does anyone have the DC-S headers from ebay? how is it?

 

I dont have it but i have seen it. There pretty nice lookin dont knwo much else lol

 

i do.... its an ok header. They look nice on the outside, but on the inside they dont look so good, kind of coarse and very poor finish. Ive had mine for about 4 months and no problems what so ever. It sounds nice and gives the power add (not much, but helps free the exhaust), you get what you pay for. I would recommend it, for the price, but any higher dont pay!

 

yea i was gonna get it for myself but i got the Alpha Werks headers instead but i did get the DC-S as a gift for someone cuzz i really dont have an income ..... i just went around and asked if ppl would pitch in to help pay for it and then enough ppl said yes it there ya go haha

 

Is a DC Sports ceramic coated header worth the 150+ bucks more? Performance wise.

 

in my opinion, no, but for looks and reliability, yes. Performance gains will not be much different, but reliability and looks will be much better.

 

Reliability? Its a piece of steel... what could go wrong? Do you mean fitting/installation issues?

 

I think the word he was really looking for is "quality." Everything from quality of material to quality of bends, to quality of welds. Fit and finish type things.

Warped flanges, crimped bends and crappy welds are the trademark of cheap headers. You might not get all three, but chances are you will get at least one. And in my opinion it is worth it to pay the difference in cost to get a quality piece.

 

i believe the same thing could happen to even the good headers like DC/Strup and such ppl make mistakes.....well thats my opinion

 

I ordered headers off of ebay yesterday, for $60 I won't be dissapointed if they are not perfect, as long as they work.

 

That is fine that this is your opinion, but you are dead wrong. The biggest difference between the products offered by companies like DC, Strup, Greddy, etc. and those "ebay special" parts is a little practice the companies implement called "quality control."

The success of the big name companies relies heavily on quality control. Without it their products will not sell. Without sells the company will fail. These no name, overseas companies rely heavily on volume production and low wages. They get the product built as cheaply as possible and offer it at lower prices in order to sell. And they know that their return rate will be low because educated buyers wouldn't be considering their products in the first place.

In instances like this you get what you pay for. Tolerance is lax so that the companies can create a faster production run. It is this single issue of quality control that allows things like warped flanges, crimped tubes and shoddy welds to make it out into the public. If a sub-par product ever made it through production at the big name companies it would likely never make it past inspection or shipping to get out in the publics hands.

 

I agree you get what you pay for, but I have bought many many parts off ebay and saved a lot of money. I have been burned a couple of times, but the savings is worth it. For what I have spent on aftermarket parts you could not even buy a greddy exhaust, and I am completely satisfied.

In the end it comes down to buyer beware and if you take a little time to research what you buy you will be fine.

 

So does the DC-S header fit okay? All I want to know, cuz if it does, im buying it. any input?

 

Mine are on the way, hopefully they will be great!

 

when you get em, can you fill us in with a mini-review? it would be much appreciated. thanks Dugzillaxb.

 

No prob, I am going to have (hopefully) some of the SL guys in my area come over and give me a hand. I normally do my installs myself, but I want some experience on this one. I will take pics and post them up.

I don't know how long it will be before they get here, hopefully not too long

 

i have some coming in hopefully dis friday if not hopefully monday, but i will take flix and all when i get em installed in my cousin's RS2 Xa and i will try to post a review of the product...well not really sure how to do a review but ill try haha

 

just post back here and tell us whatcha think

 

ill try to take as many flix(maybe a vid) as i can i and have yall rate the quality

 

Thatd be great, thanks Itsme.