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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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Default anybody ever used OBX headers?
im askin for a buddy of mine, he found these headers on ebay for his 02 trans am and the headers are stainless steel and come with a catted Y pipe for 500 bucks, anybody have any experience with these headers? thx
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actually theya rent cats, theyre bullet mufflers. there was a thread on this a long time ago and everyone was to scared to try them cuz of OBX's bad rep with imports
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i'm pretty sure they are cats, if they weren't, there wouldn't be O2 bungs behind them. It would be pointless
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actually theya rent cats, theyre bullet mufflers. there was a thread on this a long time ago and everyone was to scared to try them cuz of OBX's bad rep with imports
from performancetrucks.net they said the import guys had good luck with them, alot of WRX people use em
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ehh I dunno try them if you want/ me and a few other guys got the xs headers and had great experiences with them but I cant say ive heard anyone report on the obx headers
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i would bet tainted knows his stuff...espeically when it comes to ebay headers! Might want to read the sticky on this topic
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LOL yup I got the ban for it, well it was my bad about posting a price, but Im all over the e-bay heaers, I can tell you anything you wanna know about them.

BTW-this thread *SHOULDNT* be locked since its technical, no pricing has been given out or comparisons to sponsor sold headers
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Originally Posted by dry_kill
the headers are stainless steel and come with a catted Y pipe for 500 buckshttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OBX-H...spagenameZWDVW
i dont care if it gets locked, i just want him to be aware that this topic has been beatend into the ground by mods
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Ive never heard of um. They look decent, but hell try um, thats the only way the XS got a good rep
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i'm pretty sure they are cats, if they weren't, there wouldn't be O2 bungs behind them. It would be pointless
i've posted twice now about emailing the dude selling them and being informed they arent cats. i suppose those threads may be getting deleted...
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i've posted twice now about emailing the dude selling them and being informed they arent cats. i suppose those threads may be getting deleted...
I told him they were bullet mufflers
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