Never buy Eastern Catalytic Converters

[MR.hp]

On my 99 Suburban a few years ago I put a new cat setup on the truck as I figured it had 190K so WTH. recently the truck kicked off a P0420 inefficient cat code. I looked at the rear O2's and sure enough on is moving pretty fast. I found the O2 was ok so I pulled the cats off and WOW this setup was junk!. To my surprise the both head shields had rusted off, there is a rust hole staring in the one pipe and I used my little camera and found the one car is EMPTY, Natta, Nothing in there. After a call to Eastern Cat. they said must have been a problem upstream, Ya sure Buddy!, do not buy any of their catalytic stuff as it's JUNK. Save yourself the trouble I went through, I bought a used GM Catalytic dual system from a guy off Craigslist for $100, put it on, the Truck is way quieter, has more power and no codes.

Just to recap, Eastern Catalityic and Rock Auto would not warranty this so now you know to avoid this company.

[Bluetcster]

I have as a rule always stayed away from aftermarket catalytic stuff. Most of them are way smaller than the factory units and like HP says don't last very long.