I received my intake (inlet) manifold yesterday. I was concerned as to how it would get here, since it was originally mailed using Royal Mail. Turns out, Royal Mail hands it off to their international mailing partner (or subsidiary, whatever) Parcelforce Worldwide. They then hand it off to FedEx once it is on the ground in the states. Then I had to wait an extra day for FedEx to come back after I had signed the stupid 'you weren't here' card.
When I first saw the package, I was not happy. They shipped an international, overseas package to me in a plastic bag. This bag was something suitable if you were to ship a t-shirt, or maybe something lightweight wrapped in ridiculous amounts of bubblewrap. The manifold was wrapped in a single layer of bubblewrap, and a garbage bag.
Needless to say, the bag was ripped. The paint was chipped in several locations.
Once I opened it, I became more upset with the manifold. The welds were not ground, and there was welding splatter on the mounting plate. The blend from the tubes to the plate is not uniform, and not at all professional. I could have done better myself, if I had known it was going to be this bad.
All the manifold is a plate, which can be bought in numerous places online, and some pinched exhaust tube. Then they threw in some silicone hoses for free. Yippee.
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