Just wanted to know.
Post what you paid for.

Thanks.

 

i paid 900 new in an open box from a local TL owner...800-900 is good theres just not much towear out on these

 

Still itching to get the Headers....tell you what...pay no more than $1k shipped...

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...036519&r=0&t=0


The eBay auction above has brand new headers for $975 plus $35 for shipping. And no, it's not my auction.

 

...ya sure its not...

 

I'm getting them with my first commission check.

I don't give a damn how much they cost, I'm getting them!

 

Used meaning they were installed, correct?

Depends on how long they've been installed.

Usually once headers have been on a car for a while, they can get brittle from the heat. Taking them off and bolting them on another car is a lot of stress on them and can easily crack something.

As much as I'd love to get a set of Comptech headers for $500-600, it's not worth it if there is a good chance they won't be any good once installed.

 

Yes, this is the range I would consider a (6-8 months old) used Comptech: $500 is my bid...

 

Whose headers?

 

Check Your PM.

 

Back at ya!

 

dude... I sold mine for 900 + shipping...

from my TL

 

$1 would be a good price if it included shipping.

 

Not trying to flame you Nashua...you are not gonna get Comptechs for less than $800 even if they are used. The headers are stainless steel...so, the idea that they may be "brittle" after any length of use is absurd. I can understand if they were mild steel headers.....with ceramic coat..but they aren't. Unfortunately, the price of comptechs is around $1100-1300 new. It's like buying a 68' Mustang for $5K back in 1968....and selling it now for $5k...and you say WTF!!! It's used!!! But that is still a bargain considering the price of some of them are at $20K.

 

I am bidding for used comptech headers for just $500. Asking price is $600. Few others got their used for around the same price...

 

wow
then let me know where to get it then..
I'll buy them all up and make some profit

 

If you're willing to take the chance of spending $600 on used headers fitting onto your car properly, go right ahead. I'm not, but maybe that's because $600 means a lot more to me (full-time student).

The set I (and Nashua et al) was going to bid on turned out to be more like 18months used, not 6-8months old, and because of that I retracted my bid.

 

dude

I just check another board...

http://www.v6accord.com/forums/showt...&threadid=5045

good luck getting even used comptech header for less than 9 bills.

 

Why you want to insist they are more expensive than they are is beyond me.

Crippen is selling his and right now they're around $500-600. Then again, as I said, they've been used for around 18months so to me they're too old to be worth even $500.


And besides, you really don't want to get into the whole "price of Comptech headers" issue with me - headers should cost no more than $800 for ANY $30k car unless it's gonna give me a fucking blowjob too.

$1250 can kiss my ass. I'll wait for Greddy and that other company that are supposedly producing headers for our car. It's not an issue of life and death. If I wanted horsepower so bad I'd just get nitrous and still wind up cheaper than Comptech's headers and with more power gain.

 

Don't flame my sh!t, but I just sold mine for $925 shipped. They were used for a couple of months, and pristine.

Just an FYI - Jim

 

Good for you!

Some people are willing to pay a lot for them - isn't that obvious? If people weren't, they wouldn't sell any at $1250, but they do, so they can charge that much. Duh.

 

yea to me used for a few months for 925 is a great deal!! On both ends...


BTW, thanks jim, i got them!!!

 

Alright...find a header for a v6 that is under $1K....you need to understand that we are not buying 4 cylinders...and if you think you are going to get cheap headers from Greddy...it is a PIPE DREAM.....more power to you if you can...but it won't happen...since you're still in school take an economics course and a marketing course and then you'll understand.

 

The Dealer cost for CT headers is ~$800. CT headers should (material + labor) cost be less than $600....

And due Cal Energy cost... CT jacked up their prices by $200.. I guess no more Enrgy crisis.... so Why they do not roll back their price :o

 

Cool my brother. I was hoping UPS didn't beat the sh!t outta them.

Let us know what ya think after the install.....

Jim

 

The dealer cost is no longer $800...if you they are...why don't you get a set? They are closer to $900+ wholesale...and yeah it may cost them that much..but they are a business...they aren't in business to be a charity...they invest money in R&D and with limited volume they have to sell them at a higher price.

 

I am bidding $500 for used CTH set, $799 for the new Greddy version...Warpspeed is wait and see a dyno first.

We will see..

 

Good luck.

 

I'd feel pretty uncomfortable paying any more than 40-50% of the new price for any used automotive part, so $500 sounds fair to me.

 

You're not hearing me - I understand why prices are outrageous. I'm just pissed that they ARE.

PS- when Greddy/Warpspeed come out with headers, your special ed economics should tell you that increased competition should lower prices.

 

Ahhh...okay...yeah well you can only hope...like i said...more power to you guys if the Greddy do come out like that..

 

And once again - it's not a pressing issue for me. I can live without headers if no one is willing to price them at a reasonable price. If I was so pressed, I'd be juicing by now.

 

Agreed. That's part of the reason I sold mine.... couldn't justify the expenditure made, for the amount of daily use I got from them. That, and I knew that if I kept this crap up (Headers/Exhaust/CAI/Pullies/Springs/Sways) I was gonna go to jail. Period. That freak'n car loves all those mods! I could not, for life of me stay out of SS shoot'n for redline every chance I got. Fact of life, this car as my daily driver with those mods would land me in big trouble sooner, or later.... :P

Hopefully we all will see something from both Greddy, and Warpspeed with similar performance gains, and less cost. Give Comptech (subsidiary of Microsoft,) some competition!

 

I thank Comptech daily for the smile they put on my face when hitting Vtec and beyond. Glad i didn't wait for these other companies who promise, but don't deliver.

 

ACP sells new headers for $1121 shipped. 200 more for new headers. I'm glad they hold a value ($925 used). But, I would not have any second thoughts spending another 200 on new headers.

But, from another perspective, I can't think of any reason used headers won't be as good as new ones.

Some things you gladly pay good $$$ for used and some things you don't. It depends on the person.