I'm doing some exhaust work so I whipped out my charge card and went to Mazdatrix site to order since I ordered parts from them in the past.

The billing page credit card paragraph was enough for me to look for another place to get parts from.

Where are people ordering parts from these days?

 

Pineapple racing has good prices on there NON OEM gaskets.

 

just go to your local parts shop and get them from there. i wouldn't say it's necessary to get an oem gasket, as no one would realistically be able to tell.

 

unless it is a turbo. with almost any aftermarket gasket it will sound like a lawnmower within just a few miles.

 

sorry for the mis-information

 

+1 for Pineapple Racing, $80 gets you manifold to engine, manifold to turbo, and downpipe gaskets...in graphite.

 

This is 100% correct. I went and did the "parts store" gaskets and wasted 20 bills on 4 gaskets. Within a week they were blown out again...

Buy them from mazda.

Besides, the ones from the parts stores that are listed as correct fitment, are not. The bolt holes do not line up.

 

search around for how well their graphite turbo gaskets hold up.

$80 gets you a wasted day and $80 out of your pocket.

 

Thanks for the heads up Karack, I just hate having to give up that kind of money for exhaust gaskets

 

i understand but the OEM turbo gaskets are fully reusable and will last 10+ years unless used on warped/cracked manifolds. i have yet to see anything come even remotely close as to their reliability level. it's like replacing a clutch with a used clutch, yanking the turbo usually isn't a very simple 10 minute job.

 

idk about u guys maybe just bad luck? i paid 16 for 1 at orielys and its holding up fine it didnt say oem or mazda but it did say made in japan.. dealer quote was 22 for a mazda exhaust manifold gasket