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Old 2009-02-18, 12:46 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by bigrobwoot View Post
Why? Poor performance? Do they break easily? Other?
Yes.

First, throw out all Helix items that are made from more than one piece of something. Then consider that some of what's left (specifically uppipes and downpipes) have frequent fitment issues. Basically, you're left with sway bars. Anybody can make a swaybar that "works" so those are fine. But the endlinks have spherical bearings made of low-quality material that doesn't lat long at all.

Helix is made in Thailand/Taiwan/wherever the absolute bottom-dollar production cost will be. Its the cheapest of the cheap. Every corner is cut for their stuff.


Put another way, if their parts were quality at their pricing, Cobb and Perrin would be out of business.
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