Ecr33 Front Pipes

[gotRICE?]

To be fair, for the extra $300 the Apexi N1 costs, you should have just got that. After buying pipe, a muffler, flanges, and getting it made, it would have been just as cheap?

[chilzzi]

all up after installation the whole setup would of cost me;

JJR Cat back - $200 (got it second hand - 4 months old so mint condition)

Stainless CATCO cat - 195

Installation including new centre muffler - 250

total - $645

against apexi kit (no cat included)

$799

[chris_82]

I noticed just jap have sold out of the mild steel bellmouth front pipe but still have plenty stainless steel ones. Theres $20 difference or so. Is there a reason for this besides the price. Varience in the steel ?

Edited December 16, 2011 by chris_82

[HtwCHACtkh]

I noticed just jap have sold out of the mild steel bellmouth front pipe but still have plenty stainless steel ones. Theres $20 difference or so. Is there a reason for this besides the price. Varience in the steel ?

I have the stainless one running a low powered setup, no problems. Stainless steel is lighter than mild, and shinier.

I suggest ceramic coating the thing before you put it in though I wish I did, the front pipes sure do get hot!

[Moodles2]

mild steel does a better job than stainless at keeping heat inside the pipe (which is what you want with turbos), mild steel rusts though so would probably last 10 years (rough guess) before it needs replacing whereas the stainless pipe will last the life of the car.