So I bought JDM DC5R headers a few months back and tried to get it installed today on my DC5R but it doesn't fit! As I watched my mechanic try to install it, the 4-2 piece fit onto the engine fine, but the 2-1/cat piece would not fit at all.
Specifically, it would not fit because the 2-1 piece could not reach, and hence could not bolt onto the 4-2 piece. Despite my mechanic trying, the 2-1 would touch the horizontal frame underneath the car and so you can't push it up and forwards to connect to the 4-2 piece.
Which begs the question(s), those who have fitted JDM header before... How on earth did you do it? Did you come across this problem before?
It pisses me off to know that I may have just wasted $400 needlessly
I would have assumed they were a direct bolt on.
Here are pics of the "JDM DC5R" headers, and pics of the problem from two camera angles..
Specifically, it would not fit because the 2-1 piece could not reach, and hence could not bolt onto the 4-2 piece. Despite my mechanic trying, the 2-1 would touch the horizontal frame underneath the car and so you can't push it up and forwards to connect to the 4-2 piece.
Which begs the question(s), those who have fitted JDM header before... How on earth did you do it? Did you come across this problem before?
It pisses me off to know that I may have just wasted $400 needlessly
I would have assumed they were a direct bolt on.Here are pics of the "JDM DC5R" headers, and pics of the problem from two camera angles..
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