eBay header for the right price?

[Peezdoutgelo]

, just paint the car yellow, and put a stinger on the back.

For all the "ebay" exhaust systems, they tend to be alright (sans gasket issues, which supposedly can be address by using a subi gasket), its just the muffler at the end of the exhaust is craptastic. Find a nice oval muffler to replace it with, at the bare minimum a summit racing or jegs generic oval muffler is loads better then the "fart can".

do you happen to know whats a better place than being on ebay?

[cloudasc]

do you happen to know whats a better place than being on ebay?

Get what you want from ebay, then take it to a muffler shop, and have them cut/torch off the "fart can", and replace it with a muffler of your choice. Just make sure you don't mix mild steel with stainless, as when the two are welded together, they will rust out super quick from as little moisture as there can be in the air, or the second it gets wet, from a process called galvanic corrosion.

Jegs or Summit racing tend to have good prices and a variety of mufflers/resonators to make your car sound great. Also keeping the catalytic converter and not using the test pipe, will help with the rasp too. Otherwise I would see about investing in a couple different length resonators, personally when I do my setup I'm going to have a high flow cat, two resonators 14" & 22", and an 18" oval muffler, all in stainless 2.5", to try and keep things deep and quiet.

[AeyJayCB7]

Ebay header are crap. If you do not mind welding cracked header go for it. Just get a4 header from the JY 30$ bucks and call it a day. .

[Peezdoutgelo]

I mean, I hear good things and bad things from eBay. I just wanted to see what everyone's opinion was about these parts. Thanks for your advice tho

[Peezdoutgelo]

yeah, but this is with the silencer in. and brand new..
I been lazy and havnt done a video w/o. I dont run the silencer anymore,makes it sound like shit,more raspy..The raspyness has seemed to have gone away some over the weeks with use..It sounds damn good when your getting it..just in town I granny it, the hornets are released @ about 2400rpms, so I drive it easy to shift gears before then

Wait, is this the same exact thing you have in your car? Like the picture posted above. And have you happen to take a video of it without the silencer?

[Accrdwgnguy]

Ebay header are crap. If you do not mind welding cracked header go for it. Just get a4 header from the JY 30$ bucks and call it a day. .

Meh 22 year old OEM header is more likely to crack. "eBay" generic headers are decent, they do use low grade stainless steel but the welds are decent. Only issues I had was the block bracket broke (not enough welding on it), flexpipe disintegrated after 1 winter, and the shiny finish goes to crap real fast. I repaired all the issues and painted the header with VHT header paint. Looks great and performs well.

Header pics here -> http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=180127

[Dani Filth]

cheap shit is cheap shit. you get what you pay for. if you want cheap shit just pay as little as possible.

[frankeefiggscb7]

Eeehhhh, i got mine for 30

haaa...... good buy...

i sold it to him.....

[Peezdoutgelo]

haaa...... good buy...

i sold it to him.....

but is it good? like performance and reliable wise

[Dani Filth]

if theres a gain you wont feel it. quality wise it may last and be fine. it may leak or crack. thats why its cheap. some factory in china just cranks em out with no quality control. its a gamble. thankfully its a cheap gamble. at least you wont hurt anything if it sucks.

[AAPOQ]

Meh 22 year old OEM header is more likely to crack. "eBay" generic headers are decent, they do use low grade stainless steel but the welds are decent. Only issues I had was the block bracket broke (not enough welding on it), flexpipe disintegrated after 1 winter, and the shiny finish goes to crap real fast. I repaired all the issues and painted the header with VHT header paint. Looks great and performs well.

Header pics here -> http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=180127

I have the exact same issues with my Ebay exhaust, my mount cracked about a year ago(fixed), my flex pipe is about shot, and the "finish" is shot
Needless to say but you get what you pay for. But it's been worth it for the experience.

[rowe4166]

Here a short incar of my Ebay exhaust. I have changed a gasket on the header once which was my fault for not installing the lock washer.


I know she is a BEAST!!!!! LOL

[Dani Filth]

your aware that ebay doesnt make anything right? one piece of crap bought on ebay might be much better than another piece of crap bought on ebay.

[Peezdoutgelo]

your aware that ebay doesnt make anything right? one piece of crap bought on ebay might be much better than another piece of crap bought on ebay.

Yea I know what you mean. But it's just curiosity of each part. And that's why I posted it on here because I wanted to know what your guys' opinion was before I plan on ordering anything off of eBay. I recent got a short ram off of eBay and it's doing its job for now. Only thing is they pipe measurements are a few inches off.

[Dani Filth]

yeah but the parts can vary significantly,
and if you have a cheap short ram you should replace that filter with something good before it causes damage. aem, k&n, or apexi