Lol mines getting shipped today. Dan updated and let me know what was going on.

 

ha well that sucks for me. i just want my header....

 

Mine should be here in about 15 minutes... Fedex always comes around 4:00...

 

dan, do u have an idea of when the rest of the headers will be shipped out??

 

I just wanna get my tracking number so I can arrange install. I think im going with a full 3 inch exhaust when I get the header and dp on

 

anything on my order yet? name is Eric

 

AHHHHHH GOD , can you all stop asking the man every 5 seconds when your combo will be shipped.

 

A MIG welder is perfect. You literally just need to make contact between the two pieces. Enough strength to keep it from moving. When you are ready to go to 3", just grind through the welds and pull the slip connection off.

The stainless down-pipe is identical to the aluminized down-pipe. The tubing is just much more expensive but it will not rust, ever. The adpater piece I am talking about above is a major ordeal to make out of 304 stainless steel. Aluminized steel or mild steel, even 409 stainless steel is much easier to work with because it's softer. We are able to stretch it, form it, reduce it, etc with simpler tools on a much simpler machine. With 304 stainless steel contatining much more alloy, it is harder, work hardens quicker, is more prone to splitting, cracking, etc. We need to use special forming tools and a special press to make the same part. Even bending, cutting and welding 304 stainless is different. It takes more set-up to bend, different saws to cut, different welding technique; thus is is more expensive to purchase and to work with.

Yes, I can tell you exactly when the rest will be shipped out. As soon as the down-pipes are complete, the headers are complete and/or back from the ceramic coaters, and we can wrap, pack and label the box.

Same as above. We will ship when we can physically put parts in a box.


Guys, I'm not trying to sound like a smart a$$. But please take the time to at least read what I have spend time writing in this thread. I have to blame myself for even opening the website. I'm sorry you all feel like we are taking too long. I was at the hospital with my wife all day. (She's recovering from a minor surgery and doing fine). So I didn't even get here until almost 5 PM.


Also, the question about if we will do another group purchase was asked. Right now my answer is NO.

 

Well I got my tracking number. Should be here on the 30th.

 

I dont blame you man these guys think your i robot , i think you should give them the jbp treatment and dont respond in the thread until your finish with the orders.

 

excuse me? its the first time I ask and only asked because my dad wanted to know since its his car now and his parts. so chill. just because u got urs or have info about urs already doesent mean I or noone else cant ask for a lil info about theirs.

 

i have a combo already i could care less pay me 30 dollars and ill ship mine to you when it gets here.

 

Guys, I think you'll be happy when you finally get your packages. Give the man a break he is trying extremely hard to please everyone, which isn't possible... We want to encourage Dan and Clear Image to work with us on here to offer us good deals with future GP's not make him want to rip his hair out and never do it again...

I will attest to the quality and worksmanship of the header and downpipe. I received mine today and was impressed with it. The header is very "solid" and "sturdy" feeling. The flanges are welded extremely nicely. It only makes me wish I would have shelled out the money for ceramic coating. The downpipe is equally well made. The cat converter in this is a very nice unit. I am extremely excited to install this combo Sat night. I am looking forward to feeling a difference with my current mods. I will report back my opinions after install...

 

and your point is? I dont need you to send me nothing i have one coming in too... dont be writting stuff and all just cuz i asked about my order out of curiosity.. thats all im saying

sweet that you got yours man. and I know they are working hard and all and i apreciate their work what i didnt like was that i just asked a lil simple question about my order and then i have someone else trynna be a smartass to me I dont like that at all. I know dan is working hard and taking time to get everything done the right well and with great quality and I like that and dont mind the wait at all

 

Come on guys, tone it down please. Everyone is excited to get their products and I was trying to rib you all a little bit. You can ask all you want for up-dates and I'll continue to respond, however, the response time may be much slower because we do want to be done with this GP... Almost there.

 

Again, thanks for everything, you guys are awesome

 

all good dan. we know you are working hard to get it done and also keep us updated

 

Yes, we are all just really excited to get these products. That's why I got a lil mean. I just really want my hands on these products sorry for being a pain dan and clear image, I really hope you don't let this gb scare you away from cobalt products. Becuase I really wanna see a lot more products from you guys for the cobalt. You def got me as a customer as long as you continue to build kick ass products

 

Easy to say in hindsight I guess huh.

Take your time on mine Dan, I'm Brad M. do it last if needed. I knew going into it I'd be waiting a little while and when you as a business are also waiting on other services (like ceramic coating or shipping issues) its out of your hands. I'm a computer tech so I know how the service side of it can be sometimes as well as customer relations. I hope you don't let a few bad apples ruin it for the community & your business but I can see why if you do and can't really blame you. Don't sacrifice quality for anything though.

 

Not to be entirely mean or anything... I just wanted to show you people that this is real...

Teh Sex..!


In case you people still didn't know what the Velocity Cone was, here it is. It is a pointy thing that comes out of each primary and feathers them into a point. Here is straight on...


Will be installing it tomorrow night. Can't wait!

Also do you people on here think a catback exhaust will be essential now for more performance? How much gain do you think I will get with a 3" system over the stock catback with this header/dp. My mods are in the sig. This is my thread for that quesiton. Please contribute!

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show....php?p=2645828

 

yeah, stock cat-back narrows down right at the axle and will be a pretty bad bottleneck for you

 

hey guys whats you alls opinions on the mild steel header and downpipe? thats what i ordered cause with my schedule i couldnt wait for the stainless, and honestly didnt want to pay the big price difference. I have been told that i should wrap the header and downpipe with header heat wrap. what yall think?

 

The pics 2 posts above of my stuff are the mild steel versions. I also did not want shell out the extra money or wait longer to get the stuff. I asked Dan about wrapping the header and he said that it would cause it to overheat and crack. Also water would get inside the wrapping and cause it to rust and fall apart. He claims that wrapping the header will also fully void the warranty. This was discussed within the beginning of this thread, I actually asked that question... Discuss....

 

csementuh is right. Earlier in this thread they mention that header wrap is old hat. Sure it keeps the heat in the header, but at the cost of baking the metal inside and out. They showed pictures of severely damaged header that had been header wrapped and the metal was weak enough to be broken with their bare hands. Don't use header wrap.

 

Let me be perfectly clear here.

Every header is shipped with a "life time warranty". If you decide to wrap your header, just go ahead and toss that life time warranty out. Don't even bother filling it out and sending it in. Because the warranty will be void. There is no denying when heat wrap has been used. It will destroy the metal. In a wet climate, you might be lucky enough to get a couple years out of the header with wrap. Did I mention you shouldn't use heat wrap? Oh yeah, and heat wrap absolutely, positively WILL VOID the warranty. Any questions?


UP-DATE:
All 4 into 1 headers will be ready to ship Monday. I got all the ports shaped tonight.
One TRI-Y header is complete and pwnding test fitting on a car. The other two will be built as soon as we check the O2 bung.

All ceramic coated headers are done and I pisked them up today.

We will ship as many header/DP combo's as possible Monday and Todd will finish up on the down-pipes shortly. If all goes well, every single header/DP order will be shipped by the end of next week.

One last thing, the first 304 stainless steel header is complete. I am working on prices now and will post the sale shortly.

Thanks again to all of you for your orders.