I've been looking at the stainless steel exhaust manifold's on e bay. Has anyone any experience with buying one and having it fitted, I've been told they can make the car fail its MOT ? I quite fancy the look, I've had the pre cat taken out so that should not make a difference s:wink: :wink: s:wink: .
Check in the search bar, lots of info on manifolds, imho save your money, no performance increase put money towards a TTE or a cobra exhaust s:D :D s:D
If your precats haven't gone and your car doesn't use oil, then they probably won't.
Obviously this is no guarantee- but I replaced my manifold for a stainless one from eBay and the precats were in perfect condition- I even had a go the other day at gutting it and they wouldn't budge, I just ended up punching holes in them (requiring a lot of force).
I would personally not bother unless you're getting something like a PPE or Zero manifold.
Re: Anyone got jdmhondaparts Mr2 exhaust manifold off eBay?
Postby Barney Bear ยป Sat May 02, 2015 6:41 pm
Had two from them first one was about 4 years old when I broke it ( to heavy handed undoing the heat shield and cracked it s:scared: :scared: s:scared: )
second one been on for about the same now and not had any problems although with this one I sprayed with silver exhaust paint before fitting
oh and as per all good advise on here throw the gasket and buy an OEM one from a supplier s:D :D s:D
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Still on the car and doing fine so far car has never failed a MOT
Cheers Guy's Tomo70 I have a TTE exhaust and Jeffsimply I had the pre cats taken out as a precaution, I'm not bothered about extra power I just like the look of the manifold.
When it comes to stainless decat manifolds you get what you pay for. ( and they will always go blue)I have had the toyo and the one from US with all the fittings. Now I am not a welder but the quality was poor. The gaskets were also poor. I have the Toyo one on now and made an adapter from the back Amigo to support the lower section, then wrapped.
Just taken a JDM one off my car when fitting the 2ZZ. been fine for the 3 years it spent on the car
Have a che from USA, been fine, no issues, gaskets that came with it were not great so I ordered ones from local auto factor.
Thanks for the guidance I'll decide which way to go now