Do you play on selling your car next month or what? :eh:

They go for $200 on ebay and you can commonly find them for $50-75 with less than 50k miles on a number of Honda message boards or junkyards.

 

the magnaflow/carsound arnt high flow, they are regular cats with a bit of performance increase in the top end. but just typoe in carsound on ebay.

bought and welded=100 bucks

 

If you live in Cali and your car is OBDII don't bother putting anything on besides OEM. If you get pegged you'll be labeled a gross polluter and you don't want to go there. And watch out for Ebay sellers, make sure they have what they are selling IN STOCK and it is right for you application. If your not too sure about the seller use a credit card and NOT paypal because it is virtually impossible to reverse a charge with paypal. I speak from experience.

 

Yeah you take a risk with ebay, but I have had nothing but great buying experiences (over 25 purchases). As long as you are smart enough to realize when you might get screwed (no feedback on seller or insanely low prices), you will be fine. I wouldn't shy away from such a great marketplace because a few people get the shaft... that happens at walmart too. But I wouldn't mess with the cat too much, I mean for the little you gain you take a big risk for emissions test. I would agree that OEM is probably the best, just get a used one and you are fine.

 

I never buy from private parties on ebay and I only buy from companies that have 95% or higher feedback based on 2500 or more transaction in the last six months (power seller). Buyer beware, but even a seemingly good company can sell you something they don't have and then expect you to wait while they have your money. At Walmart you can always take it back to a human, not so on ebay. With the exception of Tire Rack, if I spend more than $500 on something I want to see it in person. Sorry for the digression...but I did not care for the "smart enough" comment. Over 25 ebay purchases is on the margins of statistical significance relative to the error ratio one might expect from their ebay shopping experience.

 

eBay converters are test pipes

 

vague statement.

 

First off, the "smart enough" comment was meant to refer to a hypothetical discerning shopper with a decent amount of common sense, it was not meant as a dig at you. I can see where you could have thought that, and for this I apologize.

Yes companies can screw you on ebay. Yes at walmart you can deal with a person. But you can too on ebay by requesting phone numbers and adresses prior to buying. I always do this, and several times when I check the adresses and buisness names online, it turns out to be a sham. Thats the steps you have to go to reduce the risk you take. And just looking at their approval rating is stupid. Thats like having unprotected sex just cause her friends say they think shes clean....

Finally, your comment about the error ratio is entirely unsupported. You have not studied ebay, you have not figured out what the margins of statistical significance are, so don't act like you have. Plus consumer behavior and depth of consumer knowledge and awareness factors into something like the probability of a bad experience with ebay, and there is really no way you can account for this. Futhermore if the the chances of getting screwed are less then 1 in 25, and you combine this with some common sense, I see no problem in using ebay as a valueable source of car parts. Sorry you were mugged by ebay in a dark alley or whatever, but let people make their own opinions. And don't make irrational and entirely unfounded claims about the probability of scoring a miss with ebay. But lets stop this stupid disagreement and allow this thread to focus on cats as it should. Sorry everyone, I'm not tryin to pick a fight, just wanted to explain myself a bit.

 

hahaha, interesting.... no comment... hahahaha....

 

i totally agree with you, people just blame ebay in general when they, themselves, are the one to blame...so preach on brother.