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Old 03-18-2009, 03:45 AM
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I finally got my headers from UPS, but it looks like the collector was bent during shipping. Should I just try to bend it back, or get it replaced?
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Old 03-18-2009, 04:14 AM
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take it to a muffler shop to get it expanded back, trust me i bent my headers and lost a lot of power.
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if it were me i would be contacting ups and who you purchased the headers from to work something out.
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same thing happend to mine..i just bent it back.
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Even if you decide to fix it yourself, you should still contact who you purchased it through. Let them know what happened, they may take some off the cost or at least give you a deal on your next purchase. Its worth a shot. WS6store hooked me up on a Y-pipe that was banged up. I saved about a hundred bucks.
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yeah i wouldnt let it go without at least reporting it. that way if you have an issue both ups and the seller know whats going on and are not surprised weeks later.
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I took mine to the exhaust shop and they put it in the expander did both my collectors and my tail pipe for $10 and looked good as new




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