KingBaby

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+1

This the most important tool!

0jiggy0

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In hoping my airratchet will do mostof the work.

sportbiketed

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Probably not since there isn't much room to work with.

terrasmak

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Plenty of odd angles , I used mine in a few places

terrasmak

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Another sound clip, this time with the shockwave installed

http://youtu.be/XWHXwXzx2J4

Bmurray350z

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they almost sound a little too raspy for my taste.

0jiggy0

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***** is loud.

Passanger side is super easy, on the HR at least. Drier side looks like it'll be a *****.

Bmurray350z

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thats interesting. on my old DE the passenger side was a b1tch and the drivers sides we got off in 30 minutes.

terrasmak

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If rasp is really a concern, just stick to a cat back system. Long tube headers are not something the typical limp wristed waxer needs driving around town.

0jiggy0

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Seriously. So tired of the rasp complaining. Every non american powerful car has rasp. It's not even a bad sound to me depending on the car. Avg honda fart can or ebay crap exhaust is terrible. But every beemer, maserati, and benz etc Ive heard had a raspy note. I call it character.

Anyway, passanger side is off. Question for the HR guys on the driver side, should I just disconnect the coolant lines on the driver side? They are just right in the way from what I see.

Why does the hardware kit have you remove the stock studs and nuts? Is it a pain getting the headers over the stock studs?

I didnt buy the hardware kit but I'm suprised the headers without the hardware kit didn't come with the extended wires. Their pretty much required.

mw9

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does stepped cost more?

0jiggy0

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Only thing that changes the price is coating type. stepped vs non is the same

juicinjake

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i dont know if u have the v1 or the v2, but ive got the v2 and thats pretty much exactly what mine sounds like.

juicinjake

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denchan350gt put two additional resonators in his exhaust and it mellowed it out a lot. they also got rid of the annoying decel air sucking/ rasping noise that you get with an open exhaust on these headers. ive gotten used to the way my car sounds and i like it now, except for the decel sound. im thinking about trying some vibrant ultra quiet resonators just to get rid of that sound. i dont mind the rest of the rasp under acceleration at all. thats just what these cars sound like with a free flowing exhaust.

terrasmak

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V1 single with the megaphone

0jiggy0

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Passenger lower rear corner bolt is a nightmare. Its near where the tube curls up. very tight, any tips?

juicinjake

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the two in the back like that are the hardest to get to. the best thing you can do is get on it with a wrench. maybe use a backup wrench to help get it tighter, thats what i did.

the real shitty part comes in when you notice that the collector flanges dont line up well with the y-pipe. the collectors are almost doomed to leak. thats the only thing i dont like about my headers. i figured out an easy way to fix it. im gonna add two more flex sections to the xyz pipe and have it rewelded with the flanged bolted up tight, but i havent had time to go to an exhaust shop and have it done yet.

Classy

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I fabbed up a bracket between the headers (OBX long tubes) and used a ratchet strap to pull them in and put the bracket between them, worked great and never had a problem

While I was making the bracket I took .040 lock wire and tied it between there to prevent the header from hitting the car

terrasmak

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Mine was almost perfect with the xyz pipe


The very back bolts were done from the underside with a normal wrench

juicinjake

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thats weird, derek's was out of line like mine was too. did you bolt it to the exhaust before you tightened down the bolts at the head?