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Old May 15, 2015 | 10:14 AM
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hi all,

roughly how much would a full headers back exhaust system cost parts wise? could i do the work in my home garage?

is it worth doing the headers? what type of performance gains can i expect?

im in ca and want somthing that will sound awesome but not deafen me while on the highway. this is a daily driver...
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Old May 15, 2015 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by captaingeek
hi all,

roughly how much would a full headers back exhaust system cost parts wise? could i do the work in my home garage?

is it worth doing the headers? what type of performance gains can i expect?

im in ca and want somthing that will sound awesome but not deafen me while on the highway. this is a daily driver...
Headers will not pass CA emissions visual portion of the test.
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Old May 15, 2015 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by norcalace
Headers will not pass CA emissions visual portion of the test.
Are there no long tube headers that have a CARB number? What about shorties?

If the idea is to have a really nice sound, there are a number of cat-back systems that will certainly provide that. Corsa, Magnaflow, and Borla all have versions that have different sound levels. And they would all be CA compliant.
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Old May 15, 2015 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by norcalace
Headers will not pass CA emissions visual portion of the test.
If you a performance car nut..... it must SUCK living in Cali with all the rules and regs due to the tree huggers !!!

No wonder so many Cali-ans are moving away !
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Old May 15, 2015 | 03:15 PM
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Yeah,California would drive me nuts!
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Old May 15, 2015 | 04:25 PM
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Left Coast is a no no for headers.

Some have had good luck with C7 exhaust manifolds. Almost as good as headers but not quite.

Your options are limited in the limited freedom state!
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