i have a problem that my rs doesnt pass the smog check because of the headers. . . and they r illegal. . . so i was wondering wat kind of headers should i replace it with and how much am i looking to spend?

 

track down some stock headers from ebay. what not passing that is making your headers illegal?

 

ebay is NOT a performance part store... why on earth would you suggest that? check howellautomotive.com or horsepowerfreaks.com or greddy.com, etc etc... just look around

 

notice that i said STOCK. in no way did i say get some performance headers from ebay, you'll pass.

now you have two options: one track down some stock headers and put those on untill your car passes, or two, buy a performance header that is legal

 

any suggestion as to wat i should get? that was my original question. . . and how much would the cheapest nice headers cost around?

 

like i told you, check pacesetter, greddy, etc... just look around, check howellautomotive.com, summitracing.com, etc

 

Dude, where are you from? You could propbably get one from the local junk yard for next to free.

 

are you failing a visual test or is your car literally failing the smog test. Because i cant see just headers make you fail. you might have something else wrong

 

From the factory, they're not called headers.
Its an exhaust manifold. Has a catalytic converter attached to it.
Headers delete the primary cat.

 

You are right in some ways that headers replaces your primary cats; but only if your talking about long tubes because stock headers and mid-length headers will not replace your primary cats (when we're talking about 4 cat setup). Headers are normally associated with V6, V8, etc motors. This is because a typical header design eliminates the need of a downpipe. You would hook up your headers to a mid-pipe (X, H, Y). On my 01 cobra, I ran hooker long-tubes which eliminated my primary cats.

On the eclipse our setup is like this: exhaust manifold, downpipe, cat, catback/muffler.


Now back to the main issue, what exactly did the inspection station say or noted on your slip?