Its the good old "you get what you pay for" theory. Which is why I don't like much of what is sold on ebay. The pipe looks good in the picture but without seeing the welds and quality of metal, you don't know what is will look like down the road. I don't know how the tanabe here is:
http://www.advancespeedshop.com/tana...33-p-2230.html
But I have some suspension braces of theirs on my celica that are pretty nice and they are made in japan.