alex37211 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Judging by the quality of these welds, I'd have to assume they were done by either a 6 yr old kid in China or possibly a trained orangutan. This is nasty. bleh WTF!? WERE THEY ON ACID WHEN THEY MADE THIS!? Crush bent like a mother f*cker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_agu28 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 YUCK!!! I think I made better welds back when I was still learning in high school. So are you going to return them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Wow.....I seriously bet those flow worse than an OEM exhaust manifold. Those are horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 sucks but the old saying "you get what you pay for" sometimes does apply lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Looks like silver silicone inside of the header rather than a weld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 sucks but the old saying "you get what you pay for" sometimes does apply lol You took the words out of my mouth. Why buy a $50 junk one from eBay that you already knew was going to be garbage? It was $50: what quality manufacturing could you possible conceive would come from a header that cheap? You could have just spent $100 and bought a used dc. I see them on there on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex37211 Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 I buy these and then sell them on craigslist for $100 ea. But they usually aren't this bad. I've sold probably 4 already. There's no way I would put this on my own car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Not to sound like a racist ass but I assume all your customers are mentally handicapped or of Mexican origin? That's a funny gig and if you can pull it off then that's great for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastresort576 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 not all of the ebay header's are like that...the one i have the welds look pretty nice and no where near like that. the noly thing bad a bout mine is that its a hard steel so the #1 runner cracked..drilled the ends welded it up, and its been perfect for over 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrodh Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Seems like alot of work for $50. (kind of) idk I guess I wouldn't really be interested in finding time to show the header to people, etc. But I'm also a lazy college student so probably isn't saying much. Still new to me though I've heard of people doing cars and rims, etc. but just parts like that is pretty sweet if it works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo_Kun Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Ive found that ebay products are hit or miss. My buddy had a set of ebay headers and actually werent bad, then he sold them when he got his ebay turbo kit, which also has given him no problems either. But then ive heard many a horror story about ebay products too so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpearce1974 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Ive found that ebay products are hit or miss. My buddy had a set of ebay headers and actually werent bad, then he sold them when he got his ebay turbo kit, which also has given him no problems either. But then ive heard many a horror story about ebay products too so. I too had egay header, and had no problems, welds were awesome, and it looked, and worked good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrodh Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Your ebay header did look sweet not going to lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 sucks but the old saying "you get what you pay for" always applies fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 For $50, you are lucky it even had welds on it, instead of being held together with duct tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Come to think of it, those welds look a little like latex caulking.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrIaN EG2 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 wow that header looks like total crap bleh you could always sell it for scrap metal, lol and i always use the saying "you get what you pay for" never will i buy elcheapo parts :nono: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex37211 Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 Yeah, these are the worst I've ever seen. I bet they crack withing a month of installation. I just picked up a one-piece DC ceramic 4-2-1 header for my b18 yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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