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Originally Posted by Dimman

Rolled tips are from Taiwan I think, they were talking about locating a US source, and they can make you in house welded double wall tips for extra $.

That is the only overseas component in their systems, afaik. They're open about their sourcing if you ask them.

right... they only have one single part that is not sourced in the USA. And most everything else is made in house, including their mufflers (unless you request a magnaflow unit on some exhaust choices on the WRX).

Originally Posted by jr429

Actually I took a look at their site. I would be VERY surprised a lot of those rolled tips, flex sections, and muffler bodies were all built in the states. Certainly you can buy seamless pipe, a mandrel bender and a MIG welder but chances are you are not building a lot of that stuff in the states. I would question if those flanges are CNC cut in the states also - it's not cheap to do that here.

BTW looking at that WRX downpipe in good quality used to cost $80 to make in China with investment cast head. Would you rather pay $249 for a WRX downpipe built in China or $599 here? Most WRX owners would say $249.

Yeah, they are more expensive when compared to junk copycat stuff. you get what you pay for.