well i got the headers in they didnt fit at all everything was an adjust ment and now that there in i had to cut and add pipeing to the y pipe to get it to fit. well now ive run into a new proplem just when i thought it was all over and finished the back header hits a mont that cannot be moved i think its the antiswaybar in the front its a mount holding it up in the front well when i accelarate and only when its in gear to i get a vibration raddling noise its really bad and annoying i wish i would have saved the money for cattman but i honestly didnt think this headers y pipe would be this off its terrible any suggestions on getting rid of this noise thanx

 

Damn, you shouldn't have bought the hotshot headers. Their new wave of headers is complete sh*t! You're not the only one who's having fitment issues. Hotshot has somehow totally screwed up the latest batch of headers. You should've gotten Cattman.

 

Lovin' my Cattman headers and Catback.

 

Wait...so the "new" batch is even worse than the previous ones? Wonderful news...

 

Precisely. Just stick to Cattman. They get nearly identical gains based on what everyone's said. The differences are apparently negligible.

 

lol..thats helpful! get a soundclip already! i heard the setup on a 3.0, i want to hear how much BETTER it sounds on a 3.5

 

sigh.

I love mine, sorry your having problems.

 

man i hope they get rid of the fitment issues when i am ready to by headers cuase i really want a set of headers and i dont want to pay like 795 or something it would be cool if by that time obx came out with a hotshot or cattman knockoff like they did for the greddy catback that i got becuase it was so much cheaper and it would save me a lot of money and i would still get all that power and it will probably be full stainless like the catback but i wouldnt get the brand name recognition but i am not worried about that

 

i am glad i got the good batch of hotshot headers after hearing this...sorry to hear about your fitment issues

 

I haven't seen any that were so bad that you actually had to cut. Did you take pictures of them?

Make sure you speak to someone at HS about this.

 

I had the same problems. SR20DEN did my install he just used a hand grinder to take off the corner of that braket where it was hitting. and now i just have a slight rattle in revers i hope to fix it some day . I know it is crazy the way these headers whent from the best thing ever to complete crap. heck these headers have even made me want to get ride of my car and get an srt-4. but good luck.

 

just my luck i tryed to save a little money and i got screwed iam driving home to ny in oct from north dakota to see family and get the car painted due to chips and crap and i now have this proplem ill be taking pictures on sat when i get it to a lift at the muffler shop the guy has been nothing but helpfull there and has never seen something this bad i had to drive it to him with just headers slowly cause the y pipe just didnt fit it took 2 days just to remove the back header and replace with new i know have a leak in my uper intake manifold i just thing the seal is bad when i took it off so getting new one on wed nothing but proplems the headers didnt evan fit anywere i couldnt evan get it to the block not only is it crampted but the header being all fed up was no help thanx for youre imput guys iam gunna be shaving that bracket on sat hopefully that helps i just wanna fix it and put my cat back on and sayno more till iam somewere that people knows how to work on this car north dakota doesnt know anything about this car its like rare they say ive seen 6 so far here 5 in the airforce 1 not and iam stuck to doing all work myself wich i love to do but not on this engine way to stressfull some good advice save youre money and go with the brand that everyone has gone with and says fits like a glove i knew hotshot had a fitment problem but i wanted to finish my cars mods befor i went home exhaust mods that is and i screwed myself thinking the fitment wouldnt be this bad 1/2 inch from the header the y pipe was thats alot then i had put the o2 sensors in well they were so close to the ground they would hit a rock if i ran over one and with the snow we get up here i sayed close the hole up and ill get a simulator so thats what i did just waiting for it to come i got 1 good thing out of this a cat back exhaut for 100 dollers from the muffler shop megnaflow muffler no b pipe my exhaust will consist of headers y pipe cat muffler will see if my luck starts to come around till sep 18 when i take the car to nissina for a check up o make sure everything is connected and running good for the trip well thanxs agin and will have pitures sunday for u

 

Wow. Sorry about the headers, but reading what has happened with you makes me feel better about the decision I made. I ordered Hotshots a couple weeks ago and didn't hear anything back from them. So a few days after the order I call them and they say they're fabricating another batch.

In the meantime, I had done more research on the org. Turns out CeasarsChariot had posted his Cattman sound clip and I thought it was unbelieveable. And I know he wouldn't put crap on his car.

Well after reading about all the fitment issues with Hotshots, hearing the Cattman sound clip, and actually being in contact with Brian Catts via e-mail I decided to buck up and spend the extra money. I canned my order for Hotshot and then received the Cattmans 3 days later.

They come with instructions, coating information, coating warranty, gaskets, bolts, etc. They look absolutely stunning.

I'm putting them on this weekend and hopefully all will go well.

Hope you have better luck with your headers in the coming days.

 

use sentences and non-aol words.....but I understand your problem....How can they make soomething that won't fit any car correctly.

 

well i just got off the phone with hotshot there sending me new headers and y pipe he sayed there was something wrong with something on his end but 1/2 inch was alot and he told me evan with my modifications to the y pipe he will still replace it cause i needed to drive to work and he understands well hopefully i can get these on easier and they fit wich me luck the one problem iam looking at now is getting the ones off lol well well see anyway the sound is awsome with just headers but i think its to loud for the cops and prob not good for the engine also how much mpg do u loose with headers and intake just wanna see if the car is messed up thanx

 

thats good to hear, but have you ever heard of punctuation?

 

Jeez, what year did you drop out of junior high?!?!

 

sorry guys i was just lazy, no i didnt drop out of school iam actually in the airforce just finished 35 credits of school in 9 months, so i think iam doing preety good. plus i dont pay a dime actually i get paid to go to school so yea but thanx anyway.