Doing a full exhaust this year and from what I have heard installing headers is a pain. I don't think I want to mess with it at all. I am looking at full headers, h pipe and ss catback. What should be a normal price range to have this installed?
Normal price for header install?
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You can count on 6-8 hours of labor, possibly a little more depending on the installer's experience with the car. So multiply that by the shop's hourly rate and there you go....
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^sounds right
It's outrageous to have headers installed price wise. (seems around $800 is approximate labor).
It officially costs much more to install headers than it does a full clutch swap...
It officially costs much more to install headers than it does a full clutch swap...
...for your listed exhaust components, and add in labor, you are ball parking $3200-$3700.
Crazy isn't it?
Crazy isn't it?
damn
Agreed. It is a PITA. A buddy of mine has his own shop and he was nice enough to let me bring my car over, put it on a lift and work with me on the install. He gave me a hand with a few things here and there, but I did the majority of the install by myself and I was there for a good 10 hours or so working at a reasonable pace. Very little room to work with, especially on the driver's side. It took me forever just to tighten a few of the bolts.
Just labor $900? That'd be about 9 hours...so that's about right.
The previous owner of my 14 put ARH'S on, it was definitely a pleasant surprise for me when I went to have my MRT pipe swapped from my 13 I was trading in.
You guys that have done this, did you have to drop the engine cradle? Lift the engine up? Anything like that? And despite it being a PITA to install, what kind of performance did you get? I can only imagine, what with intakes gaining 20+ hp to the wheels, you'd have to be gaining a very significant amount of hp and tq from headers.
You'll want to drop the K member. Typical gains seem to be about 30HP, maybe less. They sound great, though, and you'll lose some boost.
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