greddy downpipe

[vboyq]

can't seem to find the answer to this on a search.. so here goesi know the greddy downpipe is coated but is it mild steel or stainless steel... or would i not matter cuz of the coating itself?

[vboyq]

sorry forgot to add, i need a reply quickly cuz i am about to purchase a ss blitz downpipe for ~180.00.. unless the greddy pipe is the same

[Onizuka]

Its mild steel. Im not a particular fan of coated exaust peices but it will work just fine and will last a long while.

If your looking for a stainless steel alternative, the heavythrottle down pipe is stainless steel and $159

[vboyq]

woudl it make a difference if i got a HT pipe or a touge factory pipe, or even a project silvia pipe, or any other SS pipe for that matter?

[f150intally]

woudl it make a difference if i got a HT pipe or a touge factory pipe, or even a project silvia pipe, or any other SS pipe for that matter?

no not really.

[Dori Dori]

I think all of them are copies of the Greddy peice anyway...I know the Project Silvia dp is and I'm 99% sure the HT one is as well.

[180fan]

the project silvia dp i got for 140 and it's all stainless. better alternatives out there than the mild steel stuff. It's an issue for me since the area I live in has a really high salt content (live by the beach) and it'll eat the mild steel like Oprah eating a snickers bar.

[vboyq]

i live near the beach also.. which accounts for my worries too, i guess its stainless steel then...anyways i just got a blitz donwpipw for 160

[zamxz]

vboyq where did you get the blitz downpipe from?

[vboyq]

it was an auction on ebay from a guy named drift_esales.....but the auctoin didn't say that in wasnt in stock, in little letters in the shipping terms it said IF it wasn't in stock they would have to reorder and will take 2-3 weeks,. so now im stuck waiting and hes not too quick with the emails either! but other than that he had pretty good feedbacktheir website is driftspeed.com

[Dori Dori]

I posted a warning about that guy...nothing he sells is in stock...It's been 3 weeks and I still haven't gotten my RSR exhaust or Greddy turbo extension. He sux0rs.

[vboyq]

oh man i wish i woulda seen that before i ordered, cuz i also got a Greddy turbine extension from him, but i emailed him first and he said it was "in stock and ready to be shipped"

[Dori Dori]

He's a liar. I don't know what else to tell you...I've been getting the run-around now for a while. The most recent excuse is that the Greddy turbine extension is 'in stock' (at Greddy, not with him) but Greddy is holding them for some reason (BS). I sent him an email this morning asking about the status of my order...he usually takes 24 hours to reply so I'll let you know what he says tomorrow. Hopefully he actually did get them and they'll ship soon. *Crosses fingers*

[vboyq]

i hope so too i have the same extension on order and ima be at my current address for 1.5 more weeks and this is the address i told him to send it too!

[vboyq]

he dori i just called them and they said that they were going to pick up a huge shipiment today, then they were gonna do inventory and ship. in either case here's there number in case u don't have it give them a call 714-379-5233, made me feel better talking to a person than reading some letters!

[Dori Dori]

That's good news...I'm coming up to the promised 30 day mark in only a few days though. Might have to leave some negative feedback...

[vboyq]

i was thinking the same thing just for the fact that he told me they were in stock when they reallly werent

[Dori Dori]

Well, I think the elbow just shipped out to me. I got a delivery notice for a 2.0lb box from 'Drift Speed'...I'm assuming that's them. Still no exhaust. If I had to get one before the other, I'd rather have the elbow anyway...install will be really easy with the engine out of the car!

[vboyq]

oh yeah for sure thats why i got the elbow too! so far no exhaust though. when and how did u get that delivery notice... who sent it to you? yeah drift speed thats them, thats their website name

[Dori Dori]

It's from an automated email system from UPS. I got it yesterday at 8:00pm eastern time. Like I said, I ordered mine a good while ago, so he probably shipped older orders first.

[vboyq]

hmm.... he said he also shipped mine yesterday, but still no email w. a tracking number. i wonder....

[RobDET]

They guy i bought my coilovers from (local guy) said this when i ordered my coilovers...

ME: "3 days to get to my house are you serious?!"HIM: "Yah Tien is verry good about shipping quickly."ME: "Thats cool I wish everyone was like that"HIM: "Definately... Greddy is the worst of anyone, They take forever"

I'm not trying to defend the guy on e-bay but I know the guy i got my coilovers from personally and he has no reason to lie to me about that type of thing. Tien really did take about 3 days and he gave me a BIG discount on the coilovers...

[Phax]

...(at Greddy, not with him) but Greddy is holding them for some reason (BS).

This isn't total BS. A lot of after market parts guys can't afford to keep a huge stock onhand. So they go by what the company tells them. I had a "problem" with Greddy saying that they had 1.2mm headgaskets in stock, and then I had to wait three weeks because "in stock" sometimes means, "On a boat in the Pacific Ocean."

[VitaminT]

My Greddy Oil Pan took about a month to get to me. I think it really is Greddy. I bought it from JGY Customs which did an excelent job.

[vboyq]

hmmmm.. well the guys i talked to seemed nice so maybe i should cut them some slack w/ the whole greddy situation. i have been pounding on them for the stuff. just makes me a little mad that they said in stock for the blitz downpipe but its not even gonna be in til mis NEXT week and i won the auction last week. as for the greddy extension they said they shipped it out today and unlike dori dori i STIIL have no email from UPS with a tracking number!

[vboyq]

hey dori i was wondering when the tracking number said it would arrive at your house, since we are both in Florida? maybe they made a mistake and the email didn't go through (* crosses fingers*)

[Dori Dori]

I have a problem with people selling out of stock items on ebay. I don't care about the company providing stock to these people... To me, selling out of stock items through an ebay auction is lame. Also realize that I am getting the Greddy turbo extension before my RSR exhaust and I bought the RSR exhaust before the Greddy piece!

vboyq, last I checked the tracking, it didn't have an expected delivery time...I won't be able to check it again until Monday though (it's on an email to my work address). I'll let you know what's up then.

[vboyq]

k cool thanx

[Dori Dori]

The 21st is the expected delivery date.

[vboyq]

cool thanx... mine better be in that batch too! gonna call them this afternoon and ask why i still have no tracking number