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Lav · 08-30-2022, 08:16 PM

For the life of me I can't figure it out.

I've seen "loosen the bolts on the overpipe to front pipe" and tried that. The thread I got it from even said just loosen the bottom one. I dont know how you can make that work

The stud bolts not being removeable on the headers is really messing me up.

I dont know how I got it off the first time. I replaced both headers + overpipe with gruppe-s. I had the overpipe loose and then just wiggled the headers until it popped off, even though people online had said you'd need to remove the heat shield on the overpipe to get it off. I am not having such luck in reverse.

I really dont freaking get it. Every video and guide just glosses over this. I realize I'm incompetent and theres little things you have to "figure out" when you're working on stuff

EDIT: those of you who have done it with the overpipe loose, do you connect the headers to overpipe first? Can someone describe the technique in more detail I'm 3 hours in at this point just trying to get the stock headers back on.

I just saw a video (

) where the person literally does nothing to the overpipe. Just wiggles. So do I just need to commit harder mentally and get it done? It seems impossible but if I'm just failing and I'm not missing any info Ill go back to muscling it

08-30-2022, 08:16 PM	#1
Lav Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Drives: Frs Location: CA Posts: 121 Thanks: 189 Thanked 23 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	How do i put stock headers (with the stud bolts) back in? For the life of me I can't figure it out. I've seen "loosen the bolts on the overpipe to front pipe" and tried that. The thread I got it from even said just loosen the bottom one. I dont know how you can make that work The stud bolts not being removeable on the headers is really messing me up. I dont know how I got it off the first time. I replaced both headers + overpipe with gruppe-s. I had the overpipe loose and then just wiggled the headers until it popped off, even though people online had said you'd need to remove the heat shield on the overpipe to get it off. I am not having such luck in reverse. I really dont freaking get it. Every video and guide just glosses over this. I realize I'm incompetent and theres little things you have to "figure out" when you're working on stuff EDIT: those of you who have done it with the overpipe loose, do you connect the headers to overpipe first? Can someone describe the technique in more detail I'm 3 hours in at this point just trying to get the stock headers back on. I just saw a video ( ) where the person literally does nothing to the overpipe. Just wiggles. So do I just need to commit harder mentally and get it done? It seems impossible but if I'm just failing and I'm not missing any info Ill go back to muscling it Last edited by Lav; 08-30-2022 at 08:27 PM.