Exhaust Headers 1-5/8 x 2-1/2 in. 304 Stainless Steel Polished Finish for 2009-2017 RAM 1500 Pickup Truck 5.7L Hemi V8

Wow, I loved the quality of the headers. They fit perfectly, and I am so impressed with the quality. The only negative thing is the bolts that came with the headers. They were grade 5 and when I put them in they were just barely too long so they bottomed out in the head and did not torque or feel right. I took them back out and one broke off when removing it. Thankfully I was able to remove it with vice grips. I checked the length and the bolts that came with the headers and they were about ¼" too long. I went to Lowes and bought Stainless replacements that were about ¼" shorter. Stainless bolts are like grade 13 so much stronger. They torqued perfectly and I am so glad I did that. I also used a copper exhaust sealer around the ball outlet, mostly to guarantee a smooth connection of the exhaust pipe. I highly recommend theses headers. They look great and I think the performance is worth it and adds to the mild cam I put in the motor.

Everything lined up perfext.. one of the bolts on the passenger side was tough to get on. Also the passenger side takes 9 bolts so you'll need to reuse a stud for the lipstick and cut it down .but very pleased with the quality of my purchase.

Priced right, fitment is right bolts were a little tricky. But one of the flange bolts are a little too long for the drivers side bottom bolt. So initially had an exhaust leak there but once you change the bolt size it works great.

These things might look cool but installing them was a pain. I spent about 2 and a half days trying to install them. Some of the bolts you can barely get a wrench around it. The welds also looked terrible on them.

Product showed up in great shape. Very nicely packaged and solid quality definitely looks like the seller has taken the negative reviews into consideration and made the necessary changes. My issue is my Y-pipe is off by about an inch on the drivers side can not get it to line up for the life of me. It will require me to cut the Y-pipe and modify and re weld in order to make it fit up and have no leaks. Other than that it’s great but I shouldn’t have to modify to this extent considering it should be pretty plug and play.

I typically think it is safe to assume "you get what you pay for" but that's not the case here. I gave a 5 star to ease of use but make no mistake, these are tough to install. Forget about torque specs on the bolts, absolutely no way you are getting these tightened any other way than by feel. There is a bolt on each side that sits directly behind a pipe, I literally used painters tape to secure a ratcheting flex head socket to a bolt in position on the header before trying to install them; in a way they are held in place but not so that the tape is impossible to remove. There are a couple of bolts that are very hard to reach, but not impossible. I have a huge variety of ratcheting wrenches, swivel sockets, wobble extensions and I made use of most of them looking for the perfect way to access hard to reach bolts. If you are bull headed, patient, somewhat mechanically inclined, and decent selection of tools, these will do. The ball sockets looked small at first but I don't have any leaks. I replaced a set of longtubes with these and I would say installation of both is an equal pain in the ass, for slightly different reasons. I painted these with a header paint and wrapped them in dei wrap so that lessened the room to work with a bit, looking back I would only paint them. That said, I had no rust on mine after unboxing them. There seemed to be a bit of oil on them, but it wasn't as issue...especially since I hand sanded and degreased them during paint prep. If you are looking for a cheap alternate to SW, ARH...that doesn't exist but for me...these are fine. I did not use the included gasket and wouldn't, get an oem or better quality replacement. Or you ll likely be doing the job again. Sorry for the TLDR but maybe it will be helpful for someone that takes the time to read this.

Installed these last night. It is a huge pain but doable without any specialty tools. I immediately noticed a difference in power and by the time I had driven home (25 miles) my truck was showing a 4mpg fuel economy increase. The hardware that comes with it is grade 8 but if you're installing them because your factory manifolds warped and possibly stripped some threads like mine did go ahead and get some longer bolts because these are shorter due to the mounting surface being thinner and you wont have enough thread to get past the stripped threads. Or get a set of 8mm heli-coils and repair the damaged threads if you want to do it right. I did get fel-pro gaskets but it comes with gaskets that looked pretty well made. If you get the fel-pro you'll need to bend the heat shield slightly to keep it from being right up against the top pipe where it loops around. I had one bolt hole on the top on the driver side that I couldn't get a bolt in because there wasn't enough room. I noticed it before I got too far into the install so I cut off one of the OEM bolts and turned it into a stud and just put a nut on the outside. Be prepared to spend a lot of time getting eighth inch turns on the driver side bolts because most of the bottom ones are very hard to get a wrench on but the bottom holes are slotted so you can hang it pretty close to tight and not have a long way to go.