NVubL

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Drove my car in the rain on sunday, then monday my car sounded like I had an aftermarket wastegate or was running open headers or something, so I think I may have warped or cracked my headers... looking to buy some and need them ASAP so I can get them installed today or tomorrow.
I'm dropping my car off at Subaru of Riverside today at lunch to have them confirm what the problem is. Anyone know of a good place out here?

NVubL

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Got an update, I actually cracked the uppipe and headers, so need both parts, anyone in the area know where I can find those, need ASAP.

WindingRoad

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if you need a quick fix, you can probably go get those cracks welded shut at a muffler shop for about $20.

TygerStile

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Do you know how you cracked your uppipe and headers? Are these stock parts? I just found last week that I cracked my cat-back exhaust, right where one of the exhaust hangers is. I'm probably going to get it welded, once I find a shop to do the work...

NVubL

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Yeah, I found out from Subaru of Riverside some information about how the headers were put on in the first place. Crooked, and with one of the bolts forced in as a result... so that bolt was totally bent, the headers had been twisting significantly and finally cracked. The way the headers meet with the uppipe I'm thinking this in turn was stressing the uppipe, because a chunk of it was missing where the headers and uppipe meet. I'm a little dissappointed about it because the people that originally put the headers on was Irvine Subaru. They've done a few things on my car, and I hadn't really had any problems, until the headers, when they first put it on it rattled a lot, so I went back and they almost didn't fix it because they said the headers were aftermarket, but once I told them "You guys put em on" then they agreed they should fix it. I don't know what I should do, because now I had to buy new headers, and a new uppipe and have pay these guys now to have them put it in, all because of how it was originally mounted. I guess I'll take the parts into Irvine Subaru and see what they say about it. Anyone have any input on this?

sigma pi

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cliff notes irvine subaru screwed up his car and riverside subaru told him that his header/ uppipe are screwed

NVubL

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More or less, thanks Mike.

sigma pi

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go to irvine ***** them out and see if you can get the parts and labour free im sure youll have to pay for one but it doesnt hurt to try. ebay has an inexpensive header up pipe combo if you want something a bit better try groupe s

TygerStile

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Damn that sucks. I'd definetly go back to Irvine, and see what they can do to fix the problems they made. Which headers and uppipe did you have?

mw1029h

contact GT motorsports in rancho cucamonga ?

sigma pi

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oh yeah i forgot about them ichi rocks

NVubL

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Yeah Mike, I'm hoping they at least pay for the two parts they caused to break and the labor for the new parts, I think that would be fair.

I had the HKS uppipe, which I wasn't too happy with anyways and the Borla headers. A guy I've bought a lot of parts from, Chip at Dynamic, I ordered them from him, he took someone's Greddy headers that were on hold, made sure they wouldn't mind, sent those and a Helix uppipe directly over too the dealer wednesday night and they had em on by thursday evening.

Subaru of Riverside has been great in all of this, they even typed up a note saying how the problem was caused and everything so I can use that when I go talk to Irvine Subaru. Chip too really went all out to help me.

Thanks guys for all the input, I'll post up the results when I go talk to the guys at Irvine.