Has anyone had any corrosion or rust issues with any of the aftermarket Y pipes? I was looking at getting a Cattman pipe, and even though they're stainless steel, they're ony guaranteed for a year.

On the flipside, even crappy places like Meinike usually have lifetime warranties on their work (not that I would ever go to Meinike for anything).

My original Y-pipe is deteriorating...my flex pipe and resonator also have holes in them and it sounds like crap. I was quoted about $600 for an OEM Y pipe (which includes pre-cats), which is ridiculous because I can save $$$ and gain HP with an aftermarket one. My question is, how long will they last? If you've had an aftermarket pipe for a while, please post your thoughts on how it's holding up.

Other than that, there's nothing wrong with my car, but it's got 190,000 miles, so it's really not worth it to put a full performance exhaust on.

 

Living in the rainforest of western Canada I've had my Budget Y for 17 months now and its still in good shape.

 

You have a 96 and depending were you live it will most likely last the rest of your cars life. 4-5 years. But up north probably 2-3 because of salt on the roads. And that is just for the non t-304 stainless if you get that it will last 6-8 years at least.

 

It doesn't snow much in Vancouver, no? so unless you drive to the Rockies every weekend all winter long, you're not really gonna have any rust, except maybe from the salty air.

 

And it's only $191 shipped for a stainless steel Budget Y, just buy it!

 

get warpspeed. 4 year warranty

 

I have a Budget Y-pipe that was installed about a month ago and I live in BlackCat's neck of the woods. True they don't salt the roads much here and any snow is generally rained away the next day.

I paid C$250 for my stainless steel Y-pipe, plus C$15 shipping. It came complete with gaskets. On top of that there was GST of 7%.

Someone posted a query on the Canada forum a couple of weeks regarding wanting a stock Y-pipe. I posted a couple of responses but no answer.

A stock Y-pipe for my 1995 SE from the stealership is C$925 plus about C$25 for gaskets (they didn't check the computer on that they just said about). On top of that I would have to pay both 7% GST and 7.5% BC provincial sales tax.

So I could buy 4 Budget Y-pipes for the cost of one from the stealership.

I am going to hang on to my stock Y-pipe because I may need it some day and it has less than 53,000 miles on it.

 

I have had mine on for a few months now and no problems. I have Warpspeed y-pipe, and it has treated me right.

I live in Mississippi and it has rained here for 20 days straight. Very humid and susceptible to rust.

 

If you live in an area such as Mississippi that's very humid but rarely has snow, you should definitely go with the Budget since it's painted and the moisture won't touch the steel beneath (which is stainless anyway...)

 

I have a Stillen y-pipe and have had it for three years w/no problems..

 

SS does not rust or corrode. Aluminized steel does.

 

Thanks for everyone's input. I'll check out the warpspeed and see how that looks.

Yes, stainless steel can corrode and rust; it just has a higher resistance to rusting. Remember that our stock exhaust is stainless, and after 190,000 miles and eight northeastern winters, it's finally going. Stainless can be especially susceptable to corrosion when in contact with different metals, like aluminum or carbon steel.

If anyone else has any thoughts, continue to post them...

 

But, what are the flex section and flanges made of?

My Budget pipe has been on 2 different cars in the last 4 years. But, they have both been Southeast US cars that have never seen salt.

 

Budget hasn't painted their y-pipes in over a year. SS does rust, much slower than normal steel but it does rust.

 

Well I've had my pipe for about a little less than a year without problems.

 

I had my pipe since october no rust

 

I guess that's why the one I received from Budget two months ago was painted.

 

I guess so. Was it painted black? If so that's weird, mine wasn't painted and it went on the car like 18 months ago. I had friends order them as recently as as 2 months and they were all silver, no paint. Oh well, my bad. The paint will probably come off either way.

 

You just cant say its SS there are many different types of stainless steel 304 being one of the best the lower the number the better. Real NONMAGNETIC SS will NEVER rust if your ss rusts its sh$t SS. If a magnet sticks to your SS its no good a magnet well not stick to real 304 SS.

So after learning that think about this there are spots on my SS cattman b-pipe and y-pipe that a magnet sticks to and its funny the same spots have rust on them. The only thing on my cattman b-pipe that the magnet did not stick to was the o2 bung

The sad thing is you can get totaly nonmagnetic SS exhausts but not for a maxima . Hondas and many other cars have them availiable, I checked a good del sol catback not one place did the magnet stick,not even the flanges. And it costs less than our exhausts.

My frind just bought a Titanium catback for his STI for about $850 i wish we had that option. It will last for 1000 years.

 

Read my thread of a few days ago regarding my concern about a magnet not sticking to my Budget Y-pipe. The magnet does not stick and will not stick to T-304. T-304 apparently becomes slightly magnetic at bends. My Y-pipe was silver when I got it a month ago and it definitely is stainless steel.

 

Thats good if it doesnt stick thats what you want did it stick to your flanges if not im getting one.

 

We do have an option for a titanium cat-back, or we used to. The apex'i WS is a titanium particle with an additional coat of powdercoat on top. The muffler of course is SS.