Ben,
Like I said they are a good deal and if you install it correctly it can
easily last as long as an Ansa or Bosal muffler.  I have been installing
them for customers for over 11 years now and have had very good results
here in the salt belt area.  The only problems I have had with them is
with shops that do not install them properly and put a strain on the
mounting system when they are installed.  You need to install it with
everything loose and once you line it up then go back and tighten.
There is an instruction sheet in the box that explains this.  However
most shops ignore that, tighten as they go, pull the mounting tabs over
to the mount once everything else is tight and then the tab will fail by
ripping off of the muffler body.  It is bad install, not a bad part.  I
have seen the same kind of premature failures on the OE mufflers where
people install them and leave out the mounting brackets (they are
expensive) and try to just put a rubber mount hooked from the body to
the tail pipe.  They fail at the flange between the muffler and cat.
Brand new Bosal failed here in less than 10k miles on one customer.  If
they had mounted it right it would have lasted for years instead of
months.  It is all in the details as you know Ben :-)

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Benny boy wrote:
> Oufff Ken, that is very cheap$$$$
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> Are they any goos long therm?
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> Ben
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