Low cost (ok cheap) ebay exhaust

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fireman2101
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Low cost (ok cheap) ebay exhaust

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First off this site has been a huge help and has a lot of great info for these cars.

After searching for hours and enjoying most of the results I havn't seen anybody that has used one of the super cheap exhaust that are on ebay. Here is a link to one http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINGLE-PATH-4-5 ... ceRpt=true I know that you get what you pay for but after paying a pretty penny for the exhaust on my '69 DeVille I decided to look in the other direction.

I really don't want the fart can look but that is the only cheap option. I already know that I will have to extend the exhaust and thats not a big deal but I am just looking if anyone has any experience with these or what they sound like? I have a magnaflow exhaust on my '06 outback sport and I like that and worst case senireo I can just use the pipe from the cheap exhaust and put a new muffler on it.

Any input would be great. Good or bad.

And if I missed a thread like an idiot feel free to let me know.

Thanks in advance.
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Post by SILINC3R »

Shoot for that price I almost say give it a shot.
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The biggest problem for eBay exhaust parts like that is that the pipe is usually undergauge and the welds have poor penetration. This leads to cracking and breaking fairly quickly especially at the flanges, but you could get lucky. It should at least last a few months unless it's total crap.
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I have owned and installed quite a few eBay exhaust systems and have always been pleased. Deride and I ran them on both our SS legacys and ice raced them several times and really abused them and we never had an issue besides popping the Canon off the hangers.
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Thanks for the input. I am going to order one this weekend most likely. I was thinking about cutting the tip off the exhaust and welding some smaller tips on it so it didn't look like a fart can but I will see when it gets here.
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Post by Grayguy »

I forgot to mention, you will need to add 6" or so somewhere in the system to fit the legacys. I usually lenghthened the mid pipe.
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Re: Low cost (ok cheap) ebay exhaust

Post by fireman2101 »

I read that in a lot of the post and I figured the mid pipe the was the easiest.
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