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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 06:14 PM
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Where did you get them and how much?
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 06:39 PM
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i didn't know they were still making the xs headers with emissions. they look exactly like mine...word of advice..get the longer emissions tube cut off and welded shut if you don't plan on using it..because it will eventually break off
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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I have them on my car now.

The driver side header will either need to be pie cut and bent down then rewelded or you will have to bend the y pipe down off the header to clear the floor. No amount off flattening of the pipe will clear the floor.

The driver side of my k member was not touching the header but was very close so I went ahead and notched it a little.

The passenger side header will have 1 of the tubes resting on the k member. The k member will have to be notched substantially to clear that.

Now the quality of the headers are awesome. Would I buy them again? Probably so. Once all of the notching was done and correcting the angle of the driver side collector was done I had a set of nice looking headers made out of the best materials on the market.
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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Recieved mine today and I am currently installing them... I love the way they look... CLEAN. Only thing is my jack sucks... it doesnt lift high enough.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 01:48 AM
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gees and i thought i had some cheap **** pacesetters, why are people buying this ebay junk?
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 03:18 AM
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gees and i thought i had some cheap **** pacesetters, why are people buying this ebay junk?
Because this ebay "junk" will outlast your mild steel pacesetters that will begin to rust in a couple of months
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 07:58 AM
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Alright, I got mine put on yesterday. The drivers side K member has to be notched. (Mine was already done from my old pacesetters) The passenger side fit with no K member modifications and has a good 1/4in gap between where the tube comes close to the k member. Other then that I had them done in less than two hours, including the time it took to cut off all the egr ports and weld them up, install the spark plugs, coils, etc.

Now to see how long they will last, the quality looked great, the welds perfect and the metal didnt seem cheap after welding on it. I was expecting it just burn through but it didnt and I highly recommend these headers to any on a budget. For $206 shipped you cant beat that.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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I had my drivers header cut and rewelded down as mentioned and the ypipe modified to work with cats. I also had the exhaust shop make a bumpstop bracket to reduce any banging. So far so good.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 94'BLKBRD
Because this ebay "junk" will outlast your mild steel pacesetters that will begin to rust in a couple of months
nope not really, well u wouldent know since u never paid the extra to buy some real headers u get what u pay for

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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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These headers are great value for money. How they can produce them for cost of pacesetters is beyond me. I too would be upset if I paid the same for mild steel headers. These are far nicer than pacesetters imo.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ae13291
nope not really, well u wouldent know since u never paid the extra to buy some real headers u get what u pay for
lol pacesetters arent real headers......kooks,ARH and the old QTP's are real headers

good luck with the rust
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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Only fitment problem I had was with the Passenger side ... THe first hole didn't match up. Other than that and the notch on the driver side they work, look and sound freakin nice. Now I can hear my Cam perfectly even with the cutout closed and original muffler
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 03:56 PM
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Hey, what kind of Y-Pipe did you use with these eBay headers?
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by AgentLS1Z
Hey, what kind of Y-Pipe did you use with these eBay headers?
i would like to know this also. I would assume the pacesetter one should work.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AgentLS1Z
Hey, what kind of Y-Pipe did you use with these eBay headers?
I got one custom made at some shop here locally for $90... but I sold my Cats to one of the workers for $100 bucks just right now. Damn car sounds nice with the headers.
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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I like the way the headers look. Seem like a good piece to me. Lets see some installed pics!
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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Anybody have any installed pics yet? I'm tempted to pull the trigger on these
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 12:40 AM
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^^^^^^ Good luck with that since the seller isn't a registered user with Ebay........I bought his last set
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Ill get some pics of my ebay headers installed today. I just heated the driver side collector and bent it down, and my y-pipe was a pacesetter y with flex ends on it so it would bolt right up to the headers.
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