hey i was wondering since you guys here at welding and fabrication know about metal, is 304 stainless steel strong???? I dont want my muffler to rust on me and this ebay muffler looks like it is built pretty good and its 304

i was wondering what your opinions are on its quality?????

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...%3AIT

 

i bought one for my dsm a while ago....didnt give me any problems....mine was cheaper since ur shipping is like 34.99

 

It says, "apexi N1 <u>style</u>". So just be careful what your actually getting. It looks decent, the welds look fine.

 

thank you yeah i know its not a real apexi and i'm sure its not even close to the quality of the real deal, i just want to make sure that this bad boy is not going to start rusting on me in like 5-7 months

i'm going to get this muffler mated to some kteller piping

 

hell, its pretty inexpensive. try it if you dont like it, sell it to some ricer around town. someone will buy it for that price.

 

Is it really woth the effort if you know your going to have to do it twice?

don't listen to me.. i'm anti-Ebay

 

to the above post, i understand exactly what your saying and that is what i'm trying to avoid

i DONT know if i will have to do it twice with this muffler, that swhy i wnat to know if this kind of steel will lose its efficiency or start to rust

 

you see how much the shipping is ?? thats y its so cheap , lol , but yeah i would probly stay away from it and get something better , and i see your in ny , if you drive your car in the winter then it will go bad even sooner,

 

I put an Ebay muffler on my Accord after my stock one rusted out. Its been on there almost 2 years and its doing fine. Mine was an axle-back though.

 

thanks d@ve G thats the response i'm looking for people with experiance either good or bad ones


thank you everyone else too for your responses

 

I bought an entire 2.5" stainless cat back exhaust for my civic about 5 months ago off ebay (Apex-i STYLE). Muffler is a bit ricey but quality wise I am happy with it. No rust yet.

 

i sell some car parts and i get a million different styles of those tiawan mufflers.. they are cheap and are machine welded and youd be really surprised how nice the welds ar eon some.. they are def worth the 20$ they cost. as far as sound i couldnt tell ya. prob sound like fart can like every other car anyways

 

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Most of the external quality is there. Welds are good on a lot of those anymore and 304 has good rust corrosion. However, they are typically not filled with as much sound absorption material (typically fiberglass) as better known quality brands. Which means they blow out faster, and get louder quicker, and have that ricey tone Sometimes the quality of the internals are not as good. For Example I have seen where the silencer goes into the pipe does not go in striaght causing even more restriction in flow. Not saying this one does or they all do but thought I'd share my experiences. Obviously, you and everyone else knows that with something this cheap you cant expect much.

 

just recieved it, great freakin muffler, looks like it will last and even if it doesnt what the hell $30 isnt bad

thanks for all of the replies