Header install question
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Header install question Installed ARH headers on my 2006 GTO over the weekend fitment was fantastic. Just had a dumb question... As I was installing the mid pipes and working them onto the header I noticed the header flexing a bit while installing them and attaching to the catback. I of course didn't hear anything break or abnormal noise while doing so. Just curious if I would have hurt anything or should I be concerned. There was no exhaust leak noise or anything when I fired the car up and drove it. Just looking for input to put my mind at rest. I figure while the car is being driven things move and jostle around that being the exhaust. I just worry too much I suppose. T.i.a.
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Headers are nothing but some real thin tubing. They definitely tend to flex ALOT when any significant force is applied to them. It doesn't hurt them unless SO MUCH force and bending happens that a weld cracks or the like.
