Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Heads up HKS Hi power exhaust owners

Just got back from the exhaust shop and check out the center box from my HKS Hi Power exhaust:

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the exhaust is only a year old and the spot welds in the center box have started to pop out and leak

... it thought hks would b of more quality then that... boo

Yeah I was disapointed say the least

WTF MAN

Any kind of warranty?

i've had mine for 2 yrs now i should go check if i have that problem

something like that happend to a trd exhaust owner, the cainister compleatly split in half

yea i heard those things sound good but after that they suck rust out real quick

i have no problems mine still is in good condition

yeah I know it wasn't hit the side with the hole was the top side of the box it's probaly to old to warranty anyways I went over and had a new center box put in.

Yup, considering HKS makes the TRD exhaust, it's no surprise that their muffler design would fail on their own exhaust as well.

i vote magnaflow

That's what I got I went over to LaBree motorsports out here in the Valley and got fixed up in an hour and a half. I'm liking it the new box slightly deepened the exhaust note a lot better sound wise.

how big is the piping? 2 1/4 or 2 1/2? (or did they do it like mine?)

It's pretty close to yours I kept the HKS back box though untill I pick another.

cool beans. hope you like it!

I thought Borla makes exhausts for TRD...?

They used to before the 2000 Celica came out, but now HKS makes the TRD exhaust for the Celica. Not sure if they make them for the other Toyotas, but Toyota's contract with Borla ended around 2000.

yah you expect a big name like hks would have more quality then that...thats shitty

it's been discussed b4. the HKS exhaust problem...

the problem's been floating around for years...

dude, that sucks. i vote for magnaflow also.

I've never had a problem with my HKS, and it's been on for 5 months now and I bought it used from a guy that's had it for 1-2 years. It's still clean and good.

Could just be a defect one, just luck I would say. And as for the rust problem goes that a member has mentioned, that only applies to the first generation HKS Hi-Power for the the Celica. The second generation (with the HKS engraving and silencer holes) have no rust problems whatsoever. I haven't heard a rust problem on the 2nd generation ones at all...

yeah this one was a second gen no rust just some defective spot welding