How many times can you re-weld a 5zigen Exhaust?

[S14DB]

3 times so far:
http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/ExhaustRepair.jpg
5Zigen Fireball

[420sx]

omfg dude that looks nasty how long did you have it??? i had mine for over a year and i have no signs of rust whatsoever

[lilredstiffy]

ive overhauled my n1 dual twice haha

my car likes to instigate fights with speed bumps, pot holes, interstates, etc

[Powashiftin]

Get a new exhuast ...

what bar is that over the exhuast? looks tight

[420sx]

Get a new exhuast ...

what bar is that over the exhuast? looks tight
suspension tecniques

[S14DB]

I've had it for 9 months. The rear tab cracked and was hanging by a tack weld. Had that put back on then the rear of the resonator where the out pipe goes in cracked 360. It was fine for 3 months now the outer part of the cap cracked 270. If I had the money this would have been gone by now. The guy that welded it all three times says that the rear cap is super thin.

Yes, I have the ST sway bar set. That's a 7/8" rear bar.

[mav1178]

You know, you could have just asked for a warranty exchange on the exhaust through the retail dealer you purchased the exhaust from... all 5Zigen catback exhaust systems are covered for a one year period from date of sale.

One of the known issues with the S14 nonturbo exhaust is that if you use old stock hangers it causes a stress issue with the middle of the exhaust, where the resonator sits... the cracking is a byproduct of this. If you are using OE hangers I strongly recommend switching to new hangers or even Nismo hangers to solve this problem.

But like I said you can go back and exchange through the dealer you purchased from... and if you got it through a private sale or other shady means then you are SOL.

-alex

[S14DB]

I got it thru a dealer. But the hassel of exchanging it is not worth my time at the moment. I wish the 60mm would not have been recommended to me over an 80mm at the time. The tip/can looks patheticly small but I was told that I would loose power with the 80mm. Now that this has been proven untrue I would rather move on to a different exhaust.

[420sx]

yea yea yea the whole backpresure myth bullsghit for KA with 2.4 l displacement makes me laugh. its the velocity that matters, the only donwside of 80mm on our cars would be NOISE> that is it.

[AutoRnD]

gp sports spec d!!! yay! heheh loud as hell =) but i had a 80mm 5zigen rocket.. and i lived in nj. snow city.. when i took it off to put on the dd.. the 5zigen had a little rust.. but it was mostly from me bottoming out..