OEM Parts Quality
I know this subject has been done to death. However, here’s another example.
OEM cat-back exhaust kit sourced via Volvo in the UK. Made in France, a country no doubt renowned for its engineering prowess. Compared with a NOS rear silencer made in Sweden.
The way the middle pipe has been “formed” (final picture) reminds me of a cheap part my father had fitted to my first Volvo by a local exhaust centre; and which I fairly quickly replaced with a proper genuine Volvo one.
Picture 2 is the reason I was inspired to write. Note that the recent OEM silencer (top) doesn’t even have a round cross-section to its inlet. The supplied pipe won’t fit in there. Now, OK, I have got a tool for correcting this. But it should not be necessary to reform parts of an OEM system prior to fitting.
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