Are OBX headers, catback exaust, muffers or hi-flo cats worth buying? Does anyone have any of these products? If so how are they?

 

I have their coilovers, and they kinda suck.

 

I purchased a full catback exhaust. It is ok, nothing great, kinda heavy imo but does the job, only complaint is that it rubs the heatshield and makes a squeky sound when idling because of that. Didn't come with any bolts or anything. Actually it came with three nuts and bolts to connect to the cat, but nothing to connect the axle back section to the mid pipe.
As far as their other exhaust products, you can buy comparbly priced stuff that has been a little more proven. the catback syste i got for $275 and there wasn't anything close to it at the time, this is about three years ago.

 

IMO OBX is junk.

 

I had their axle-back muffler for over 2 years with no problems. I had their short shifter for 6 months with no problems. Both got replaced when I got my swap.

 

bout as good as the voit tennis shoes your mom made you wear as a kid....

 

Outer Banks, in my opinion it is good place for a family vacation.

 

OBX is Garbage ( )! My friend had some OBX cam gears on his car,...and the DoEs AnYoNe KnOw WheRe I CaN GeT SoMe StRObE LiTEZ AnD LiGhT uP WiNdShiElD NoZzLeS??ers fell apart...and the valves ended up smashing into the pistons...i believe a law suit is pending with him & OBX.

vnt

 

LOL!!

 

u may get a bit of performance but the craftsmanship and materials are about half that of honda OEM parts

 

My problem with OBX exhaust products is that they advertise them as being 2.5" inside diameter piping. While they technically are, they reduce down to 2.38" at the flanges. This is just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. It's all a marketing ploy... they can say they have a 2.5" exhaust or cat that will bolt up to factory parts.

I consider it false advertising.

 

For most of the lower priced brands, IMO, there's no prob with their accessories and other items that don't take huge amounts of R&D to design and produce, like exhausts (not a lot of R&D required there). For items that are a lil more sensitive to quality control like cams, cam gears, brakes, etc. and that can have huge consequences if something were to go wrong, I'd stick with a better known brand with more R&D funds. But I've seen their accessories like shift ***** and e-brake handles and the like and it's not bad. Their exhausts look ok, but I've seen better quality w/ other lower priced brands like Tenzo and Nakayama.


[Modified by bhcvc, 5:29 PM 2/6/2002]