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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:08 AM
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New catalitic, 637 dollars!?!?

I need to get a new catalitic convertor because apparently mine isnt warming up right.... ALLDATA told me it would cost 637 dollars, is this right?!? where can i buy one anyway i looked everywhere
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:19 AM
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try to go to the dealersip and see if they will do it under warranty

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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:24 AM
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if you have less than 80K miles on your car take it to the dealership. They will do it all for free under warranty. All emissions stuff on your car has an 80K mile manufacturers warranty on it.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:26 AM
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and if not then try checking out the highflow cat that RRM sells, its alot cheaper.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:26 AM
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Take That Wallet!!!
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:33 AM
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aftermarket..
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:36 AM
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high flow cats make no difference. it adds maybe 1hp, it's not worth it.

just save some money and take it to the dealership, they will install a brand new stock cat-converter for free. Spend the money on something more worthwhile
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:44 AM
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If you have to replace it, and its not covered under warranty, there are NUMEROUS Evo Stock cats out there for cheap you can probably have a muffler shop swap in for you..

But if its still under warranty, use that sucka and get a new one from dealer.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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try to get it replaced under warranty. If mitsu will not, do not buy a cat for that much.. thats crazy. buy any one of the numerous aftermarket cats for less then half that....
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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Warranty would be the best bet. If anything see if someone on the boards will sell you theirs.
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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If it's the warm-up cat, then it's the cat inside the exhaust manifold. So that basically means you need a new exhaust manifold. In that case, I would just get a used one from a member here or from car-part.com.

Anyways, you should find out which cat it is.
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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Yea thats what it said when i ran the code! warmup cat, hmm a new ehaust mani.. that sucks, ill start looking

EDIT: i have like 90 grand on this piece, its not under warranty anymore lol
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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If your on your stock exhaust manifold then you should replace it or get an aftermarket header.

Also a cheap fix for that is to use the Sparkplug fouler plugs. Works for me so far for 200miles
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Old Feb 22, 2007 | 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by OZrallyMatty
Yea thats what it said when i ran the code! warmup cat, hmm a new ehaust mani.. that sucks, ill start looking

EDIT: i have like 90 grand on this piece, its not under warranty anymore lol
then just check around on here for a stock cat. Someone will sell you one cheap. either than or get that stupid high flow cat from RRM
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Old Feb 22, 2007 | 10:14 AM
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Just go to your average exhaust shop then. They can install a universal cat for $100-$200 (depends on the shop and the cost of the cat).
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