I had a CEL which indicated the right cat was defective. I had the dealer turn off the (reset) the light. About three months later another CEL which still indicated the right cat was bad. Had the dealer reset the light again. Then in another three months I got another CEL indicating the left cat was now bad and I got the dealer to do another reset.

Then I took the car to the Cargraphic dealer here in Seattle. The deal we worked out with the U.S. distributor (RSS) was I would buy two new cats, return my old ones to RSS who in turn would send them to Cargraphic for verification of the fault. Cargraphic verfied the cats were bad and refunded my money for the new cats. My cats were still under warranty (2 years), so although it took a while to get things resolved it all worked out in the end.

 

At least when my FS went bad, they just sent me new ones at no charge. That's BS to make you pay up front and F around with refunds, hope it worked out.
Agree that CELs should never be ignored, or simply deactivated with a flash, I would want to know when something is happening.

 

bad cats. Call Alex at fabspeed to sort this out. 215-646-4945

200cel HJS cats do not throw CELs.

 

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+1. I have the fabspeed version 3 and after I installed no cels. Ran with no cels for 3 months, then did softronic and no cels either

 

As the Cargraphic Distributor for North America, RSS always puts our customers first. In regards to warranty service, Cargraphic has a very specific warranty claim process that we and our dealers/customers must adhere to, given it's not the quickest process out there. We are working with Germany to help improve their process but some of it is out of our control. We do apologize and hope that our efforts with Cargraphic will help them understand how important this is to handle quickly. Warranty claims on Cargraphic products are rare and it seems that our fuel in the US is partly to blame.

At the very least, the 2 year warranty on 200 cell high flow cats is a positive thing.

 

Do a search and you will find lots of helpful info how to proceed to identify and resolve the problem - without a flash (unless you want to get a flash anyway). First you need to get a code reader to collect info.
Good luck - check the search info you'll get it fixed, no worries. You aren't alone with this issue.
K.

 

so how come euro pipe with 100 cell quotes on their web site no cel with 100 cel cats. is this true because am thinking of buying the europipe

thanks

 

The EP 100 cell has a greater CSA than most other 100 cell cats, (more cross sectional area).

 

I have an EP II and it definitely does NOT throws cels. There are other EP users here and they will tell you the same thing. Certainly one of the best, the best IMO, Porsche exhausts out there.

 

I use Europipe for over a year now and never had any problems

 

thanks , i cant decide between cargraphics or europipe, aggr, how did you guys from the us, did you had to pay duty ? and if so how much. thanks

 

You order direct from Stef@Europipe.be and possibly deal with customs (of which I know nothing about) or call TPC and get it.

Stef just sent me some different tips via FDX and I just signed for them. No hassle, no nothing.

 

CG vs EP...EP hands down, every CG exhaust I've heard tends to drone.

 

This isn't the half of it. I have dead Cargraphic cats on my car right now. They are within the warranty but I've been told that since I bought a car with these cats on it, they will not cover me since I didn't buy them. Even though I have the receipt and they're on the car they were originally installed on. Also, Cargraphic will not warranty their cats if you have a tune. Mike at RSS is trying to help but it seems like these guys don't really want to stand behind their product. I would bet myself and HUMMM3 isn't the only guys that have had problems with these cats.