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      01-08-2010, 08:29 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Cal@Jlevi SW View Post
To a degree.

What I wanted to relay is that you're never going to get the same fit/finish with "replica" parts from the East as you will with products engineered and produced here in the states. As others have reiterated, it will take time for overall prices to come down as more R&D goes into making these products at more cost effective price points...and in time the trickle down effect will make it down to the consumer.

That being said, yes BMW owners (and M-owners especially) are always going to command a premium for pretty much anything.
My $233 VRS front lip replica from some hidden place in Taiwan has a perfect fit and finish, still going on after 7 months... when they come up with a less than $200 rear diffuser I will be there too.

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