[Timbo]

Hey all,

Well, the welds held for two years on my header after welding up the cracks that were there but I know it's going to fail state inspection tomorrow because I started hearing a ticking noise recently.

There used to be a company that advertised at the top of the forum that sold relatively inexpensive flex headers...I don't see it there any longer. Are they still around? If so, anyone know what the company name was? I seem to remember they were out of NJ.

I don't want to nor can I can't afford to buy any of the expensive ones as they break just as often as the OEM headers from all that I've read. Does anyone have recommendations as to what is good/bad/ugly in the realm of ebay type flex headers? Are they all coming out of the same Chinese factory?

Thanks for any info you can throw my way...

[Jay98TJ]

http://www.carpartstoyourdoor.com/exhaustManifolds.htm

[Timbo]

Thanks! Dems da guys! How is the quality of their gasket? Better to buy an OEM? I know some gaskets are of questionable quality from what I've read here...

[mschviuz]

Originally Posted by Timbo

Thanks! Dems da guys! How is the quality of their gasket? Better to buy an OEM? I know some gaskets are of questionable quality from what I've read here...

I used their gasket on mine and haven't had any issues....been almost a year. Oh yea..I sprayed some of the copper gasket spray on it too.

[Timbo]

Excellent...I know the OEM gaskets are only about $15-20 and I may still go that route just to have peace of mind. I only want to do this once. I remember what a PITA it was to get the thing out last time to weld it...I wish I had been able to afford to buy a new manifold at the time but it just wasn't in the cards...welding it up was free...now I just have to carve out half a day in the next week to replace it. hopefully this crazy rainy weather will let up. I feel like I'm living in Washington State lately.