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I decided to order a used preheat cat from horace kia. It's from a 97, he says he looked it up and it will fit on mine. I'm just hoping this will be a good one and not the same as the one I already have in. If it turns out to be dead then I'm pretty sure he'll make good for it. We have been talking back & forth for some time now because I have a large order with him and it's on it's way to me as I type this.

Has anyone ever installed a used preheat cat before? If so then have you had any problems with it? It should go well as long as the bolts come off easy. I have a problem with rusted bolts on my damn sporty. I always seem to break at least one ....... No matter what I do.


A 1997???? Are you sure???? The 1997 does NOT have the cat bolted to the exhaust manifold. If you don't believe me go to kiausaparts and look. The 1997 has ONE cat, under the driver. The 2 cats started in 1998 and continued up thru 2002.

When you do your search in kiausaparts the "chassis" section shows the exhaust system. The "engine" section shows the exhaust manifold. You will see the differences. Different part numbers too.

1998 Sportage - Gone.
2004 Honda Civic Coupe.
2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara - She got it.