CATALYTIC CONVERTER 95 HONDA DX COUPE

" > wrote in news:de3199a3-
:

> All of a sudden my quiet exhaust system went loud, and on inspection
> there's a huge exhause leak at the rear of the converter near where it
> connects to the extension pipe and it appears to be rusted out, so I
> need a new converter.
>
> I would appreciate any recommendations as to where to buy one at a
> decent price that will do it yourself install easily and fit exactly
> and restore the original sound and fit.
>


<proper crossposting added>

Any muffler shop can sell you an aftermarket cat. Do not expect proper fit,
and do not expect fine build quality. Those properties are found only on
OEM cats.

But OEM will be horribly expensive, so aftermarket is often the only
realistic option for most people.

I'm currently running an aftermarket Walker on my Integra. The OEM one
rusted out a couple of years ago, and Honda has discontinued the OEM cats.

The Walker is appallingly poorly-made and does not fit well, but did
function correctly as far as its first smog-check went. How it will perform
next year is a question mark.


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Tegger

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Clete > wrote in
:

> Tegger wrote:
>>
>>
>>I'm currently running an aftermarket Walker on my Integra. The OEM one
>>rusted out a couple of years ago, and Honda has discontinued the OEM
>>cats.
>
> You are actually using non OEM and advising someone to buy non OEM ?



You can put away the defibrillator. I _don't_ recommend aftermarket, I
recommend OEM.

I cannot buy a new OEM cat for my car, no matter what, so I was _forced_
into aftermarket.


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