V-Bands... ive got questions that need answers!!!!

[agile30]

As the title states. I need people opinions on v bands. Do they tend to leak? Does anyone know what the reason is behind the big price gap between $25 Godspeed/ebay and $75 dollar Vibrant? Looking to add one possibly two on an exhaust I'm going to have built soon. just so it would be easier to dismantle incase I need the rear section taken off while doing rear suspension; or shits and giggles in general.

[TurboJake]

I LOVE my Vbands.
They don't leak.
They're super easy to take off and put back on, and because they're a quality SS, there's zero rust on them from wisco winters.

Makes dropping my exhaust a 3 minute thing. Not exaggerated.

I'll never go back to welded or the common flange style.

[agile30]

Which v bands did u go with? Ebay? Other? How much did u pay roughly?

[ak-]

Ebay is fine.
I'm using them as well in multiple places under high pressure and stuff.

[FredK]

I used Ebay v-bands. They were around $25 each. Just be sure to get stainless flanges. Sometimes they will leak, depending on how you weld them together, as the flange can distort due to the heat of welding.

Don't put too much heat into the weldment, and you should be fine.

[AndrewBird]

Don't put too much heat into the weldment, and you should be fine.

This right here. People who complain about v-bands leaking welded them wrong.

[agile30]

Would assembling the vband on both pipes then welding it keep them from fucking up to an extent? To ensure the proper gap between pipes and keep from warpage?

[Cinnabar325is]

I used two Vibrant v-bands in the exhaust I just built. I have no experience with the eBay versions, but I was afraid to take the chance on them. The Vibrant units are works of art, they're really nice. The biggest difference between them and the cheap ones is the locating ring on the mating surfaces. The insures they can't go together crooked and helps to seal them together better.

Either way, I'm very pleased with them although they aren't cheap!