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Old Jul 29, 2015 | 11:18 PM
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My luck... :\
Just put the car on coilovers (about 1/2 inch lower than before in the front)...
Piece of metal was on the road... unable to avoid (atleast, safely IMHO) heavy traffic in San Jose.

Dented / put a hole in my header right above where they all merge together.
These are aftermarket dynatech headers. :[

Any way to repair it?
It hasn't collapsed the pipe, and car still runs fine, just can hear the leak.

Exhaust wrap? Some type of jb weld?
Don't want to buy new headers
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Old Jul 29, 2015 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by derz_vette
My luck... :\
Just put the car on coilovers (about 1/2 inch lower than before in the front)...
Piece of metal was on the road... unable to avoid (atleast, safely IMHO) heavy traffic in San Jose.

Dented / put a hole in my header right above where they all merge together.
These are aftermarket dynatech headers. :[

Any way to repair it?
It hasn't collapsed the pipe, and car still runs fine, just can hear the leak.

Exhaust wrap? Some type of jb weld?
Don't want to buy new headers
Your BEST bet is to remove the header and take it to a LOCAL sheet metal shop. They will be ABLE TO CORRECTLY MAKE THE REPAIR! They will reform the damaged tube and properly weld in a patch.

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Dont try ANY of that temp stuff.. It is VERY temporary!
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Old Jul 30, 2015 | 12:00 AM
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Thanks for the response, I have plans to make a drive down to LA this weekend..

Hopefully it doesn't lead to any issues :[
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Old Jul 30, 2015 | 01:47 AM
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Any way to repair it?
Yes. See post #2.

MUST be TIG welded. Don't half-azz it. Do it right.
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Old Aug 2, 2015 | 09:59 PM
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Go to a muffler shop and they can weld it back up in 5 mins on a lift
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Got bigger problems now D:
Headers will be repaired... at some time.. haha
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