Str8ridin

Ok, here's the situation. I bought the pipe and installed it only to find is was defective by being welded uncorrectly thus posing a fittment issue. The manufacturer said to remove it and send it back so they can 'fix' it and return it to me. I just paid a total of $160 intsalling it then un-installing it just because they sent me a defective pipe. My question is, should they reimburse me for that or is it my problem that I bought a defecive pipe from them? When I get it back, I'm gonna have to pay a total of $240 out of my pocket to install the damn thing!

-str8

p.s. please don't flame for not installing it myself. I don't have any tools now!

Sprint

iTrader: (10)

nope.. you will have to bend over like i did..

try ..

Warpspeed Y Pipe $330
shipping $20
Install $80
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$420

flex section blows...

$420
Cattman Y Pipe (shipped) $405
Install $80

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$905
Sold Warspeed defect pipe - $120

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My Y Pipe Experience? $785

Str8ridin

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SprintMax
[B]nope.. you will have to bend over like i did..
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Ouch....hope you used vasaline..

So, that's how it is, huh? Man, that just pi$$es me off...

Sprint

iTrader: (10)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Str8ridin
[B]I am sure Bryan from the Northeast paid out his a$$ when his flex section his warspeed pipe blew and he had to buy a new pipe and all that.. probably paid the same i did.. maybe more..

«§»Craig B«§»

iTrader: (5)

bought WSP mandrel bent pipe (only used for a week), included new flex section and all gaskets - $150
shipping - 20
install - couldn't get the bolts loose at all myself so I went to a local shop - 50

total = $220 with no problems whatsoever and I needed to replace my old, leaky stock pipe anyway

redmaxpa007

iTrader: (21)

that is why you do installs yourself....

Chris91SE

iTrader: (1)

well not everyone's father has a lift

redmaxpa007

iTrader: (21)

actually, i did the y,b, and cat install at tilleys99 house...


so........


but you are correct...

SuDZ

You have a lift? At your house? That is so great and convienient sounding.

SuDZ

redmaxpa007

iTrader: (21)

my dad is a mechanic.. so he has a lift at his house and his work is 15 minutes from his house .. so i have access to a full automotive shop with my very own mechanic...

SuDZ

Not a bad deal at all.

SuDZ

Sprint

iTrader: (10)

so it the mechanical knowledge skips generations? look at that.. you learn something new everyday.. well something your new baby has to look forward to eh jeff?

redmaxpa007

iTrader: (21)

you know darren.... you can be such an sometimes...


but that is ok.. i hope to have the new baby girl up to par with fixing cars...

dwapenyi

iTrader: (3)

Wow, and I was bummed by my Y pipe issue.

I got my Y pipe from cattman on special $159 One day just perusing the site and saw it in the specials sectin. I JUMPED on it. Got the last one.

Had my mechanic install it and replace all 3 O2 sensors. Nothing was wrong with the original ones, but at 100K miles, may as well.

Get my car back, everything is fine, feel a great difference. But later on, I get a check engine light. 0702. It's pointing to the O2 sensors. Looks like one of them may be defective.

I haven't fixed in a couple of months. I reset my ecu and the check engine light returns every week and a half or so. I can make it return much more quickly if I drive like a granny. If I drive hard all the time, the check engine ligt never appears.

Weird

DW

ericdwong

You dont need a lift to do anything...except for maybe welding on subframe connectors. Of course it makes it alot easier. I have done all my projects on my car (including dropping the transmission three times in the max alone, clutch job, Y pipe install/removal a few times, B pipe install and a few others) with nothing more then one hydraulic floor jack, 4 jack stands, and various hand tools (no air tools).

As for Y pipes here is what happened to me. It took forever and alot of swearing just to get the thing on in the first place. Then, a few months later the damn flex section busted. The above 2 were both caused because the cat flange was rotated off, so this caused the entire weight of the exhaust system to twist on the flex. After a while it just busted open. So.... I had to ship the thing back to arizona. When it came back, the exact same problem happened with the flange being off. So back once again. Finally when I got it back, it fit perfectly. Phew. Total time wasted, probably 3-4 months. Don't want to think about how much I paid for shipping out of there.