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Originally Posted by NoFear99
I received today my new Borla UEL header from the second production batch and my unit is free of defects.
Perfect flat flange, no grinding around the collectors !
I also get a nice Borla hat into the box.
I'm happy with the quality of the new part and service !
Thank You Borla !  |
Sounds like you lucked out! Glad to hear at least one person got a good one from the new batch. I wasn't that lucky.
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Originally Posted by chadstyle
I'm happy to hear that your experience was identical to mine.
Honestly, the other guy in this thread on his 3rd header is just being a crybaby now. I'm sure if he installed the header his tune would change. (No pun intended  ) |
Call me a crybaby if you want, but I'm just sticking up for my hard earned money. I don't want defects in a $730 MSRP product that's going on my car. I bought the Borla for the flex joints and the lifetime warranty. Three headers with warped flanges I drew the line and gave up for a refund. I'll be happier with a header that's several quality tiers above the Borla now that I know it's never going to satisfy me even if the flanges were flat.
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Originally Posted by Mikem53
I agree.. torque, gasket and heat will flatten it enough.. as long as the engine side is good.. I would mount em..
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You're probably right, but I still believe that I shouldn't be accepting a header with defects, no matter how minimal. It's the principal of buying an expensive product that I personally follow, especially one so integral to my car.
I just got in on JDL's group buy as a Borla UEL header refugee. I had to give up on Borla as they kept sending me headers with warped flanges. After the third header from what was supposedly the corrected batch STILL had a warped flange I requested a full refund which is now going towards the JDL UEL Header, which will ship with a better quality merge collector, better flanges, better welds, and a lifetime warranty as well.
I made a side by side comparison collage using @
F1point4 's and @
moto-mike 's pictures (hope you don't mind) to show the differences in quality between the two in case anyone was wondering what justifies the differences in price between the two UEL headers.
Top pics are the inside of each merge collectors. The JDL is a work of art, the Borla is the actual merge collector that @
mkivsoopra received with his first replacement UEL header from Borla; under warranty.
Note the lack of welding around the bottom of the Borla flanges. ^^^ My last Borla header had like three spot welds there, but they didn't go all the way around.