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First off sorry about the fonts cut and paste makes it go crazy. I would really appreciate your two cents on a few stud and gasket purchases before I fork out cash.

Looking at Kudos motorsport they supply two brands of exhaust gaskets for a rs4s which are either the Cometic Multi-Layered Steel (MLS) Exhaust Manifold Gasket. at $ 77 or Genuine Nissan gasket at $110. Any recommendation or experience with the cometic gasket? With the exhaust studs i'm even more unsure. Kudos motorsport only sells a kit for $140 which includes everything (listed below) or I can go to justjap and buy Genuine Nissan Exhaust Manifold Stud - Nissan RB20/RB25 for $2.65 Each, but they don't stock the washers, nuts and yokes. If I would rolling in the cash I would just get the kit but I'm thinking of reusing yokes and washes and buying generic bolts from local bolt shop. Is this a bad idea?

Genuine Nissan Exhaust Stud Kit, Included Are The Following:

  • 12 x Genuine Nissan Exhaust Manifold Studs
  • 12 x Genuine Nissan Exhaust Manifold Washers
  • 12 x Genuine Nissan Exhaust Manifold Nuts
  • 08 x Genuine Nissan Exhaust Manifold Yokes (Cly 1,2,4 & 6)
  • 04 x Genuine Nissan Exhaust Manifold Yokes (Cly 3 & 4

Also replacing the turbo gaskets and kudos motorsport has a genuine nissan kit that includes all below for $99 or I can get a Permaseal Turbo Gasket Set for $77 which does not include the copper crush washer and locking tabs

  • 1 x Genuine Nissan Turbine Inlet Gasket (Manifold to Turbo)
  • 1 x Genuine Nissan Turbine Outlet Gasket (Turbo to Dump Pipe)
  • 1 x Genuine Nissan Compressor Outlet Gasket (Turbo to Cooler Piping)
  • 1 x Genuine Nissan Oil Drain Gasket
  • 2 x Genuine Nissan Turbo to Manifold Locking Tabs
  • 1 x Genuine Nissan Copper Crush Washer Kit

So all up if I went everything Nissan with all the complete kits is would be $350. If I went Cometic exhaust gasket and permaseal turbo gaskets and bought 12 studs individually with bolts at a bolt shop it would come in at around $180 but I would reuse washes and yokes. Is going non genuine and saving $170 a bad idea? Any advice is appreciated.

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