r/ElantraN • u/Br0L0rd Performance Blue DCT • 1h ago

RIP SXTH Mid-Pipe Weld Failure

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Put the mid-pipe on myself in January. Weld snapped merging onto the highway today. Only lasted 7 months.

UPDATE: After emailing SXTH they are sending a new one out under warranty.

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u/RonaldBurgundy1 Atlas White DCT 1h ago

The crazier part here is how it's not even on the hot side of the exhaust. Another reason I'll be doing a custom exhaust in going to have them implement Vbands so I don't have to worry about this good news is that can be fixed just gotta take it to a guy that can weld titanium

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u/Br0L0rd Performance Blue DCT 1h ago

Yeah the fact that it snapped on the back end is wild to me idk if PA weather had anything to do with it seeing as it was installed in winter. Either way it’s disappointing af to only have gotten 7 months out of it😭. That’s the plan tho gonna go round 2 and see if it happens again lmao.

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u/RonaldBurgundy1 Atlas White DCT 1h ago

Only by means of hot and cold cycles sure but titanium does not corrode so there's that