HELP! After market Cat. or OEM Cat.?-

[.onetohate]

I'm currently needing to get my catalytic converter replaced and the dealership is asking a little over $1100 for the parts and labor on my 99 camry...

whereas- i found this OEM spec cat. w/Ca. Emissions on eBAY totalling about $500 for parts and labor and it comes w/a lifetime warranty as long as i own the car. .

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyota-C ... otohosting

I'm leaning towards the OEM one because i was told it'd save me a load of headaches later on. . . any suggestions? comments?-

. .thanks for reading the post!

[CosmicGrooves]

Hmm... That's a hard deal to pass up. I don't know the difference, but the pice difference is considerable.

[Yanks0114]

Go with the ebay one but be careful - lifetime warranties are only as good as the vendor who backs them up. A lot of ebay stores are fly by nights, even if the seller has been in business since 04).

Also, if you are even slightly mechanically inclined, and you have a jack and jack stands, you can do this job yourself in under 1 hour.

Jack up the car
Get a can of liquid wrench, spray the bolts, wait a bit
Remove bolts with socket (10 or 14mm - I forget)
Replace pipe

[unbalancedwood]

Get the ebay one and DIY

[.onetohate]

Thanks for the comments and the DIY guide fellas- now i'm leaning towards the eBAY one... i just gotta find out how long this person/store has been on eBAY. thanks again!

[unbalancedwood]

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[Jon11582]

How many miles on your car?

A little known fact - Certain emissions components on cars made after 1995 have a manditory warranty period by the EPA of 80,000 miles / 8 years. The cat is one of them. I'm just mentioning it because you might just sneak under the 8 year mark with your 99 camry, but if you drive like the average america, you're probably way over the mileage mark.

Just for other peoples info, the other parts that are covered by this mandate arethe ECU and the OBD2. The other emissions pieces (like O2 sensors) are mandated a 24,000/2 year warranty.

[Turbosolara]

just get a catalytic convertor from junkyard

[.onetohate]

-wow.. that's some data for my a$$ rite there- it actually started at around 68K. miles- i didn't look into it until it got worse around 82K (i finally got that egg smell checked out).. so that sucks ridiculous- aaand my car is sitting on 86K right now.

- ya.. i thought about picking one up from the junkyard- but its hard to find one that isn't dinged and bent..i tried the other day. LOL