I had the same perception about brand name products, until I had a look on the TSX forums in the states, when the supposedly cheap nasty eBay Chinese crap out lasting the reputable brands. Besides the Tsudo brand above may not be a well known name here but it doesn't mean it's not well known elsewhere.
Higher price doesn't mean guaranteed better and cheap doesn't necessarily mean 'guaranteed' falling apart. Just look at the DC sports header for the TSX, compared to the Japspeed Pro-1 at half the price is out lasting the DC sports, and the welding/fitting is excellent. It's just different profit margins, for all we know skunk2 and Tsudo could be out of the same factory in china or USA or Mexico.
Also, just because it's on eBay doesn't necessarily mean it's made in china, the cost of labour is cheap in the states too so the stuff you buy could well be made in the united states. Just like the set of brake rotors I got recently, made in Carlifornia, slotted and cross drilled for $270 shipped to my door, pretty cheap and is the same if not better than the Aussie RDA's which cost almost twice as much, and RDA is made in China.
And Made in China =\= crap. All your TV's are made there, all your iPad/iPhones are made there too. Get those prejudices outta your system.
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