Got them @ TSP a couple of years ago,but I have seen them @ under $1300 since then.

 

Cool HP/TQ numbers.

With numbers like those, I'd love to see you take it down the 1/4 mile
I wonder what your times would be like.

 

very nice numbers.

 

SOOO... with all this said, the headers from steal-bay were a "good thing"? I have been following this and other posts about them for a couple weeks, and have been really trying to figure out what to do about getting some headers. I am not really worried about spending $600 or even $1400 for a whole setup with x-pipes and tubes. I want to be sure I'll get the best bang for the buck in either case. I have to say that I am REALLY impressed with the numbers that arose from installing the steal-bay setup. I think that most of the "bad" reviews of these products have come from people who have spent much more on their personal setups. The only real thing that scares me is the BBB reviews posted earlier in this thread. 39 Complaints in 36 months? OMG! That is almost impossible to achieve! Do I want to spend $600 or do I want to spend $1400? Sh*&, I still don't know though.... Anyone have a bottom line answer they want to share?

 

If it were me I would invest in known quality. Not willing to take my chances to the tune of $700...but that is just me.

 

 

Where did 700 come from? You can order from the manufacture from the post in the other page for less then 600 shipped.

 

Sorry, but just because it comes from China I wouldn't buy it, or accept it even if it was free. Hope I don't have to answer why as I would hope everyone observes world news occasionally and does have SOME concern for the state of our economy etc. Again, sorry, I can't send my money to a bunch of communistic d****ads that take our money for everything from children's toys to headers, clothing to medicine (which incidentally has been killing infants lately), just to have them chant Death to Americans every chance they get. They get enough in Foreign Aid already that we have no say over. Screw 'em, keep our money in OUR economy, not theirs.

 

Sik, if you spend money your buying Chinese goods. Its sad, but you just cant get around it. To the OP, Im glad they worked out for you.

 

I dont know why everyone is always comparing extremes. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SPEND THAT MUCH FOR GOOD QUALITY NAME BRAND STUFF!!!

I hope no one gets upset about me posting this price, but I figure they're the manufacturer so it's fair, you should be able to get them from most everyone else for the same price or possibly less.

You can buy LG Streets WITHOUT cats JUST LIKE THIS OBX setup for $995 directly from LG!!! If you shop around the other shops doing specials on them you might even be able to get a better deal!

Don't believe me?

http://www.lgmotorsports.com/catalog...oducts_id=1429

I REALLY REALLY wish people would stop saying buy these or go spend $1400 (or $1600+) for the name brand stuff that isn't any better...

IMHO it is better, if for no other reason because it's made here in the US by a guy who races these cars at Borla's manufacturing plant, and we're only talking a couple hundred more!

Everyone should do more looking around, do your own shopping, dont take everyone else's lip about your only other option being more than twice as much (or complete junk cause you didnt spend 2x more). Educate yourself so you can spend your own money how you want to based on your decision instead of what everyone else tells you to do. You'll be glad you did.

Especially since it does not cost THAT much more to get proven quality stuff.

You can get just the header package for that, if you buy directly from the distributor. Then as was said previously you still have to buy all the extras to actually be able to put them in since they dont come with any hardware, which the OP said cost him around $50-75 for those parts, and if you decide you do want to buy through ebay so you have a bit more peace of mind that giving the distributor from ??? where are they from??? your credit card info over the phone it will cost ya $45 more go use them & paypal. So that would put you at $650 - 675 buying direct, or $695 - 720 via ebay.




As I've said multiple times now, do what you want, but educate yourself so you can do what YOU actually want to, not what everyone else is telling you to do. Take up all the information you can and make an educated decision you'll be happy with!

 

What risk ?? They've been proven that they fit and work.

 

"You can buy LG Streets WITHOUT cats JUST LIKE THIS OBX setup for $995 directly from LG!!! If you shop around the other shops doing specials on them you might even be able to get a better deal!"

Done and Done..... I was quoting what I believed to be the price as given by MANY people, and by the sites that I had visited. I had NO IDEA I could get the pipes I want, at that price. I'll be making that purchase within the next couple weeks for sure....

 

2 or 3 times so far... They've been proven thousands of times over in other applications to be a sub-par product with fit & failure issues. Others on these forums have said they've seen them pulled off for problems, but unfortunately have not elaborated past that yet.

I'm very glad that so far the first hand experiences of our forum members have been good so far, hopefully the results will continue to roll in positively, maybe it will even help OBX's quality & reputation in other platforms, maybe even prompt more availability of affordable systems from the other major players in our platform!

Just because something works once does not mean it will work every time either. Even the bigger brands have had an occasional issue here and there, but if they do have a problem they generally make it right quickly. You'll find that most of the people that have experienced problems with high quality companies swear by them and become very loyal customers and advocates of such great customer service. If you search around you'll see that this is not the case for OBX.

For those of you that have been around the computer industry for a while, think about what eMachine was like before they got together with Gateway. You could go to any Fry's store and buy one for sometimes hundreds less than comparable HP & other big name brands, but if you looked under the shelves you would see that 1/2 of them had been returned at least once (Fry's puts date / test stickers on returned items). And good luck getting customer support the first few years they were around, I had customers of theirs tell me how they had been on hold with them for over 3 hours multiple times & days.

That's the kind of history OBX has had so far. Two or three examples to the contrary doesn't remove all risk IMHO. But there's no way to find out otherwise without more people trying them out.

Too bad you didn't try yours out too instead of sending them back. But cant say I blame you with that ridiculous only returnable within 5 day in new unused condition in original packaging return policy. Sucks to loose all that cash to have to pay that outrageous 30% restocking fee though.

Hell, that alone should tell you what kind of company they are!

Sucks man, sounds like you're wishing you had kept them now too.

 

Wow, they don't even tell you what their return policy is in the ebay auction, they make you click a link to go to a different page to read all of their policies, that's shady!

So you loose the $45 shipping to you, plus another $30 probably to send it back to them, plus another $200 for the restocking fee? Seriously, almost $300 down the tube to return something?!?!?!!!!

 

And apparently no one else does either, I don't know why everyone is acting like your only other option is to pay 2-3x more for the high end race systems.

Just make sure you do your shopping around from the vendors / shops to find a deal from someone you want to work with. Advanced Dyno has a special posted in for sale, I didn't check on the catless system with them cause I'm looking for a catted system, but their prices seem to be very competitive and Dallas has always answered my questions when I give them a call or PM.

 

hey all I just want to say I understand where everyone is comming from! The OBX system with O2 extensions and hardware is still quite a bit less expensive than the others out there. Yes I didnt buy a USA made product but to be quite honest I did not care. I love the US but I am always going to try and find the best deal I can. If you are looking for a product made in the US than go for the LG setup mentioned above. Sounds like a good deal. All this said I would buy the OBX headers again in a heartbeat! I think my main point here is whatever header you run or any aftermarket mod you have for that matter I respect all you guys! The main goal here is to unleash the beast within all of our vettes!!

 

Congratulations on the fit and performance of your headers..

 

thanx

 

Once again, even having been proven (even if it's only 2 or 3 )that the fit and finish is good quality all the nay sayers still won't budge. Well to each his own, you go spend $1200 plus bucks since you don't care what they cost and good luck to you.
As for the rest of us, we'll take whatever deal we can get to combat the Corvette Tax.

 

Again, you DO NOT have to spent $1200+. As I already posted above

I do care about what they cost, don't put words in my mouth.

Do you honestly think if I didn't care I would be watching these? If I didn't care about cost then I would have already bought a set of something else. And they would be on my car.

I'm not telling people don't buy these, and I'm CERTAINLY not telling people to go spend $1200. I'm telling people to make sure they know their options, educate themselves so they can make their own decision based on what is important to them instead of listening to what everyone is pitching them.

I'm not a "nay-sayer", and if you had read all of my posts you'd know that. I'm still interested in these, I may still wind up buying them for myself, I'm sure as hell not paying $1400+, but when you can get TSP's for almost the exact same price as these OBX, and LG Streets for just a little bit more, those are worth considering IMHO, and I'm also looking at used systems as well. Everyone is acting like these are the first options to come around under $1500 and that is simply NOT TRUE. I'm just trying to help others understand their options and am getting heckled for it?!?

I find it especially ironic this coming form the guy that wasted $200-$300 to return them before you even tried them on the car because you got scared of their horrific return policy & what everyone was saying about them. Looks like if you buy these again you will have spent enough to actually buy the LG's by simply abiding by their return policy... I actually almost bought these off eBay before you even started your post about them, until I read that return policy

Once again, hopefully it will stick this time...