mike03,95civic

I searched some but couldn't find anything even though I sure this has been covered before. I need a oem cat so I wanted to know where the cheapest place other than ebay to get it. Thanks for the help.

crazyguy

yunk yard is the best place to look for and cheapest.

Ghetto Civic HX

look on Craigslist or in the Marketplace here.

mike03,95civic

yea but for one thing its illegal for them to sell and me to buy and another thing is i want it new.

fdavie

dealership?

mike03,95civic

wouldn't they be over priced though?

BryanM.

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What car and engine do you have killer?

mike03,95civic

I have a '95 civic with a B18B

DCSportEJ1Civic

magnaflow from summitracing is the cheapest ive seen. you runnin obd1?

mike03,95civic

I already have a magnaflow cat. I need one thats stock. Yes i have obd1.

BryanM.

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http://www.AutoPartsWarehouse.com

This one looks decent:

Part Number: W0133-1606191

and this one but needs welding. Cheap!

Part Number: M6653004

mike03,95civic

thanks for the link but it doesn't look like its oem


Modified by mike03,95civic at 2:48 PM 2/6/2008

mike03,95civic

Does anybody know if oem means its stock or does it just mean it meets stock standards?

fdavie

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OEM means the same part sold by the dealership. An example is Exedy clutches - Exedy makes clutches and sells them both to honda, who resells them to you, and directly.

Why do you need a new, OEM cat? Dealership may be expensive, but that may be your only choice.

mike03,95civic

thanks that clears that up for me. I supposable need a new oem cat to lower my nox. I've checked and replaced so many things. I have replaced the cat a couple of times with a old stock cat and a new high flow cat. I'm being told that the oem will show a big difference. the only reason why i didn't put a new oem on before is because at the dealer they charge $900 for it. the only thing besides the cat that could be a problem is i have headers and 2.5 inch exhaust piping which i plan to make stock. so with all that said i would really not like to spend almost a grand on a cat. anybody know what company makes honda cats?

blwn95civic

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Why is it illegal for a junk yard to sell a stock cat? I can get em at any junk yard in my area...

mike03,95civic

I think this is in every state but it could be just CA. I don't know the exact reason but they have to have paper work of where it came from when it was taken off. its even illegal to have it installed. not everybody fallows this though.

blwn95civic

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike03,95civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think this is in every state but it could be just CA. I don't know the exact reason but they have to have paper work of where it came from when it was taken off. its even illegal to have it installed. not everybody fallows this though.</TD></TR></TABLE>


well if nobody follows it then go to a junk yard and get one. Or at least try to . Plus u can prob find one on egay if u dont have luck in cali...

but if you dont do that then i'll go to a junk yard and get you one and sell it to ya for a small fee

94CoupeEJ1

If the used one didn't work I doubt a new OEM cat is going to fix your problem. OEM means 'Original Equipment Manufacturers'. In other words stock. Have you tried the OEM cat from a B18?

mike03,95civic

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike03,95civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...old stock cat and a new high flow cat...</TD></TR></TABLE>

I put in a old stock cat but because its old they say its not working correctly. i could look around and find another one and cross my fingers but i don't want to waste any more money on stupid cats.

mike03,95civic

well the used one had 140,000 miles on it so it could very well be bad. but yea it might not do much. the used one was from an integra.

spivt11

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike03,95civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks that clears that up for me. I supposable need a new oem cat to lower my nox. I've checked and replaced so many things. I have replaced the cat a couple of times with a old stock cat and a new high flow cat. I'm being told that the oem will show a big difference. the only reason why i didn't put a new oem on before is because at the dealer they charge $900 for it. the only thing besides the cat that could be a problem is i have headers and 2.5 inch exhaust piping which i plan to make stock. so with all that said i would really not like to spend almost a grand on a cat. anybody know what company makes honda cats?</TD></TR></TABLE>

What exactly is nox? and why do you need a OEM cat to reduce it?

hybridmath

go to advanced auto parts or autozone and get a 94 integra ls cat will bolt right up and will pass emissions like 100 bucks

mike03,95civic

I think its caused by high temps. A oem cat has more of some type of metal in it which filters it.

mike03,95civic

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridmath &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">go to advanced auto parts or autozone and get a 94 integra ls cat will bolt right up and will pass emissions like 100 bucks</TD></TR></TABLE>

but thats not oem...i need the oem cat