silverstreak

I took my Elantra to the dealer yesterday for a recall, a hood latch, and an inspection. Everything is cherry other than the A Pipe. I need to replace my A Pipe, but I am also planning to buy a header soon, and it would really irritating for an unemployed Elantrapreneur like myself would have to buy a new A Pipe then buy aftermarket stuff. My idea is to try to take out the A Pipe, buy a useable A Pipe on eBay, Craigslist, or from one of you fine folks/shisters, install it, pass inspection. But my dad brought up the problem of rust.

-Do you think I could find an A Pipe, or should I go out and buy one?
-Do you think the pipe would be too rusty to fix one part without damaging others?
-Are there aftermarket headers that add power and will pass inspection?

Details:
I live in Pennsylvania, my car is a 2002 Elantra GLS.

silverstreak

P.S. If anyone has an A Pipe in good condition they would be willing to sell, send me a message. My car has 123,000 miles. Should I just replace the whole thing? Can I do it myself?

187sks

Really..."A pipe" huh...

silverstreak

Yea, A Pipe, it's a pipe called A Pipe, that's the specific name of a pipe, like A Hole.

187sks

I have an a-hole...but no a-pipe.

silverstreak

It's called a colon. :

silverstreak

Before today, I didn't know what it was either, it's up by the manifold...
...the A Pipe, not your anus.

187sks

I think someone is trying to give it to you in the A pipe.

sharkrocket

cool.gif Ooooo Really cool.gif

silverstreak

Wow, really insightful, you wanna come over here and get your ass kicked?