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GregV · 06-08-2013, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikem53

Unacceptable! HKS used to produce top quality stuff..
How did this ever get passed QC. They get top dollar for their products.. You should raise hell and get what you paid for..

I tried giving my vendor time to talk with their rep and resolve the issue reasonably. As this has not happened, I am at this very moment taking more proactive measures - including petitioning the site admins to outright prohibit the sale of HKS products on these forums.

Efferalgan · 06-09-2013, 09:04 AM

So, HKS seems don't care... Good that I've ordered Perrin!

sneaky · 06-10-2013, 04:59 AM

WOW that sucks, I was about to order one of these too, not now. Good luck getting it sorted.

Minovsky · 06-10-2013, 11:22 AM

Post this everywhere!!! I thought his is a great company.. Was a great company not anymore?

Conn · 08-07-2013, 02:05 AM

Hate to bring up an old subject, but did anyone end up getting this resolved with HKS? Anyone else finding cracks in their HKS systems?

ed8756 · 08-24-2013, 12:19 AM

I decided not to buy hks because of this thread.

BRZranger · 08-26-2013, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ed8756

I decided not to buy hks because of this thread.

Spoke to a couple people that had their hks exhaust replaced under warranty. Hks admitted their welder was running out of spec and caused weak welds. New replaced ones are good to go.

My legamax has not had any problems at all!

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GregV · 08-28-2013, 09:09 PM

As an update, after 3 months of e-mailing my vendor to hassle HKS I had a replacement midpipe just show up at my door one day.

New piping has brackets to reinforce the welds near the resonator.

Original:

Updated piping:

Decay107 · 08-29-2013, 03:04 AM

So GregV, I'm new to the forums and have an FR-S with the HKS Hipower Spec L Ti tips that was purchased before reading any of these horror stories.

So is it the current understanding that these brackets are an easy way to determine if a unit is affected? I got mine in late April and I just went out to check on it after reading this thread. Turns out mine has the brackets already.

GregV · 08-29-2013, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Decay107

So GregV, I'm new to the forums and have an FR-S with the HKS Hipower Spec L Ti tips that was purchased before reading any of these horror stories.

So is it the current understanding that these brackets are an easy way to determine if a unit is affected? I got mine in late April and I just went out to check on it after reading this thread. Turns out mine has the brackets already.

Sounds like you should be unaffected.

86CH · 09-17-2013, 04:25 AM

thank for info..Im about to get this HKS MUFFLER bcoz i have HKS Coilovers to pare it with but I see all this facts posted and damn quality is -10000 points...zzz hopefully HKS coilovers dont have any issue .

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06-09-2013, 09:04 AM	#72
Efferalgan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 2025 BRZ, ex-2012 GT86 Location: Dubai Posts: 466 Thanks: 422 Thanked 234 Times in 139 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	So, HKS seems don't care... Good that I've ordered Perrin!

06-10-2013, 04:59 AM	#73
sneaky Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Drives: 86GT Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 180 Thanks: 7 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	WOW that sucks, I was about to order one of these too, not now. Good luck getting it sorted.

06-10-2013, 11:22 AM	#74
Minovsky Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: Fr-s 2013 white out Location: canada Posts: 843 Thanks: 559 Thanked 111 Times in 96 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Post this everywhere!!! I thought his is a great company.. Was a great company not anymore?

08-07-2013, 02:05 AM	#75
Conn Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: g37 Location: OKC,OK Posts: 47 Thanks: 21 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hate to bring up an old subject, but did anyone end up getting this resolved with HKS? Anyone else finding cracks in their HKS systems?

08-24-2013, 12:19 AM	#76
ed8756 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: Scion FR-S, 09 jetta tdi Location: socal Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I decided not to buy hks because of this thread.

08-29-2013, 03:04 AM	#79
Decay107 Turning is for Nerds Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: 35 characters is not enough Location: PDX Posts: 1,974 Thanks: 836 Thanked 1,259 Times in 717 Posts Mentioned: 186 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	So GregV, I'm new to the forums and have an FR-S with the HKS Hipower Spec L Ti tips that was purchased before reading any of these horror stories. So is it the current understanding that these brackets are an easy way to determine if a unit is affected? I got mine in late April and I just went out to check on it after reading this thread. Turns out mine has the brackets already.

09-17-2013, 04:25 AM	#81
86CH Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: ZN6 Location: australia Posts: 19 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	thank for info..Im about to get this HKS MUFFLER bcoz i have HKS Coilovers to pare it with but I see all this facts posted and damn quality is -10000 points...zzz hopefully HKS coilovers dont have any issue .

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