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Extractors / Headers to suit C4

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White88:
Has any body had extractors / headers fitted to their C4. Just would like to know of any OZ companys make headers to fit right hand drive C4's. Or do I have to get a set made up, just got a price today, $1,200 to make a set up from scratch and fit them, is this okay?

77CVT:
About $800 is the norm up here.  For $1200 I would want mandrel bent!

My system cost $1600 right through to the exhaust tips (no cats) and the headers are HPC coated.

I don't think anyone has them off the shelf.

BOSCHVETTE:
i got a set of brand new hooker headers of the U.S ebay landed to my door for $300 aus. and fitted for $200. brilliant fit great result that my exhaust man said he would have charged me $1400 to get the same quality.

Stingraynut:
Are you still lefthand drive ? I thought the steering conversion prevents US headers from fitting?

I believe someone in Brisbane has now made a jig to make RHD headers but the cost is up around $1000

S'nut

Vette Obsessed:
There is one company in Australia that makes off the shelf headers for C4's that I know of (I think it was Hurricane Headers..).  If you call Tuffy Mufflers in Waterloo they will be able to advise you (they told me about the locally available pipes when I had my headers made).  What particular conversion of car these fit I don't know.  I was told a price of $900 for these locally made headers a little over two years ago when I was getting quotes for my headers.

Whether the $1200 price is good depends.  I assume that is for uncoated mild steel pipes with press bends?

My headers cost me $1750 - these were ceramic coated (about $300 worth of value) and are mandrel bent with flanged collectors.  I'm very happy with what I got for my money.

Check the work of who is doing the work if you get some made up - for one thing you don't want your collectors to hang too low so they get cleaned up by the first bump in the road.  Make sure who does it is going to package it well if you go custom.  (So your spark plug access isn't too badly effected for instance).

I would recommend either ceramic coating or heat wrapping too just to keep your underhood temps reasonable and to ensure all the plastic connectors and the like in your engine bay live a little longer rather than going brittle and breaking over time from heat exposure.

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