How loud is it? I would be interested in hearing that sometime, we will have to gtg when my tax return comes also :tup:
It’s not very loud sitting in my basement. It gets to about 80db’s when I kick & trip over it when it’s dark down there, shortly followed by a 175db blast of “FUCK” out of my mouth…
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What, so you can gimmie some of it?
i have a megan header for my b18 that was of really good quality.
i would think that there suspension would be good to but i dont really know… is there anywhere to find reviews on them like different after market part websites
Honestly, you get what you pay for.
Thus far my experience with Megan Racing products have been poor. They take a well designed piece send it over to taiwan to be reverse engineered or plain copied and STILL manage to make an ill fitting product.
The Megan Racing Turbo Back exhaust we installed for a customer on an EVO the other day was terrible. Not only does it come within a 1/4" of the oil pan it rubs against the gas tank with the flange. All of the welding appears to be done TIG yes, but just fused, no filler was used in the process that or it is severly undercut. This also applies to the Hanger portions on the exhaust itself. Very thin and flimsy and I would not be surprised is the vibration that the exhaust goes through from over stressing the stock hangers because it does not sit in the proper location will cause those welds to break.
It would appear that Megan racing is just another fly by night ebay star that has been able to gain some market share because there are no longer any people who care about quality and pride in the craftsmanship of a product. It is all about how cheap can I get it. They will have more problems in the future I am sure as they have already had several major issues with just their exhausts alone. If their exhausts are any indication of what kind of quality that they inspect and put on the market then I would be very very weary of using anything that might compromise the safety of my vehicle.
Also remember there is a little thing on there that says “for off road use only”. If you install an inferior part on your car then you are taking many chances and vehicular manslaughter charges are no joke.
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very close,
Vibrant does exactly what you have just described, but there is merit in that method because as you say they design it and outsource the production. i provided an S14 for them to jig up a catback for. they sent the designs over to china or something and it came a few weeks later.
Megan doesnt design their own shit, they are just rebadging unbranded product.
What Megan is doing is brilliant, they are proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that you dont buy the quality, you buy the brand. They do this because they can charge a significant premium over the unbranded stuff even though it is 100% identical.
i have had unbranded items sitting next to the Megan part and you cant tell the difference. they were welded up by the same robotic tig.
Megan Street series coilovers are the same as APEXI EXV series coilovers, they are all made in the same factory in Taiwan, the company is callled Bor-chaunn
here is the link:
the parts are not necessarily bad either, the coilovers seem to be pretty decent.
for the springs i would put money down that they are no different than any other ebay spring out there. i also wouldnt be surprised if the Eibachs were the same, but then again i read somewhere that Eibach has their own spring machine soooo…iono
The dudes at Megan are smart as hell though… sponsor some dirft cars, and EVO and some other junk and everyone will think you are the real deal.
they also havent pissed everyone else in the industry like OBX did a few years back by flooding the market with crap. And they were smart enough to not get into neon lights and R badges like Toucan.
:word: The paperwork that came with my coilovers had all the images/information from this company on them. The coilovers so far have been very good.
buying megans is cheaper than buying coilovers from BCEC direct… go figure.
You want to apply that theory to Ground Control’s Advance Design?
thanx for all the input but i think i am gonna stick with the proven product EIBACH…whether it be Ground Controls or just the Pro-Kit
The thing that you also need to remember, is that in the US, there are really only I believe two major manufacturers of springs large enough for automotive use, so in essence, if you buy springs from ANYONE that are made in the US, then they are just rebranded.
CARNUT, who’s EVO did you install this Megan exhaust on?
but they still have to be made to the companies spec…Klemann is sexy
That is true, but just because they are made to the companies spec doesn’t mean there any better…
Bing, the reason they are cheaper buying them from Megan is because they buy in Quantities.
I don’t understand why nobody understands that concept.
I would have to say its more of a contract between the manufacturer and the distributors. Manufaturer agrees not to sell below list price this way they are not competing against their own distributors selling their products IMHO.
sdjkghdfghsdfgk…Eibachs/GC 4L
obviously that is the reason, i understand it perfectly.
HOWEVER!!!
megan takes the price of the BCEC product, ships it overseas on a boat, pays the import duties, ships in on a truck to the warehouse, applies a mark-up of 60% - 100% to cover the additional expenses and then earn a profit and you still pay more buying from BCEC direct…
go figure…
Megan is not a distributor for the BCEC product, if this were the arrangement then the products would be sold under the BCEC name.
this is a private label / co-packing arrangement.
BCEC produces product under Megans name under contract so the difference is subtle but significant.
incidentally the family company i work for does this for food products for Maple Lodge, PC and some of the other more prominent canadian names in the food industry. some of our products will be finding there way over the border again later in the year.
I installed the exhaust on sureshots old evo. Now there is rediculous resonance in the car and the exhaust rubs in 3 places.
There are some misconceptions here on the idea of just how it is done and make a profit.
Bing is right, there are multiple places that will do this, they simply sign a contract to manufacture for the name brand, what do they care in the end they are making a profit, There are some serious deficiencies in the products I have seen, I would highly avoid staking a reputation on selling poor products, end of story. There are many reasons why intercoolers cost what they cost. A large majority of the ones I have seen from ebay or cheap resellers are plain and simple a large restriction.
Back on topic however, Some “brand” names will take products and ship it over, hell look at it this way when you make a price for your prodcut you need to bill in the biggest amount of cost you can to justify your asking price. When the R+D has been done by someone else and you copy it, you have saved thousands, then when you ship it to a country who is now seeing their Industrial revolution (china and its territories), a country who is buying mass quantaties of the worlds resources it is no wonder why things are soo cheap to have produced, their machining and manufacturing capabilities are still estimated to be behind that of the US, Japan and Germany by 10-15 years so the methods upon which they are attempting to manufacture leave much to be desired. NOW to top it all off when you have a population of 1,306,313,812, its not hard to find someone to work for little to no money especially when your currency is shit. There are alot of factors that have plagued world industry with outsourcing product, not even so much as buying from another country but buying crap from another country. It has hurt many business’s and consumer confidence in the past as well. There is a reason the saying “We do it right, cause we do it twice” was invented. Again you get what you pay for.
Any one who has bought something or a knock off on ebay “just to try it out” can say they learned a lesson.
I can name 15 people right now that have made that mistake of purchasing an inferior product only to have it cause damage to their ride, engine, harm driveaibility, or plain and simple not stand up to the test of time so they have to buy something again. Most people then pony up and buy the real deal and realize that they would have been better off in the long run. It amazes me how many people still do this after seeing how many people have problems thinking it wont happen to them. Rediculous.
Things cost what they cost for a reason. There are always exceptions to every rule. (jeremy) however those are situations where again not enough time and effort was put into R+D.
Moral: Although for some it is a hard lesson to learn, you get what you pay for.
i have a megan downpipe and fitment is fine