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Old Nov 9, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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MS CAI has bad welds?
I herd from somewhere the Mazdaspeed cold air has bad welds? Is this true?
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Old Nov 9, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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they are pretty good welds compared to copex and other companies, they are manufactured by AEM
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Old Nov 9, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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Mine seems to work perfectly, has never broken, and I was one of the first people to get it. No problems here.
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Old Nov 9, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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I don't know about the intake, but I just returned my 2nd Mazdaspeed exhaust for having cracked welds. I'm not going for a third. I got my money back and I'm getting a Racing Beat.
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Old Nov 9, 2007 | 03:18 PM
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I don't know about the intake, but I just returned my 2nd Mazdaspeed exhaust for having cracked welds. I'm not going for a third. I got my money back and I'm getting a Racing Beat.
Oh wow I was thinking of getting the exhaust too. Hmm.. maybe its better to stick with the RB.
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Old Nov 9, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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don't do that go ahead and get the ms exhaust i had to hit a wall(backed into one real slow one day)to crack the weld but the guy here rewelded it for me and it better than new!
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 07:29 PM
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if you find a bad weld, take it to get re-welded for a few bucks
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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on an intake, it really isn't going to matter.
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