[98B18BTeg]

If I would have known then what I know now, I would have never bought it. One more pic comparing the DC to the Comptech.

 

[timm3r]

where do you live? did you ever lower your car? did you ever scrape your headers at all?

 

[98B18BTeg]

where do you live? did you ever lower your car? did you ever scrape your headers at all?

The header was never bumped, hit, or curbed. I live in the north east. Well if you want to call it lowered, I have H&R OE's that were put on about the same time.

All the cracks started at the welds. As you can see there is clearly a lack of weld penetration. Though it looks good, there is no penetration into the base metal and it separated and the crack propogated into the base metal.

 

[timm3r]

north east? like new jersey area? it snows there doesn't it?

 

[98B18BTeg]

north east? like new jersey area? it snows there doesn't it?

It snows here and they use salt too. But the rust is NOT the problem. It's the lack of weld penetration in the unrusted steel that is the problem.

 

[BlackSi99]

r DC header the best brand for headers on a Civic Si 99 ???

 

[UltraMagneticAL]

no...but they are one of the best street legal brands.

 

[BlackSi99]

header for an b16a2 99-00

which header would u reccommend t?

 

[UltraMagneticAL]

check out the NA forum for our header recommendations

 

[BlackSi99]

wer?

wer at?

 

[UltraMagneticAL]

http://www.superhonda.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=138

 

[98B18BTeg]

Screw all ceramic/steel headers.

 

[HondaLawgik]

ive had these on for a while now and still running good, the only downside is that my first ebay 4-2-1 cheap headers provided better response from 4k and up and this one is pretty even thruout the whole line, i notice the difference in the highway... even my dad has said, i was thinkin of puttin the ebay headers for right now(give the dc headers a break), theyre still good too.

 

[shaggsdb]

i love these headers. the only down side like people say is the welds especially at the flange where the 2pieces meet. water likes to collect on that flat spot and rust out the welds

 

[AccordinToHonda]

I agree, I had those headers on my 98 accord and noticed a nice torque improvement from around 2-4k RPM