A forum dedicated to the 1992-1995 Honda Civic.
. with ebay it all depends on what ur buying e.g if your buying ball joint ,altenator, starter motor ect ect the majority of people go with o.e simply because it is strong and last longer but you get companies that sell these parts on ebay that are not o.e and is absoloute garbish and breaks within a few days,weeks,months so obviously people buy o.e which can last years so they dont have to rip their car apart every 2 seconds which can be a pain in the arse but i have a had some good results with cheap ebay parts its just trial and error with them really. aftermarket performance parts will generally be the same as the original supplier. i got my skunk 2 cams of ebay brand new for £30 less than the original supplier but exactly the same part. what people reffer to when talking about ebay junk is generally cheap imatation replica parts these are what u need to look out for and ask on the forum if people have any reviews on them before you waste your money. example you could come accross some coilovers they may look like skunk 2's the companys advert has told you they are the same but a 3rd of the price so you think yea ill buy them its a bargain. fit them to your car get 10 miles down the road and all four have gone pop. or it could be a good buy and they are a good replica thats why it's always a good idea to ask for other people's opinions. thats what i think any way
Gordongk wrote:The companies that make their own original parts spend lots of money on research and development. The copy cats just steal the design without fully understanding how it all even works. An example is how Blox steals from Skunk2.
EG {FIVE-500} wrote: these days a lot of people are buying there products for the spec list and not giving the sister products a chance and automatically bringin them down
Gordongk wrote:The companies that make their own original parts spend lots of money on research and development. The copy cats just steal the design without fully understanding how it all even works. An example is how Blox steals from Skunk2.
Gordongk wrote:EG {FIVE-500} wrote: these days a lot of people are buying there products for the spec list and not giving the sister products a chance and automatically bringin them down
This is on point. Lots of people only want "the best" for their cars. If a part isn't considered "the best" then it will often just get shot down, even when it's a good product. This is usually the case when people compare turbochargers.
