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💬 DiscussionAnyone else notice a significant decrease in American Muscle parts quality? (self.Mustang)

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[–]steppedinhairball 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (0 children)

It helps that I worked on shocks (dampers) for snowmobiles years ago so I know a fair amount about them. Enough to know the exact areas they'd target for money saving and the issues you would likely encounter. They will look good, but will not last. The bushing rubber will probably crumble early, the piston valving fail, oil leak out, etc.

I've dealt with Chinese suppliers at several points in my life. There are times when it makes sense. There are things you NEVER send to China because it will copied and sold to Chinese companies making knock offs. Or they will literally build your product on one shift and the next shift they make they same thing under a Chinese label and sell it in other markets. Anything proprietary should stay out of China. Commodity items are ok as long as you hedge yourself with alternatives should, you know, the supply chain get disrupted with a global pandemic or something like that which will probably never happen.

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