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Originally Posted by Jaei Sun
Your exhaust manifold is swaintech coated isn't it? I have a FP race manifold on my DSM and it is doing that same crazy blistering / flaking that is in your nighttime pic. I wonder if they warranty that?
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Yeah, it began the blister about 25-30k miles into it. And then started with a very small crack about 35k miles into it. I have about 50k miles on the manifold with the coating and it looks like what you see above.
I don't know what kind of warranty Swain will offer. However, I would definitely recommend calling them up and/or e-mailing them just for good measure. I would include links to photos of your own manifold as an example.
I've heard someone tell me once that they offer variations to their White Lightning profile, but I don't know how true that is.
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Originally Posted by santa
So did it bend the frame or what? I'd assume it did since your trunk wont close anymore. I'm guessing that guy is going to flake since its $3,000 plus! lol. Good luck man!! I had something similar happen to me but, when I went out to check on my car the dude's car was still backed into mine LOL!!!
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LMAO! Damn!
I don't know if the frame is bent to tell you the truth. I surely hope it's not. I guess we won't know until it's on the frame machine. I'll be kinda pissed if it is, but not really since it'll be getting fixed. When does an accident really effect the title on your car (clean, salvaged, etc)?
I called the guy earlier today around 11:30am and left him a message. It's 6:40pm here now, and I'm going to the mall with my gf a little later. If he doesn't call me back by the time we get back from the mall I plan on giving him another call.
I did not tell him how much the estimate was for, but said that I got one and that he should call me so that we can discuss what he wants to do. I told him that I would like the car to get into the shop ASAP so that I can get it fixed. I let him know that this is my only car and that I will most likely need to get a rental while it's down.
We'll see what happens.
My quote included a new bumper $814.22 which doesn't include the brackets and foam absorber; and one tail light $348.47 and for these 2 parts only it will be $1,162.69. I can get a JDM Evi IX Rear Bumper and JDM Evo VIII MR tail lights for $1,284.04 shipped to my door (assuming their shipping costs are correct $168.83). I would gladly drop the extra $121.35 for that, plus the cost of the deamonwerkx crash beam to have the piece of mind.
Time will tell how this all plays out. My guess is that he will flip a shit about how much it costs and that this will go through his insurance. If it doesn't and he cuts me a check, amazing!!!
-Jalal
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