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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 12:16 AM
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Coated Pacesetters run around $500 also and won't change color like stainless.
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 10:18 AM
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my pacesetters are rusting after a year and a half

but i live in new england so we have a lot of road salt.
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by KevinF56
my pacesetters are rusting after a year and a half

but i live in new england so we have a lot of road salt.
Surely everything under there is rusted too then??
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by truckmann
Fit on the 4x4's seem to be hit or miss. Mine was a big miss, but that has been my only problem with them. I think they are a good option for the price. It would be nice if some of the other companies that make quality headers could find a way to drastically come down on their price.
Yea thats what sucks.
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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Call OBX directly, and ask for a list of dealers that sell the truck headers. Mine were less than $500 shipped.
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by LowBlack99
Coated Pacesetters run around $500 also and won't change color like stainless.

I've always loved the blued look of stainless...... Guess I'm wierd.
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by KevinF56
my pacesetters are rusting after a year and a half

but i live in new england so we have a lot of road salt.
The bottom of mine are already starting to rust after less than a year. That is with only a few thousand miles on them.

I didnt know much about the OBX headers when I bought my Pacesetters, but seeing they have resonaters and are stainless, I would go with these if I had to do it over again.

Anyone have any long-term thoughts on the OBX headers?
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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Mine changed colors the first day I had them to that tinted gold. But Ive been through clay mud and clay ditches going like 50 and nothings happend to them. Ive had them on for probably about 4 or 5 months. The only problem is the passenger side header hits the frame and rattles against it sometimes when its cold.

I just don't think these headers are made for a stock cam truck. Becuase I did not notice a difference from mine.
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by cmitchell17
Mine changed colors the first day I had them to that tinted gold. But Ive been through clay mud and clay ditches going like 50 and nothings happend to them. Ive had them on for probably about 4 or 5 months. The only problem is the passenger side header hits the frame and rattles against it sometimes when its cold.

I just don't think these headers are made for a stock cam truck. Becuase I did not notice a difference from mine.
Did you get your truck tuned for the headers?
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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I have EFI live. I used a ve table from someone who had a pair of these headers.

Anyway, there was no diffrence in the way it ran I could of run the stock tune just as fine. There was no big change in airflow at all from the maf and im running the stock airbox and maf.
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