ebay intake: would you?

[thebarber]

i already know that most of you will say NO to an ebay intake....but id like some coherent reasons why you would or would not run an ebay intake

in my personal experience the intake pipes are all the same (+/- some workmanship on the finish (i bought an ebay sri for my xrs and had to file the cut made for the MAF down to make it fit properly)) and its often the filters that you'd want to replace with a k&n or a dryflow of some sort. the other thing is that the rubber vibramounts and connectors will wear more quickly than ones supplied with a name-brand intake.....

would i run an ebay intake in the yaris? you bet i would. but im cheap.