[blackgloves]

(car 1987 IROC 5.7L)

I bought these long tubes brand new for my car. They came coated, with gaskets and instructions etc.. They stayed in the box untouched for years Recently I began to install them and had nothing but problems. Fitment and clearance issues galore

After wasting 4 or 5 weekends working on this car I finally gave up and paid ($60) to have it towed to the local auto mechanic shop. My family has done business with this shop for years. They quoted me a price of $425 to put the car back together. 3 days later I get a call from the shop stating they couldn't get these headers to fit. I suggested putting a dimple in them so they could make them fit. They said they were familiar with that, but the clearance issue was way beyond that. When I asked what the solution would be, they said "buy some headers that will fit this car".

I contacted the company I thought them for. Their records only go back 2 years. So there is nothing they could do for me. I contacted Hedman.... this is where I lost all respect for this company

I told them the entire story. Including how my wife, kids, house and car are 75 miles from where i work/live. Im military and only see my family on the weekends. My time is valuable. I had already blown countless weekends working on my car. I spent all this time and money and their hedders didnt fit. They asked a bunch of questions. What year is the car, part number to headers, engine size, stock heads or after market, where are the headers hitting etc. I answered all that I could which was most then gave them the number to the shop.

When I talked to the shop afterwards. He said that Hedman asked them essentially the same questions they asked me. Then insinuated...this is what I find funny. That maybe these mechanics simply didn't know how to install the headers properly!

I gave them the part number to the headers. The part number comes back as the correct full length headers for my IROC. I told them i had the box and everything that came with it. They wanted the receipt. This, I can not locate as its been years

What made me mad was that Hedman suggests..."shorties" after all the back and forth conversations we had about the long tubes not fitting. My car is stock. So them suggesting that is like saying "well, sorry our headers don't work...wanna try another one of our products?"

No thank you. I ordered Hooker long tubes. I am now having to sell their headers on craigslist and will take a major loss on all of this. Don't deal with Hedman