Headers install help!!! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Blackout808 · 04-02-2013, 02:23 AM

I am installing my agency power headers..stock headers are off and as I fit the agency power headers on it is touching the oil pan!! Is this am issue anybody else has run into??

FR-S Matt · 04-02-2013, 07:52 AM

No because no one buys those headers.

swift996 · 04-02-2013, 08:05 AM

How bad are they touching? Perhaps you can rig up some spacers? You'd probably have to get them custom made though.

ft_sjo · 04-02-2013, 08:07 AM

No reply to this thread is going to change the situation. Your options:

1) Put the OEM one back on
2) Buy something else from another manufacturer
3) Get into a potentially lengthy exchange with Agency Power

industrial · 04-02-2013, 11:18 AM

You can try to modify your oil pan. That is, to take a solid round object, like an impact socket and hit the oil pan with a hammer (or sledgehammer) to change the shape. I'd only attempt this if the headers are barely touching and you need a few mm of clearance.

You can try bending the headers into shape if there seems to be a large amount of contact. Something probably got bent out of shape.

The best option is to return the headers. There are so many better options out there...

norsamerican · 04-02-2013, 11:22 AM

Return the headers. Bashing your oil pan is not a good idea, there are baffles inside of it and you could disfigure the baffles inside the oil pan.

Huehuecoyotl · 04-02-2013, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FR-S Matt

No because no one buys those headers.

ROFL, they shouldnt touch or be that close, can you post a pic?

put the oe back on and send that back as not right

Beyer Subaru · 04-02-2013, 11:44 AM

It doesn't matter how many vivid/agency threads I see. I am still blown away by the amount of negative feedback I see. I swore vivid off years ago and only ever see things like this pop up from time to time. Meh. Sorry you got sucked into their vortex bro.

naikaidriver · 04-02-2013, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by norsamerican

Return the headers. Bashing your oil pan is not a good idea, there are baffles inside of it and you could disfigure the baffles inside the oil pan.

THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS!

Scott

86design · 04-02-2013, 06:27 PM

just call vivid and let them know the issue and you want your money back

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norsamerican Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: WRB BRZ Location: Houston Posts: 539 Thanks: 101 Thanked 233 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Return the headers. Bashing your oil pan is not a good idea, there are baffles inside of it and you could disfigure the baffles inside the oil pan. __________________ Avant-Garde Wheels

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industrial Add lightness! Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: 17' WRX Location: Boston Posts: 1,253 Thanks: 380 Thanked 888 Times in 411 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	You can try to modify your oil pan. That is, to take a solid round object, like an impact socket and hit the oil pan with a hammer (or sledgehammer) to change the shape. I'd only attempt this if the headers are barely touching and you need a few mm of clearance. You can try bending the headers into shape if there seems to be a large amount of contact. Something probably got bent out of shape. The best option is to return the headers. There are so many better options out there...

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