ebay downpipes any good?

i always see downpipes for the vr4 on there for like 75 to 150 dollars. they all look the same to me. are they any good? worth the price?

i personally haven't had any experience with the e-bay downpipes, but as i look at them http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7986076786&category=33630&sspagename=WDVW i can tell that this downpipe will replace the cat. that is, you will have to remove the cat for installation, and so if/when you get your car inspected for emissions each year (granted your county tests for emissions), then you probably won't pass emissions.

so this is still viable, but for that one day out of the year you would have to replace your stock DP + cat so you could pass emissions.

another possible downside to these downpipes is that the fit might not be perfect, and so you'll have to do some drilling/boring and modification to fit.

ask on 3si.org if anyone over there has tried these downpipes.

ive install one like about 3 weeks ago and its great for 75 bucks love it and the car sound great and it replaces the fron turbo cat and the mid cat so yoy wont need a test pipe i love it and makes my car sound great like a deep bubling sound jejejeej a must buy

6g72tt, if it eliminated one pre-cat, you should probably gut the other...otherwise you are flowing different amounts of air through the 2 turbos...you want it as equal as possible.

As far as the ebay downpipes, I wouldn't buy one. Generally, there are just too many possible factors. Poor welds, poor fitment, usually no flex sections, poor materials. Whatever it is, I'd be suspicious. You can check on 3si, but my general opinion is if you are buying via ebay, get used name brand things, not new no-name things.