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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 03:14 AM
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I was cruising ebay and found this ceramic coated header... any thoughts?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/04-05...spagenameZWDVW
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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never ever seen it before in my life. I wouldn't buy it. I would buy something from a brand i know. I'm getting the dc sports one.
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:42 AM
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looks like the standard 4-1 design most are producing, clean welds, and ceramic coated (and gaskets).. probably ain't that bad.
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 11:15 AM
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I like the matte black finish.
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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i would have liked to see a pic of the inside of the collector to see the merge, but..... personally, i would go with a trusted name brand, you get what you pay for.. but if you pick it up, let us know what you think.. i could immeadeatly hear and feel a power increase after i put my dc sports 4-1 on..
Old Sep 6, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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thats the wrong gasket on the end there should be a donut...
Old Sep 6, 2007 | 03:57 PM
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you can re-use the stock donut gasket up front, but yeah the gasket in the pic is useless.. nice to see the included a new gasket for where the header meets the exaust ports of the engine though.
Old Sep 6, 2007 | 08:17 PM
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Yea, it struck me that it was ceramic coated... the only other ceramic one I've seen is the DC.
Old Sep 7, 2007 | 04:36 AM
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its one of those ebay headers just painted black.......yes i positive it is
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