....because the original has a rust hole in it, which has rendered it noisy.


New Honda OEM cats are $1,100, and are discontinued for my car, to boot. I
am therefore reduced to trolling the aftermarket, for which I have a
healthy distrust.

Enquiries at local garages turn up several brands. Good prices all, but no
brands which inspire confidence. Being a twenty first-century kinda guy, I
start looking online. Only to discover those very same sorry brands and not
much else.

However, I do discover a listing that, at least visually, looks
suspiciously like my own OEM cat, here:
<http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?Ntt=hon1623&N=0&uts=true>
Check it out. It's a dead-ringer for the OEM cat and lower heat shield.

I had a nice online chat with an sales rep from Auto Parts Warehouse, the
seller of that cat.
A transcript is linked below. It's interesting reading.
<http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/apw-hon1623-chat-transcript.txt>
"John" is me. "Mari" is the APW rep.

The upshot is that their photo is /highly/ misleading. Deliberately? You
decide.



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/