Rb26 Metal Intake/intercooler Kits

[sinistaGTR]

Doing some random seraching on the net and I came across the following intake/intercooler kit, LINK.

I understand the filters and would be just throw away and use some decent items. Im wondering what the actual piping work on these are like and has anyone used one. The kit is only $300 vs $1200 for the greddy kit. Just food for thought at this stage.

Im after some decent feedback and not the token responses.

[sinistaGTR]

And another one from the US.....Item from the USA

[R.3.2.G.T.R]

2nd ones look good, autobahn88 would mostly likely be crap fittment much like their intercooler hard piping kit

[SiR_RB]

I bought a hard pipe intake kit, that goes from standard air flow meters to turbos from Matt at newera parts japan.

Good thing with this kit is you can use the stock air box or aftermarket pod filters as it keeps the afms in the stock location

I can post a pic of it installed tonight when I get home

[Beer Baron]

there have been threads on these before. the auto88 kit you posted is a direct copy of the greddy kit. if the fact they are ripping off other peoples IP is not enough to stop you buying it then go look at the threads where people who bought other copy greddy products (including simple stuff like these kits) posted and see how poorly they are made and how poorly they fit. yes the genuine one costs $1200 but nice parts cost money because they are well designed with many hours of work to make them right and they are then well made with good QC and then combined with good quality fasteners and joiners. it's your car but cheap copy piping on cars just spells poorly looked after car to me. it's your money but what's the point saving $800 on the parts if you then go and spend $400 in labour getting it cleaned up and modified to fit and in the end it's still a rip-off of someone else's hard earned design.

[Adriano]

What are you hoping to achieve by fitting a hard pipe kit, stock piping and intercooler are good for 350rwkw

[sinistaGTR]

It was purely for a looks purpose that I was toying with the idea.