So anyone else have problems with the zzp 3inch down pipe?. Well i went out of town, and what do you know, the down pipe decided to break off at the welds. Where the top half of the flex pipe connects to the header. the welds let lose connecting the flex pipe to the top of the bracket that connects to my header.

So i was basically had to drive around for 15 minutes trying to find a place to fix it at 8pm, so i basically have it shoved back in, hold it up with clothes hangers to keep it flowing through the muffler.

 

did u get urs as part of the ZZP GB?

 

well i baught it through an OCC group by a bout month and a half ago

 

lol owned


yes i know ()

 

nice nifty stock header?

 

thought they had a 90 day warranty or something

 

poorly made, thats all i can say..

 

lol..u kno how many products they ship out...just cuz one of the welds on yours failed you call it a poor product...i'd agree that maybe yours was a faulty one but they ship out alot of products....give them a chance to redeem themselves....theres bound to be a few that are faulty

 

exactly, there aren't many products out there that are 100% fail safe.

 

ill bet you a steak dinner that your bolts were loose, allowing it to shake around and break the welds.

 

MMMMmmmm...T-bone!

 

bolts where tight. first thing we looked for when we took it apart

 

thats why i didnt buy the zzp...seen too many broken ones...nah its not the bolts...ive seen many of there flex pipes break...not a good product imo

 

yea i was thinkin the same think cuz a weld breaking usually means theres alot of flex in the line somehow...but maybe it was just a thin or poor weld....call ZZP an talk to them about it

 

i've had my zzp header and dp on .. it's a 3" dp with a 2.5" bolt in.. my stuff is fine .. you got unlucky dont bash them when you've had one bad experience...

and you go them through what group buy>? because i wasnt aware zzp allowed anyone else to carry their products...

not to mention i've heard about flex pipe issues on just about EVERY dp thats made for our cars.. and the fact that when i got my zzp i called a saturn dealership to install it and they said you should get some tranny mounts to minimize movement under hard shifts as it seems it's a common problem to break in the flex pipe area

 

I was a victim of the zzp header....

 

Same thing happened to me a year ago after 1 month with the downpipe on, I called ZZP shipped it back to them, they fixed it and shipped it back to me was less than 3 weeks from the time it broke to the time I got it back, I have since had it on no problems at all, call ZZP and they will take care of you, I was very impressed with the customer service

 

we have a cobalt club here in ontario called the OCC...

you end up paying shipping or did the cover that?

 

refer to quicksilvers post...just call them already dam

 

zzp has stellar customer service.
regardless of what happened, im certain they will take care of you.

 

I used to love ZZP until i realized there quality was complete ****.


https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/problems-service-maintenance-69/ive-had-enough-no-more-cobalt-ss-me-63456/

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-0l-lsj-performance-tech-47/no-fun-running-stright-headers-117995/
Mine did and so did many others... =(

 

dont forget about these zzp problems as well... they locked my thread


https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...&highlight=zzp

 

Hehehe zzp canned tuning is supposed to be the best...NOT

 

wow , there are so many complaints about zzp products today wtf is going on.