Seibon vs HKS carbon fiber front strut bars

[5amp5on]

Putting aside looks, does anyone know why the HKS is twice the price of the Seibon?

HKS $1,170

Seibon $540

I'm going to get one of them, besides cosmetic preference, is there any reason strength/quality wise to pay double for the HKS?

I've tried searching around the internet and they both get rave reviews but I cannot find any difference between the two other than looks.

 

[staying_tuned]

Seibon’s CF work fell from grace pretty hard well over a decade ago while HKS continues to ship a quality product across their vast array of offerings. A good topic to search would be Seibon’s hoods.

Their weave and clear is so bad they’ve hit Alibaba pricing and are hustled on eBay. Most everything Seibon does in CF looks to have been pulled from the bottom of the ocean in about 2 years of real world use.

Resale is a factor too. HKS parts hold their value whereas most likely you’ll be throwing away anything Seibon unless you can hustle it to some poor kid for pennys on the dollar.

 

[5amp5on]

This is the info I needed, thank you!