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Jun 21, 2009 | 12:20 PM

Omnigear

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exhaust gasket

for the cat back whats a good one to get? felpro or something else
because the stock ones is not providing a good seal. i was thinkin of hi temp
black silicone and a good gasket.

Jun 21, 2009 | 12:24 PM

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Silicone will blow out over time. Get Vibrant gaskets.

Jun 21, 2009 | 12:32 PM

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http://www.permatex.com/products/Aut..._Sealant_b.htm

usually holds out , do autozone or kragens sell it?

Jun 21, 2009 | 01:25 PM

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My friend used it on his car. It doesn't last. Buy a real gasket.

Jun 21, 2009 | 01:33 PM

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The LSJ one is the only one I could get to actually seal my catback.

Yeah dont use silicone

Jun 21, 2009 | 01:36 PM

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Vibrant is your best choice, silicone wont work i tried it only lasted a few days.

Jun 21, 2009 | 01:46 PM

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Ive heard good things about vibrant, you can also make your own out of some dead soft copper sheet.

a 12" square sheet is like $20 online, you could easily get 3, maybe 4 gaskets from a sheet

Jun 21, 2009 | 02:40 PM

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i was thinking about using a gasket and put silicone along with it

Jun 21, 2009 | 02:43 PM

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The vibrant gasket that came with my DP from CA sealed really good. When i took all the exhaust parts off my old car.... it held the catback and DP together even when i pulled the bolts out lol.

Jun 21, 2009 | 03:30 PM

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i was thinking about using a gasket and put silicone along with it

No silicone at all. Trust me on this. It'll just leak.

Jun 21, 2009 | 05:26 PM

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i was thinking about using a gasket and put silicone along with it

If you do that the silicone will let go and drop out, then you have a metal gasket rattling around along with an exhaust leak. Trust me just use a new OEM LSJ one.

Jun 21, 2009 | 06:49 PM

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Jun 21, 2009 | 07:11 PM

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go with the vibrant ones, im getting a few from TTR bc the one connecting the dp to the catback is leaking a tad bit, not a lot, but enough to anoy me