non-sound product.

 

i.e This may mean the plastic used on your air filter become brittle at high/low temps, and may not withstand normal vibration and so break and enter the system !

 

or possible the rubber spec/ seals used on other items may also not wistand petrochemical products and so perish leading to lost performance / leaks.

 

Tolerance / fitting are also main points.

 

But I will also say that some fakes are indeed sopt on.

 

Being in the engineering trade its a daily thing for me so dont think im preaching lol

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