Re: 4KQ Rear Muffler--Design Defect??

["Pat Martin" <mardkins@email.msn.com>]

Umm.  Did you ever think to buy something other than Ansa.  They have a poor
reputation for rusting and breaking.  If stock is what you want try Midas(no
kidding).
They have a lifetime warranty on their mufflers.  Otherwise do the right
thing and get a real exhaust.

Pat Martin
864000csq turbo, 2 1/2 cat back, H&R-Boge, MC and loving it.  Drilled and
stopping it. Koenig Cobra 16x7 with Yokohama A520's turning it,  K&N and
uh..., Soon: Hella's lighting it.
84 4000sq  AKA: The beater.
95 subaru legacy
Bothell, Wa



>Greetings 4KQ listers(and others with opinions/facts on this subject):
>
>My last two rear muffler replacements failed not from muffler body rust,
but
>from cracking in the weld where the tailpipe is attached to the muffler.
Both
>mufflers lasted 30 months(and the same mileage + or - 500).  Both were the
>standard Ansa after market rear muffler.  Driving is in the NE of the US,
80%
>highway, 15% city, and 5% other.
>
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