Hi. I think I asked this before but will installing aftermarket headers interfere with state inspections? I'm thinking about getting the XS power headers. Sorry for a noob question...

 

Nope. Headers are headers...dont touch the cat tho

 

If they have a CARB certificaton- thats california spec- then its ok everywhere

To be sure- go in person and just ask your smog guy- or go to the local import tuner shop~

 

i c. another weird question but i heard that the replacement gasket that comes with the XS headers suck so i would need to get new ones. will getting the OE thermoblok spacers (i think it said it included gasket) take care of that?

 

Outlaw Engineering makes the Thermoblock spacer- it goes under the intake manifold and has nothing to do with th exhaust manifold gaskets

Be prepared for several hours of labor to install the headers

For the money- get a UR crank pulley for faster off the line performance

 

you need to read the header thread better. Yes the gaskets suck but you reuse the 2 oem manifold gaskets and use the 3 supplied donut gaskets.

 

got a flyer in the mail from local dealer-I may have won a detail job!!
pic of parts dept employees in front of display wall,
with chrome headers right there!! In California!!!
guess its ok!

those tsx guys can get everything~

 

 

yuh i read that in the XS headers thread but unfortunately wasnt knowledged enuff to know that the OE spacers had nothing to do with it