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CVFab alternative downpipes for '25 ST?

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Really hate that I have to even do this honestly, but are there any alternatives to the 3" CVFab downpipes for the 2025 STs? I ordered some back in early December from ZFG and got a slew of parts in within weeks for the typical copy/paste build and was told the downpipes will ship mid-January. I was fine with it, lead time is a thing, surges happen around holidays...got it. Well mid-January came around and ZFG let me know that it is now late Jan to ship. I said okay, wasn't really excited about it, but it is what is is. Late Jan goes by and nothing ships. I decided to reach out directly to CV Fab myself and was told "hey sorry we got an order surge, everything will be shipped in the next 7-10 days"...so late Jan became early-mid Feb instead. Another week goes by with no shipments...I reach out again to CVFab, this time I'm told "should be out this week". Another week goes by, and still no shipment. I reach out to ZFG again asking if they've heard anything because now starting to feel a bit ridiculous. By the way, ZFG has been great during this whole process - they told me they haven't heard from CVFab in weeks and would reach out first thing the next morning and ask what's going on. The next morning, as promised, ZFG sends me an email stating it should be out in the next day or so.

Well, it's been yet another week since "1-2 days" and still nothing has shipped. I emailed CVFab earlier this week and haven't heard a single thing from them still. At this point, I'm quite irritated by the lack of communication and the constant rinse and repeat answers every week with no actual movement on anything and am seriously debating on just cancelling that order and finding something else...so the question is - are there any other good alternatives for the 2025 models? All the earlier years seem to have a laundry list of parts to pick from, but the 25s seem to be hit and miss still, and I feel really bad about leaving HSF on hold for months because of this, because the whole point was to have it all installed at once while it's already disassembled anyway.
 

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CV Fab is in the process of redesigning their 2025+ downpipes, as there has been trouble with downpipe to mid pipe connection. Unfortunately the wait is inevitable, and it is worth the wait so install is easier.
 

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for me, I would be canceling and getting something else, kooks makes a set for the 25
 

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CV Fab is in the process of redesigning their 2025+ downpipes, as there has been trouble with downpipe to mid pipe connection. Unfortunately the wait is inevitable, and it is worth the wait so install is easier.
Wish they would've communicated that instead of essentially blowing smoke up my ass week after week :/
 

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for me, I would be canceling and getting something else, kooks makes a set for the 25
They’re also a lot more expensive, Fenfab makes 2025+ downpipes as well, but their wait time is just as long as CV fabs during their redesign.
 

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for me, I would be canceling and getting something else, kooks makes a set for the 25
That was one that was sent to me by ZFG as an alternative, but I had never heard of it and sticker shock of being twice what I paid for the CVFabs kinda pushed me away from it....plus I haven't seen anyone review them yet or even talk about them. Are the Kooks good for the price?
 

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That was one that was sent to me by ZFG as an alternative, but I had never heard of it and sticker shock of being twice what I paid for the CVFabs kinda pushed me away from it....plus I haven't seen anyone review them yet or even talk about them. Are the Kooks good for the price?
Kooks are always great quality, just not worth the extra expense IMO. but if you need them faster there is that.
 

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kooks has been around for decades, not sure how they sound on the ST and yeah they are more money.
 



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