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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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Has anyone tried these?

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And If im not mistaking are those headers, cats, and y for under 500 bux... ?

What does everyone thin about these headerS?

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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:59 PM
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already a thread for them. a few folks said the company that owns them sucks so ehh, doubt anyone tried them yet
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 05:52 PM
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they are not cats, but resonators instead, yet one could most likely pass a visual inspection with them. they are tempting to me, but i dont think anyone on here has them yet
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 06:15 PM
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I'd remove the link or this will get locked. Those are a stainless version of the old FLPs. I'd try them. I gambled and bought the other XS Ebay long tubes. Those OBX look good to me. Everyone bashed the XS ones that never even saw them. They work great.
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 06:48 PM
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So they arent cats.. Hmmm Im very interested in these, No one has ran them?
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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Are these considered lond tube headerS?
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 07:00 PM
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yea they are long tubes
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A pic I stole from someone selling FLPs in the for sale section. FLPs were ceramic coated and came with cats and straight pipes. They were interchangible with out removing the headers or Y pipe. That whole kit was like $1,100. $500 for these stainless ones without cats seems like a good deal.

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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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if only they had a race version, i really like the flanges they use to connect the headers to the resonator
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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Whats everyone think of this setup then wit a loudmouth 2?. (not the loudmouth 1)
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 11:08 PM
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very loud and raspy
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OK... How would i make it not very loud and raspy?
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Everything I have seen from OBX is junk. I have friends that do the import thing, and not one of them are happy with OBX. I went with the XS stainless on my car.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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i almost tried them, offered to be the test mule and said id take the car for dynos and get a tone of pics, but he still wanted like 350+shipping for them, so i said no, and now ive got a nice set of macs for 260shipped. his loss
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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Take a chance and get them. Alot of people on here use their intercoolers.
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Do they seem like a decent deal?
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they seem like a great deal, but im going to wait until the xs headers come out with their y pipe to see how much it will cost. either one is a great price for stainless headers
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Wow, nice looking header system for the price.
I wouldn't be scared to try them. Look very similar to kooks.
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I would pull the trigger if I had time to do some R&D.
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 12:59 PM
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Everything I have seen from OBX is junk. I have friends that do the import thing, and not one of them are happy with OBX. I went with the XS stainless on my car.
I bought OBX headers for my v6 tiburon, 1. sounded like ****, 2. after 3 days of having them on they started to bang/rub. I know these are for the camaro but after using those headers on my tib f that.
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