beyond305
Those are not real CF intakes. They are aluminium tubes with CF pattern vinyl wrap. The tell-tale sign is that you can't weld CF. One thing that you have to look out for is that you get what you pay for. The aluminium tubing is very thin-walled. If the make their major claim, it is probably the cheap, off-shore (aka CDM) thin stuff. You don't want this stuff as the piping is easily dented or cracked. Also, you have no idea of the quality of the filter media. Pay it safe, build your own or buy from a reputable source.
I am not knocking Ebay. Heck, I just bought a ton of stuff for my tC off there. I am very pleased with the products that I bought. If your buying from an individual, you are usually getting the real deal, high quality stuff. If the seller is selling alot of inexpensive stuff then it is probably CDM (Chinese Domestic Market).
An example would be my oil cooler. Looking from the pics, I could deduce that it was a well-built 17 row plate oil cooler. The oil filter sandwich block was high quality. Where the money was saved was the hoses. They were a non-reinforced standard rubber line with a very thin stainless steel braid. They did have swedge fittings but they were a heavy, cadium/tin plated steel type. These are SAE industrial hydraulic hose types, not AN fittings. These were not 37 ° type that did not make a complete seal on the actual AN fittings on the sandwich block and cooler. As such, they developed corrosion. The hoses are easy to replace and the other parts were of good quality so I would say it was a cost effective purchase.
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