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Old 05-12-2007, 11:21 PM
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Just wondering which set of headers I should go with?

pacesetters or these XS stainless steel headers I keep hearing about?

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go with the XS headers. and heres why:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...hlight=headers
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anyone else?
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hey wheres American Racing Headers?
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out of my price range
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Im sorry I just dont feel right putting E bay company parts on my car, pacesetters have been proven time after time to perform great and fit great, thats just my 2 cents
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i have had pacesetters for over a year now.great header for the price.no clearence problems.did i mention the price
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Originally Posted by Starz T/A 17
Im sorry I just dont feel right putting E bay company parts on my car, pacesetters have been proven time after time to perform great and fit great, thats just my 2 cents
but stainless are so much better
Old 05-13-2007, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ss292355
i have had pacesetters for over a year now.great header for the price.no clearence problems.did i mention the price
Ya the coating is also known to turn to **** after a short time.
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I've had mine for about a year, they dont even hang low at all, tucked up real nice, theyre still shiny too ....but i take car of my car lol and it barely sees rain
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Save the $100 and get the pacesetters. Everyone makes such a big deal about stainless headers. The ceramic coating will last years and keep underhood temps lower than uncoated stainless. Who gives a **** if your headers last 10 years? Have any of us owned a car that long? I have had both stainless and ceramic coated header and they have both held up just fine. $600 is too much for chinese made E-Bay clone headers. If they were $400 I would say jump on them.
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yea go with the coated pacesetters-just hit up the car wash once a week and they wont rust!
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Originally Posted by TheSecretFormula
Save the $100 and get the pacesetters. Everyone makes such a big deal about stainless headers. The ceramic coating will last years and keep underhood temps lower than uncoated stainless. Who gives a **** if your headers last 10 years? Have any of us owned a car that long? I have had both stainless and ceramic coated header and they have both held up just fine. $600 is too much for chinese made E-Bay clone headers. If they were $400 I would say jump on them.
actually they are $450 for the ebay headers not $600....for $600 you get the headers and a SS Y pipe shipped to your front door!!
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Yeah and the Pacestters and Y are $500 shipped to your door. $100 cheaper just like I said. I was talking about the headers and Y.
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if the stainless is better i dont mind paying an extra $100....
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Originally Posted by my01ws6
if the stainless is better i dont mind paying an extra $100....
but your talkin brands to, its not comparing coated apples to Stainless apples, its like comparing coated apples to stainless oranges. Search on those E bay headers and ive seen more then one thread about bad fitment, them coming REALLY close to the starter etc. I think I can count on 1 hand how many complants ive read about pacesetters and they have been around ALOT longer, just my 2 cents, and like what was already said whos going to have there car 10 years from now??
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well im not sticking up for either....I just want honest opinions....not biased ones.
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the satisfaction in my xs lt's is more than enough for me to recommend them to anyone. their quality, fitment and performance is on the same level as pacesetters if not better. although on the fitment side it all depends on the car as top notch kooks and qtps have had many fitment issues in the past. so i wouldn't lean too much on that side for your decision. plus since they're stainless you never have to worry about rust....

although too bad they're not going for $350 shipped anymore like when i got them
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Originally Posted by RrCoX22
although too bad they're not going for $350 shipped anymore like when i got them
I ordered them two weeks ago (not off ebay) and paid $350 shipped. Now the website I got them from said "headers only" - so imagine my surprise when I opened the box and found that I received the Y-pipe with em!
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Originally Posted by gun4hire
I ordered them two weeks ago (not off ebay) and paid $350 shipped. Now the website I got them from said "headers only" - so imagine my surprise when I opened the box and found that I received the Y-pipe with em!
NICE!!! What website were they ordered from?



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