After way more work that I thought it would be, I finally got my FLP headers/exhaust on and leakproofed today.

Putting the headers on was easy. It only took about 3.5 hours with me working alone. I started putting the cats, intermedlate pipes, and x-pipe in and ran into problems getting the flanges to line up. I tried everything that I could think of for about 5 hours and it would not work. I made several calls to Nate and Mike at Xtreme. I also talked to FLP. I then spent another 4 hours under the car trying everything that Xtreme and FLP suggested and still could not get things to line up correctly. I called Nate again and in true fashion he agreed to take care of it. He offered to take the exhaust back or pay to have it fixed. I chose the latter and took it to my exhaust guy. It took him about 2 hours to figure out how to fix it and to do the necessary cutting/welding to get the flanges to line up.

The FLP system with cats sounds great with my Z06 cat back! It has the right sound and isn't too loud. Now I need to make a trip to the strip to see what the improvement was.

Thanks go out to Mike and Nate at Xtreme and forum members kp, kh24, Black_Magic, and billreid1 for support and answering questions.

 

That's great! Certainly awesome customer service from Nate. I'm seriously considering these headers, and want to do all the work myself. Hopefully yours was just an isolated case of things not fitting up from the get-go. I read elsewhere that all the components usually bolt right up. Did you get the driver's side header in from the top or bottom. This will be the 1st "major" install that I do myself.

 

Now THAT'S customer service!!!! Another kudos to Nate!!

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I installed the drivers side header from the top. I removed the required stuff including the oil filter and it pretty much fell into place. When you move the steering shaft, you don't have to remove anything, just take the bolt out and push the shaft up against the frame. There is no need to decouple the shaft from the steering rack.

On the passengers side some people have had to remove the starter and some don't. I removed the inner bolt, loosened the outer bolt, rotated the starter about 1/8" and the header went right in. If you remove the inner starter bolt don't forget to put the bolt back in before you bolt the header to the head.

 

Glad everything worked out for you. I had a hell of a time getting the flanges to line up and i spent way more time doing it then you did. I never thought to call anyone though. Mine is lined up pretty good but i doubt they seel very well at all the flanges. I'll probably bring it in sometime to get it fixed. I just bent the bellhousing flange on the passenger header out of the way to get it passed the starter and i did not need to remove the oil filter for the drivers side although it would have been a lot easier than twisting it around to fit in. Another thing, stay away from very big speed bumps...i hit the clamp on the cat on one and had to put it back on. Hope you like em and since your the second person i know of with issues of the flanges not fitting together right, maybe FLP will look into this.

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FLP's Rock --- Sorry to hear you had problems -- mine went on smoooooth :) :) But now that your done Enjoy



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George

 

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I am seriously thinking of putting the FLP's on my car soon. I know some guys who have also had trouble lining them up, so I think it is a common problem. I hope they read this and can give us some assurance that they will go on. I have a concern that if they are "tweeked" to fit that there could be stresses that cause a crack around the flange later. Please let me know what ya'll think.

Thanks for the post. Can't wait to see dyno or track results. :cheers:

 

I'm debating between FLP's and Stainless Works. I recently learned that FLPs are mild steel, and NOT stainless steel. Don't you guys worry about corrosion/rust with mild steel? Should it be an issue? I read the other post about Stainless Works and how some members had problem with the coating, and the SW headers do require some cutting and welding, whereas FLPs don't, that's a huge plus for me, since I kinda want to install these myself in the garage. Plus FLPs come with ORP! :cheers: