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Originally Posted by AlvinT@Borla
Borla Performance Industries, Inc. manufactures products in Johnson City, Tennessee USA
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Material Difference: Many new-model cars and trucks come factory-equipped with a low grade, 400 series stainless steel exhaust. These are an improvement from the old, rusty steel systems and are built to improve durability somewhat. Also, the inferior grade of stainless is the only cheap material that will last through the factory warranty period. But, ferritic stainless steels, which are part of the 400 series of stainless alloys, are magnetic, as compared to Austenitic stainless steels, which are part of the 200 & 300 series of stainless alloys and are non-magnetic. BORLA® incorporates Austenitic stainless, which is superior for automotive exhaust because it exhibits higher hardness and yield strength as well as excellent ductility. And, the higher nickel and chromium content makes it much more resistant to corrosion. Because these austenitic alloys are higher grade materials and harder to work with, they are therefore too expensive for the OE to supply.
High quality, austenitic stainless allows us to back our systems with a Million-Mile guarantee - A BORLA® is a lifetime system!
Performance Difference: BORLA® exhausts are also tuned to maximize the performance output of your vehicle and feature a more attractive and cost effective package than stock. |
Borla is 90%+ MADE IN CHINA. As are 95% of the exhaust companies straight tubing, and in many cases mufflers, and tips. It comes by the container load. I could show you pictures of tubing being unloaded by the container. I've been in the industry for a long time, and can tell you first hand how many times I've seen bad 304 stainless do exactly what is show above. Some of it rusts before it even gets out of the container and onto the mandrel bender.
In a market that is so competitive and price driven, there are very very few companies that make the effort to buy north american stainless. Even if the system is bent, welded, and boxed in north america, chances are, the tips come out of a brown box with big letters "Made in China".
Most times steel wool and polish will clear this up, temporarily, but it will come back time and time again. I personally would love to know what the manufacturer is doing about this, and thanks for bringing it to our attention. We replaced thousands of tips at my old employer for this reason exactly. Price cuts, quality cuts, and rusty "304" stainless.