like the title says. and how hard it is or how much it would cost to get the installed

 

It is a pain in the a$$, so I paid to have it done. I got a great deal @ $300...in cali

 

Just take your time and take as many breaks as you need.

 

They are a pain, mostly cause their is no working space. And to get a shop to installed them should run you around $500.

 

get some tools and do it yourself.

 

is it even worth the pain?

 

yea

 

k well this is whats going on. a guy hear is willing to give me his headers for free as long as i pay to have them takin off or do it myself. so i would actually be doing 2 g's.

 

get band aids for your knuckles

 

The 2nd time will be faster.

 

Mechanical "know-how" isnt as necessary in this DIY, as compared to patience. Mechanically, its about as straight forward as changing out CATS. But like everyone knows, there is almost no room, esp. on the passenger side. So on the passanger side, you'll have to remove some radiator hoses to be able to get at the bolts holding the header in. Driver side is a bit easier. YOu just have to remove the intake for access at the bolts holding in the header. But you prob. will have to unbolt the steering column to get that biatch out. I did.

I would recommend changing out the cats at the same time as changing out the headers for a good reason. An OEM cat has two threaded stubs that go into the header flange. Now getting at those with nuts and torqueing them to specs is a biatch.. With aftermarket HFCs, they tend to just give you 3 bolts w/nuts [3 bolts per cat for "header to cat"/10 in total]. Those are a hell of alot easier to torque down IMO.

In the end, this project took me and my friend about 12-15 hours over 3 days, because we were doing this after work. Prob. would have be less if we did it in one straight shot.

IMHO... i was happy with the results [gains/sound] [Im sure i havent felt the true gains until i get tuned]. And This project was a PITA, but it was also a good learning experience.

Take this post for what its worth. Its just my $.02

 

With most headers do you get only the headers or do you get new bolts and gaskets too?

 

for people that wants to get headers installed.. let me know if u want it.. i got a guy in downey.. he does great work and clean up.. installs headers for $200 .... cant beat that... $200 gauranteed or ill freakin pay for it lol mesage me if u want the location

 

if your guy is as good as you say, and there arent any exhaust leaks, thats a good price. Not really worth it for the mechanic though