Weapon R Race Headers 2004-05 Acura TSX

k3nndyland · 05-26-2009, 04:40 PM

Anyone running this header on this forum here? For the price which is not that bad either $499 free shipping through hopup racing.com rite now and everywhere.

Here is the link:
Acura TSX Exhaust / Headers - Weapon R Race Headers 2004-05 Acura TSX Free Shipping

xjohnkdoex · 05-26-2009, 05:49 PM

they posted dynos for the header here earlier in the year. seems like good numbers, but i've never known the quality of weapon R to be that great based on what i've read. this could be different though.

Wr race header dyno results.

EuroRspec · 05-26-2009, 08:54 PM

I live near Weapon R and I have a friend that works there. I wound never ever buy there parts again. The quality sucks, its all made in Taiwan. Save your money and buy something better.

lcrazyaznl · 05-26-2009, 09:27 PM

Weapon r in the past did not make very high quality parts.
so i don't know if that has changed but i dont trust it too much.

xjohnkdoex · 05-26-2009, 10:27 PM

just b/c it's made in taiwan doesn't mean it's bad.

alutec is made in taiwan and their stuff is pretty quality.

TodaSi · 05-27-2009, 12:03 AM

I'm gonna give one a try. We'll see in a couple weeks how it does before Hondata and after.
Somebody's gotta try it, the only dyno I've seen is from the manufacturer, so we'll see some real numbers here shortly.

l7h8626 · 05-27-2009, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by EuroRspec

I live near Weapon R and I have a friend that works there. I wound never ever buy there parts again. The quality sucks, its all made in Taiwan. Save your money and buy something better.

hey dont blame Taiwan, blame Weapon R

TSX_WS · 05-27-2009, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by l7h8626

hey dont blame Taiwan, blame Weapon R

+1 !

I would rather try TODA's header

ShzaTSX · 05-27-2009, 01:41 AM

Since they changed ownership, supposedly the quality and R&D is actually on par with other well known manufacturers. However, it's hard to get that across to the consumer while keeping the brand name.

EuroRspec · 05-27-2009, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by l7h8626

hey dont blame Taiwan, blame Weapon R

Sorry didn't want to hurt your feelings. But most good products don't come from Taiwan and usually the good stuff comes from the counrty of origin. Like Tein, the basics and SS are made in another country, but the the Flex, CSTs are all made in Japan. So I do blame the manufacturer, but they choose third world countrys for a reason.

TodaSi · 06-01-2009, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TSX_WS

+1 !

I would rather try TODA's header

Toda's nice but their gone, closed shop and moved back...too bad. I had their very first B-Series header in the US (before it was released to the public), it made awesome power for an off the shelf header, beautiful welds and perfect fit. They will be missed.

TSX_WS · 06-01-2009, 03:30 PM

I was seriously considering a race header and Toda was at the top of my list. Now I dono what do

evertp1 · 06-01-2009, 03:34 PM

The new buddy club Suspensions are being built in China currently, does that mean that they are bad quality?

tekneek · 06-01-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by evertp1

The new buddy club Suspensions are being built in China currently, does that mean that they are bad quality?

I believe you are incorrect. Assuming that the person who responded to my email from buddyclub.us is telling the truth, N+ coilovers are made in Japan, but I may be wrong. Everyone is outsourcing nowadays.

I think the real issue is R&D. A number of companies that are based in places like taiwan try and copy whats popular and sell it as their own with very little R&D. If a reputable company like Buddy Club outsources to taiwan, I'd imagine that they would still make good products if the only thing that is changing is the country in which they are manufacturing.

TodaSi · 06-01-2009, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by tekneek

I believe you are incorrect. Assuming that the person who responded to my email from buddyclub.us is telling the truth, N+ coilovers are made in Japan, but I may be wrong. Everyone is outsourcing nowadays.

I think the real issue is R&D. A number of companies that are based in places like taiwan try and copy whats popular and sell it as their own with very little R&D. If a reputable company like Buddy Club outsources to taiwan, I'd imagine that they would still make good products if the only thing that is changing is the country in which they are manufacturing.

Too true, but we must not forget Quality Control, with all the R&D in the world, a product will still suck if the outsourced manufacturer doesn't adhere to strict quality control.

Any country in the world can make excellent quality parts given quality materials, quality tools, strict quality standards and quality workmanship.

Can you tell I used to work with TPS (Toyota Production System) in manufacturing? Hahaha