surrrrre... whatever makes you feel better.... why dont you tell us how ur tips are caca brown and all the rust you see on your exhaust

must be a defected product, ill be the first to say that HKS has gone down hill since back in the day, the welds got sloppy and this...... i remember a member got an REAL HKS and when he inspected it, he saw something like this and he was also suprised about the welds.....keep in mind this was not his first exhaust..... so i think he returned it...

im thinking that HKS got sloppy when there was more demand, they just started half a$$ing everything in order to get it out.....

im glad my HKS doesnt have this defect, BUT i did get the shitty welds


... now where talking... MOTORDYNE is my next exhaust.... and the best part is there Customer Service, and Tony is here in SoCal

Okashi if you go with HKS, make sure you inspect it good, if your not sure on a exhaust yet.... then you should really consider motordyne

 

sorry not a speck of rust or busted welds or caca tips on mine even after 3.5 yrs/42K miles. Welcome to bring your camera and take pics from any angle you want - so you cant say I photoshopped it.

It comes down to this..... cleaning it ONCE a month.Blue majic polish -15-20 min job.I have found that most Z drivers are so freaking lazy and even the best stuff falls apart in their possession. Yellow headlights, bald tires, screeching wiper blades, worn brakes, nasty body kits is all you ever see at Z meets.Thus I never go.If you skip the basics - it all turns to **** anyways.

 

wow that is disappointing. didn't expect that from hks.

 

Those welds are nothing like HKS welds. No way....and I have seen a lot of HKS exhausts in person installed and at their factory in LA. The pipes are also all beat up in that pic. It may be an authentic HKS exhaust but doesn't mean that it had to be repaired by Midas or somebody which to me looks like it does.

 

Yeah, I printed out that pic, was under the car last night and my welds look NOTHING like what's in the pic. It seriously looks like a knockoff or a very, very bad repair. Who knows though. Guess I'll just subscribe to the thread and pray. At least I didn't pay $1500.00 for it, just $1300.00. If mine are indeed the same, no since crying over spilled milk. You live and ya learn.



Thanks for the reminder. Autozone is on my way home. Loathe streaks, and this will be my third pair of blades in 3 years.

 

sweet!
Now Im cool because i have mothers polish on a foam wheel fer my exhaust, new fluids, blades and rotors.. i never thought Id see the day when i could floss those on my upgrades list haha.
Totaly true tho. Must keep up car. .must upkeep car.. must..

 

i use just regular soap and water, on my tips... im too scared that the blue will polish off ... if it's worked for your fake ti tips, then im sure my Real ti tips should be good then.... i only polish the cans

if you want to prove a point then post a pic of your tips with a peice of paper with your screen name and date that reads: "my tips are still blue" only then i will beleive that your tips dont look like caca... im just honest... i know you maintain it sure you can keep the rust off, but i just think the heat will Fade the blue off the Fake exhausts... even if you tried... ]

BUT you can sure prove me wrong...



So True, i couldnt agree more

 

HKS welds went down hill... google it and you will see someone with a S2K pulled out his AUTHENTIC HKS out off the box and his welds were CRAP... looked just like mine

 

i don't care one way or the other, but i still have not seen proper evidence that is a genuine exhaust that has not had repairs done to it. he did mention he bought it all banged up for cheap, so who knows.

 

I give up bro!

Just google it... Hks is not the same as before

 

Well since no body would do it I sent that crossover pic to HKS USA and after two emails finally received some what of an answer. I was told that what it shows in the pic is not the way HKS designed their exhaust for the Z or G and they've been manufacturing them since 2K05. Which in reality means nothing! That may not be how they were desiged but apparently that's how they're being manufactured. Isn't it possible that this is all fake, that someone added that extended crossover pipe? What have you Z owners found after you've added Magnaflows X pipe and cut open the HKS crossover?
Gary

 

I'm also intersting.

If this is true, HKS FTL.

 

those who are saying it's fake either

1)doesn't have an hks exhaust
2)has the hks exhaust but doesn't like to see they didn't get what they paid.


So I was under the car today to finish up some installs of other stuff and just to be nice I snapped pics

Yes, I rewelded the right side myself. That's why it's so shitty looking because I welded it but who cares, there are no leaks and it holds up very well after scraping many times. I also rewelded the Y pipe back together after cutting out the H pipe protrusion.



So here are the smashed up HKS tips. ooo look at the blue rainbow (not brown) unless you're color blind



replaced with Ebay tips. YES EBAY TIPS.. wow look at those canisters! they're welded!



end of story.

 

accordfreak, any difference after cutting out the obstruction?

 

no idea. i won't be able to compare since i'm not N/A anymore.

 

accordfreak did you happen to take any pics of the H pipe protrusion when you cut it out? could you post them if you did? thanks.

 

I like how you ask a simple question and some jackazz shoves it up your porthole! Since there have been several members replacing their crossovers from the hks system I was just asking if they found the same obstruction....that's all!
Gary

 

accordfreak,

how do you like those ebay tips... let us know if they change color on you....

also can you post better pics of how the tips look and pm how much and where you got them at
one of my HKS tips is slightly bent.... not noticable but it bugs me ...lol..

 

Hopefully that h-pipe choke point isn't something every single unit has. Otherwise, the shiny blue tips are the only thing the HKS low-power has going for it lol j/k. I bought this exhaust as one of my first mods and shelled out the extra dollars for the authentic piece. If this thread is confirmed somehow (as I'm still a little skeptical at this point) then HKS should be completely ashamed of themselves. What's the point of buying authentic if this is the level of quality you get?

 

It gives you "status" at shows that other exhaust systems won't. Plus, it's from a "JDM" company and it sounds pretty good. Just guessing.

I still prefer Motordyne though for many reasons...