Originally Posted by FromZto5

I heard great things about Kooks as well. I'm stoked about my new set.



Another Kooks lover? I need to hear a set in person. Quality was good, Steve? And yes, Dan at Hyper is awesome. Just got off the phone with him just now actually, with another question regarding something else.



The Borlas (all 4 sets) have to go back to Borla. They are paying for the shipping, etc... they need them back to do analysis plus the refund for me. Warranty and customer service is still great. I have nothing bad to say. The quality, however, is suspect.



Kyle... since you know me for almost 3 years now, you know I was one of the biggest shouters for Borla. I loved them. I was shocked at this happening. I figured it happened to Roush pieces... LOL

I guess Karma is a ****. haha...

But yeah, so I barely put 4.5k miles on her, never in rain, never in dirt, etc.... then the welds break through? hmmmmm



thanks sir. Video will be up this weekend if install goes well. I'm phobic now with fit issues. Ugh.



Thx Shiaz... it's crazy man, crazy.



Kid you not, 4 exhausts. You saw the pic of my front door right? None of those 3 there, fit right. Can you believe it?

ugh.

Originally Posted by iceD

lol? okay quality? sound like a hater bro.
Borla is the best tuned exhaust in the market. you can't beat it.

Originally Posted by Stevedotmil

Quality is top notch. They are made is a rather small shop in Statesville, North Carolina so there's less assembly line corner cutting. I think that makes the QC a little higher. They sound great. I just posted a nice HD vid in the exhaust thread.

Originally Posted by iceD

you seem like a real nice guy lol...My head would have blown after the 2nd set of exhaust.

Originally Posted by kcoTiger

As much as they cost, they shouldn't have these kinds of problems. Burton drives his car when God decides to give us perfect days. It's not as though it's a daily driver and might have gotten something on the underside that accelerated corrosion; he's right, what he took a picture of shouldn't have been there at all. That's workmanship. Edit: Burton, I was going to post the before/after so it could help you make a decision one way or the other, but since you've already made that decision, I'll probably just post it in its own thread for the '10-'14 board. With it being a GT500 exhaust, I don't know how much it would have helped anyway. Regardless, good luck with the fitment on the Corsas.

Originally Posted by FromZto5

It doesn't help that I'm a perfectionist and life as well… And my OCD comes out. I hold myself to the highest standards, as I expect to give my customers the very best that they deserve in my line of business. So I expect the same of people providing me service. Apparently, that is where things don't lineup.

Originally Posted by FromZto5

As for your corsas, I wonder how the quad gt500s compare to the extremes?

Originally Posted by kcoTiger

Corsa themselves might be the best ones to answer that. I've listened to their sound clips and the GT500s sound like the GT extremes to me, at least more than the GT sports do.

Originally Posted by FromZto5

I was meaning to call them about it soon... Also just wanted to talk to their tech line and get a feel for their products and services. I might do that tomorrow.

Have you received your set yet? If so, how's it look? I can't wait to see the craftsmanship and weld quality in person.

Originally Posted by Stage_3

Sounds like me man. Good luck going forward Burton.

Originally Posted by kcoTiger

Not yet but I'll take pictures when I get them in. They don't store the diamond black tipped ones, they make them when they're ordered (probably because of cost, not because they're any more special than the chrome-tipped ones). I'm supposed to get them in this week.

Originally Posted by DarrenGT

Of course Burton, now we expect to see a performance video, demonstrating the magnuson and the corsa's together under 1 car …a good drive by at least

Originally Posted by FromZto5

Sounds like we will both be getting them in at the same time. Lol.

I was debating the black tips...but ultimately went with the SS tips. The black tips were beautiful.

Originally Posted by FromZto5

Thanks Sean. That's why I decided to switch to them. I'm looking forward to the new system. You'll see and hear about it on 4/12

Did you see the texts I sent you? Isn't that wild? Here's another... All my borlas in the last week or so, plus the one on my car. All had issues... Sigh....



Lol... Thanks sir, but I wish that was the issue/reason for all this. Here's a pic of what all started this a week or so ago. Check out this crack! That's quality of weld and SS quality, IMO.

Originally Posted by Horspla

Roh Roh…The crack is next to the weld in the heat affected zone and not through the weld. I’m guessing the break is located on the bottom of the tube on the entry into the muffler. If all this is true, the failure is likely stress corrosion cracking. Some grades of austenitic stainless steel (302, 304, 316, 316L for example) are very susceptible to SCC. Residual or load induced stress across the heat affected zone in the presence of, in this case, chlorides and sulfurs in the moist, heated exhaust gasses attack precipitates produced during the welding process and form cracks. If the welds would have been annealed it’s doubtful the cracks would have formed. They may have formed quicker in your application due to short trips and cold idling during winter run ups not allowing the exhaust system to completely warm up and dry out. No blame game…it is what it is. Not the right material or incomplete fabrication processing for the application coupled with a less than ideal mode of operation spelled disaster. 400 series SST is commonly used for aircraft exhaust systems and is much less susceptible to this failure mode…I wonder what Borla uses? John

Originally Posted by Overboost

I started with Corsa Extremes and went to the S-Type. I'll warn you right now that you'll probably want the X-pipe, otherwise the Corsa's tend to be raspy. I have a video of my car with Corsas and their X pipe next to a car with the S-Types on them. I'll post it tonight.