QTP confusion
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From: Philly
Originally Posted by 01FormulaTA
for all the money those cost I would send them back, it seems they would perform fine and nothing looks wrong with them, BUT if I paid close to $800 for a set of QTP's I damn well better be getting a better looking header than that, those look more like XS headers which have welds in the primaries but hey they only cost $400 so its acceptable but not for $700+ headers
even guys with mustangs in their avatars can make sense every now and then 
earl, i would send them back for a new set. even if you have to wait, it's worth it. if not, i would call fast toys and see if you can return the QTP's for ARH's if they carry it. ARH is the only other brand of header i'd consider buying. fast toys may not charge you a restocking fee if you buy something else from them.
i do the same with newegg.com all the time. they claim a restocking fee, but i've returned and swapped items before and was never charged once because i've spent a lot of money there (well over a grand in parts). good companies will often waive policy for a good customer.
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Originally Posted by travisnd
I had no issues with Barry and QTP years ago when I got my QTP headers. Sorry to hear this....
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You guys are out of your mind. I have no clue why any of you have problem with the headers. I see nothing wrong. QTP told you thats there header and its not big deal with the weld. Its going on a car not hanging on your wall. Get over it, it will perform just fine and you wont even see anything when its installed on the car. To wait 3 month for something cosmetic its nuts IMO.
After you have it installed and driving around you will be happy.
After you have it installed and driving around you will be happy.
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Originally Posted by Order 66
You guys are out of your mind. I have no clue why any of you have problem with the headers. I see nothing wrong. QTP told you thats there header and its not big deal with the weld. Its going on a car not hanging on your wall. Get over it, it will perform just fine and you wont even see anything when its installed on the car. To wait 3 month for something cosmetic its nuts IMO.
After you have it installed and driving around you will be happy.
After you have it installed and driving around you will be happy.
Freakin out about the weld is dumb. Like I said there are several header designs out there that have multi-piece primaries. It doesn't make a difference. Now if I paid $800 for a set of headers that were supposed to have a pretty little badge on them, I would expect a badge. If I got them without, i'd probably send them back and either go to one of the other companies that sell nice headers for around $800, or buy XS headers (since they have no badge and sell their headers for $350 less), and put the extra $350 into a cam.
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Originally Posted by EarlSS
So you'd be ok if your QTP'S looked like mine. If yours are the race headers and look as good as chaco's i'll trade with ya.
it's that damn weld in the primary i don't like. it looks a little sloppy at that. it throws the whole header off. the welds in the primaries are what i can't stand about the XS headers. they shouldn't be a part of QTP's. they've gone years without any welds in the primaries. if they were to say they can't do it anymore, it would be a lie. they've been doing it for many, many years
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I would be ok with it, got mine a while ago. But helped my friend install his QTP headers, like the ones you have and he isnt on the internet complaining about it. Instead they are installed in his car and he is driving around happy with them.
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Originally Posted by Order 66
You guys are out of your mind. I have no clue why any of you have problem with the headers. It will perform just fine and you wont even see anything when its installed on the car.
The manufacturer has stated they are as they should be. Get 'em on your car and go.
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No offense but that weld won't do squat for performance. Also mine are scratched to hell after my install but I could care less about appearance since I only see the TOP of the damn headers when I do look in my engine bay. The QTP badge while nice, is barely noticable.
I'd install those into my car if mine looked like that. Actually mine were AS shiny as Choco Taco's when I got them, but I ceramic coated them to a permanent but DULL silver look. Go figure.
I'd install those into my car if mine looked like that. Actually mine were AS shiny as Choco Taco's when I got them, but I ceramic coated them to a permanent but DULL silver look. Go figure.
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Originally Posted by joblo1978
I just think it would be really stand up of QTP if they announced a small drop in their prices while selling their "less than usual" headers.
$688 shipped does not equal $800. They're still the least expensive stainless quality longtubes with HVMC's. Just send them back and wait, quite a few of us bought them, then didn't put them on for months.
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Originally Posted by Redlinez
$688 shipped does not equal $800. They're still the least expensive stainless quality longtubes with HVMC's. Just send them back and wait, quite a few of us bought them, then didn't put them on for months.
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Mine don't have a badge, but theyre the old style without the HVMC.
Do I have headers? No. But after reading this entire thread I understand all that is being said, for the most part. In the end I would install the headers. Would I be happy about it? No. I guess you come to a point in time where you have to just move on. I do have to add that I am glad that it didn't happen to me...YET with a product as reputable as this (hope they make all the power they advertise).
It does really make you wonder why things have changed in the way the headers were made with the weld in the primary. Were the head honcho's all in a meeting one day and asked "hey you know how much money we would save if we didn't discard those 2 pieces of SS tubing and just used them for a primary?" If you pay for a $700+ header you expect to receive the same product you see everywhere else. Must have a small disclaimer printed somewhere that says that this is an example but may not reflect the exact header design YOU may receive.
Isn't Boyd a user of these headers? I wonder if he would install these in one of his rides with a welded primary. But then we are just Fbody's and not one of his classic's.
Ok, I am done. Now go install them.
It does really make you wonder why things have changed in the way the headers were made with the weld in the primary. Were the head honcho's all in a meeting one day and asked "hey you know how much money we would save if we didn't discard those 2 pieces of SS tubing and just used them for a primary?" If you pay for a $700+ header you expect to receive the same product you see everywhere else. Must have a small disclaimer printed somewhere that says that this is an example but may not reflect the exact header design YOU may receive.
Isn't Boyd a user of these headers? I wonder if he would install these in one of his rides with a welded primary. But then we are just Fbody's and not one of his classic's.
Ok, I am done. Now go install them.
