# E46 M3 headers **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 13, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e46-m3-headers/268082 "2014-01-13T05:52:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e46-m3-headers/268082/18 "2014-01-14T18:55:53Z")
> [@== Woodward Dream Cruise ==](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woodward-dream-cruise/53789/4): > > $150 shouldnt even buy you materials to make a set of proper headers. > > I watched a $1500 eiserman AXLEBACK not even remotely fit the car when it was brought to me, I had to cut and change that to get it even close enough and it still rubbed the bumper over time. > > I watched a $400 super sprint mid pipe not fit for shit either, had to fix that also. > > I had a guy drop off his wifes 2010 A4 to have me fix/reconstruct an ebay downpipe to work right, his words as he got out of his S63 “that will be the last knock off part ill every buy for a car.” > > We beat the shit out of ebay headers on a maurano to get them to fit. > > And I have welded countless cracked parts, warped flanges i had to cut off and weld new on, etc. Some ebay, some nutswinger brands that were touted as top notch becasue of the pretty purple weld beads. > > the list goes on, out of about 25 headers/downpipes we installed at CRC in 2 years, less than a hand full actually fit right, functioned perfectly and lasted longer than the ownership of the cars in most cases… 20 were $150 specials, 5 were $1500 properly designed piece. I refuse the work now to even install a set of “rep” headers or downpipes for all the reasons above. Hey my middle of the road header fit right! [Tapatalk](http://tapatalk.com/m?id=1) is consuming my life --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e46-m3-headers/268082)._