I finally got them and the quality isn't that bad. I'll be putting them on friday so I'll post pics after I get it all done.
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Well the quality of the tubing and welds are good. I got the painted black ones and they must have been sitting around for a while so the paint was crap. Flaking off in spots and had some surface rust coming through. So I put them in the blast cabinet and glass beaded them. I have some ceramic black that I'm going to be painting them with. Thats the only thing so far that was wrong. Ill see how fit ment goes
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I read stuff about the driver side not fitting well or something but who knows. Only seen that in one thread so it was prolly some kind of internet bs. The rest of the stuff I read was the usual "ohhh no dont get that get the kooks" or something along those lines which of course was being said by the people willing to blow 900-1000 on headers.
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im running the flowtechs and well maybe its just my experience but i think theyre kinda crappy. the fitment sucked, especially on the driver side. the flowtech x pipe i bought with them had to be cut and refabbed just it would go on to the headers. i have problems with them leaking all the time. they will be coming off in the next month or two for bbk or macs.
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i just got mac's installed and had/have problems w/ the driver side one! the steering shaft rubs on the header so the it feels like it gets stuck when i turn the steering wheel, my brother wont be able to get to it until this weekend but it's driveable ( not really driving it though) but man, what a diffrence they make!
a buddy has flowtech's and he's happy w/ them- so far!
a buddy has flowtech's and he's happy w/ them- so far!
. How much did you pay for them?
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I always do my own work. With my dad being a car builder he would shoot me if I took it somewhere. 414 for the headers xpipe and shipping. O and the only problem with them is the 02 extension they give you are fitted for the rear and not the front.
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The only thing I did to them as sand blast them and spray them with ceramic black paint from eastwood and baked them. The say that the heat from your exhaust will aslo cure the paint but I wont be running my car till summer so I just baked them.
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maybe the bbks have that "dent" in them for a reason. i looked around and thought that was kind of odd, but i actually looked at flowtech also and maybe i will get my girl a set for her stang
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Surface rust isnt a big deal, problems start to occur when the rust actually starts rotting out the metal such as what you see with all the cars in states that use salt in the winter time. On the painted ones the paint just pretty much chips or burns right off with the heat where as the ceramic holds up better.
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That wasnt quite the point of mentioning the salt...the mention of salt was just an example as to how the metal will rot, ever seen an old 50 year old tractor,pump jack, or workover rig that hasnt moved in 25 years and is all rotted out?...same idea, I just mentioned the salt because most people can generalize how bad the salt rots metal up north. Generally speaking reguardless of where you are exhuast components that are not made of a high quality metal are going to rust usually from the inside out as the inside is exposed to moisture.
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