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Twiggles85
MINI Motorer Joined: December/15/10 Location: Seattle Status: Offline Points: 116 |
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Posted: March/10/11 at 5:12pm |
Hi everyone,
I wanted to know if anyone has had any experience with the cheap headers/other parts that can be purchased on eBay? I'm on a bit of a budget and some of these parts look like they would be interesting. Click here for the eBay Header My question is, is spending this discounted amount on a cheap header worth it, or is it more trouble than it's worth? -Nick
Edited by Twiggles85 - March/10/11 at 5:14pm |
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SuperCoop
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One thing I've read about the cheaper parts off ebay is the tendency to crack from the heat, as if the welds aren't very good or strong. Something else I noticed about that header is that it only has one bung for an o2, not two like the stock setup.
Also, how would you work that with a cat?
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Twiggles85
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Yeah it kind of looks like they're promoting a test pipe situation.
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SuperCoop
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I dunno...I'm leery of putting cheap parts on my car, especially something like exhaust parts. Just my own opinion, but in some situations, you get what you pay for.
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Jason - '05 PS/B Cooper S, most packages, 17%, Brisk silver plugs, IE fixed camber plates & Craven STD's, Powerflex trans/dogbone mount poly inserts, 20mm Whiteline rear sway bar, SprintBooster.
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SuperCoop
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Hey, go look on NAM, someone just posted a superprint header with stock cat and magnaflow exhaust, but he's looking to trade it for stock + cash
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Jason - '05 PS/B Cooper S, most packages, 17%, Brisk silver plugs, IE fixed camber plates & Craven STD's, Powerflex trans/dogbone mount poly inserts, 20mm Whiteline rear sway bar, SprintBooster.
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scoopieb
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I'm not sure about that brand. I bought an OBX off ebay for $150 and had it ceramics coated. I'm sure the RMW and others are higher quality but I couldn't afford it. However, with the OBX you can either run a straight DP and throw codes (or get an O2 sim). Or cut your cat off and weld to the OBX. or buy a high flow cat and weld. Either way you still have additional expenses unless you can weld. I haven't installed my headers and if you want to take a look at them just let me know.
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johnf36
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OBX is about the safest ebay header, but are know to crack and leak. You can buy a O2 sim for gen 1s or you can use one of these to get around the code. http://www.bigdaddiesgarage.com/mini-cat-cel-fix.html
Edited by johnf36 - March/11/11 at 12:18am |
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