New design xs 6 speed headers vs comptech
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Wow. Im surprised they are making them for the 6MT and with one flex pipe. A 2" collector is very small though. They used to be 2.5". Mine were on the car for about 80k miles. The flex pipe is beginning to show its age but they were perfectly fine otherwise. I did have the welds reinforced though.
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Still not has good has mine haha. But for $130 you can't beat that just get them rewelded before u put them on here's what mine looks like
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/...h/230870c3.jpg
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/...h/230870c3.jpg
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More pictures
http://s724.photobucket.com/albums/w...on/Acura%20Cl/[/QUOT
great news.
based on your pics, i just got a set of these also, how are the welds aroudn the 3 pipes and the flange area? do they go full circle? on mine the welds dont go all the way around especially on th ecenter pipe along the flange where it boltas up to the motor
you same?
More pictures
http://s724.photobucket.com/albums/w...on/Acura%20Cl/[/QUOT
great news.
based on your pics, i just got a set of these also, how are the welds aroudn the 3 pipes and the flange area? do they go full circle? on mine the welds dont go all the way around especially on th ecenter pipe along the flange where it boltas up to the motor
you same?
#44
Good looking out just ordered a spare set. Can't beat that price. I guess everyone's emails finally got through to them. My first set is still going strong and should last for a long time since I moved to the south but still good to have a spare.
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Mine look exactly the same minus the bend. They say xspower but came from ssautochrome be wary
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SS Autochrome = XS Power
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^civicdrivr, are those long tubes on your car or NVA-AV6's? Looking goood.
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That pic was taken in the middle of December. What you see in the pic is actually the intermediate shaft, its just the housing thats rusted. Im not too worried about it.
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Wow. Im surprised they are making them for the 6MT and with one flex pipe. A 2" collector is very small though. They used to be 2.5". Mine were on the car for about 80k miles. The flex pipe is beginning to show its age but they were perfectly fine otherwise. I did have the welds reinforced though.
Ahem:
Ahem:
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/...h/7d82462e.jpg
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im surprised i dont hear comments about this ... but id say you guys can attribute all the weld problems headers have with the same problems we have with bad motor mounts
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Nice u should have told me you where in the market for headers I could have sold u the p2r headers
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/...h/7d82462e.jpg
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/...h/7d82462e.jpg
The flex pipe should absorb some of the shock from a worn mount, but over time it still takes its toll. Plus, the poor quality flex pipe on the XS headers dont help matters.
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I got these headers from them in july and i have a 6 speed but for some reason mine has 2 flex pipes but i have innovative mounts and ive had no problem. There was also tabs welded from the pipes to the head flange to help prevent cracks. Id say thier much better than the old design which broke in one month.
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They jacked up the prices.
The SS Autochrome website still has them listed as $125, but out of stock. Email them and specifically mention that you saw them on the SS Autochrome site for that much and find out whats up.
SS Autochrome = XS Power
The SS Autochrome website still has them listed as $125, but out of stock. Email them and specifically mention that you saw them on the SS Autochrome site for that much and find out whats up.
SS Autochrome = XS Power
Last edited by civicdrivr; 01-14-2012 at 11:38 PM.
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I don't see where they are $260? Anyway I did email them to confirm that they were the ones pictured on the site they responded today thanked me for my purchase and said they would ship promptly so I'm hoping that means yes? lol
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Tell me about it I emailed service@ssautochrome today. They have 5 business days to at least respond to me before I open a formal complaint on paypal and get my credit card company involved.
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Good luck.
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Well emailing service did the trick It has already shipped and should be at my house today, lol. They sent me the tracking number and all. Now to see if they are of the 6 speed variety.
Pretty impressive for $130 gets you the product and fedex shipping from China to the US in less than a week.
Pretty impressive for $130 gets you the product and fedex shipping from China to the US in less than a week.
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Got 'em, they look great. $260 is a bargain, $130 is a steal. The welds all look well penetrated and the slag is cleaned up generally very well. Better than I was expecting.