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Old 09-15-2008, 06:39 PM
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What do you guys think about Vibrant catalytic converters??
Old 09-15-2008, 08:09 PM
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Don't have any first hand experience with them, but I checked out their site and everything looks pretty good, though.
Prices on them seem pretty fair. $85 for a ceramic cat, not bad. And OEM cat will run around $140 to $200 for a mid-pipe cat, and I've seen all the way up to $400 for a cat that's on the header itself.

If your state does not have vehicle inspections and emissions tests, I'd just get a cat delete pipe (test pipe). I'm using one, with the stock o2 sensor in it, and I'm not throwing any codes or anything. The second bank sensor is pretty much a dummy sensor. When I first installed my head and down pipe I didn't use it because I was lazy and the sensor was stuck in the stock cat and I didn't feel like muscling it out. The damn plug/bolt shot out because I didn't lock tight it so I had to use the o2 sensor.
Old 09-15-2008, 08:12 PM
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Carsound Cat.
Old 09-16-2008, 05:13 PM
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How much louder did your car get after you deleted the cat?
Old 09-17-2008, 05:10 PM
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i still have the cat. it just went bad and i want to replace it
Old 09-17-2008, 07:47 PM
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Id get a OE replacement. I don't recommend a test-pipe by any means.
Old 09-17-2008, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Line7
Id get a OE replacement. I don't recommend a test-pipe by any means.
werd. Don't pollute just because you're a cheap-ass. If you've got some serious un-cat-friendly mods going, sure, but at that point, you should probably be driving something else to work anyway.




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