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Old Oct 26, 2012 | 09:43 PM
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This is why not to Buy Megan Long tubes

Ok so many of you told me so....but I bought them anyway....BIG mistake..yes I should have listened ... This is the first & last time I buy anything made by MR... I had a fitment issue with the drivers side header hitting the steering, i had to heat the tube & bend it to make it clear. 3 weeks after install the drivers side bracket weld broke off the tube, leaving 2 holes in the tube. just last weekend the rear o2 sensor bung weld broke completely out of the collector tube & fell out, when the o2 sensor came & got ripped out of the harness ruining the o2 sensor & before it got torn off, it hit the bottom of the transmission pan, denting it & caused the wiring harness inside it to get pinched between the valve body causing the wires to be shorting out & not allowing the car to start. This is all bc Megan Racing quality is cheap, using 18 gauge piping which is way to thin.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 09:53 PM
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That sounds like a PITA
 
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 10:00 PM
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Ouch!! That blows
 
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Old Oct 28, 2012 | 11:37 AM
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that sucks
 
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Old Oct 28, 2012 | 11:52 AM
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Man, that's awful! Sorry for your nightmare, costly mistake....we all live and learn!
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Old Oct 28, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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Finally had a chance this am to go to the shop & work on the car...got it all fixed, including new welds to the holes in the left tube where the bracket came off & new o2 bung welded in the collector...I see why the welds broke, this piping is paper thin...
 
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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 11:38 AM
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well that was fast, nice work!
 
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 01:56 AM
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I was looking at a set of MR shorty headers, but heard they rubbed the steering shaft and didn't seem like good quality. Sorry to hear this!
 
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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Its threads like this that make me feel good about dropping a grand on headers.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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Crap. & I just bought a Megan racing y pipe
 
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