header install in nyc

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  1. promo718

    promo718 New Member

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    anyone know a shop that can do a quality header install for a reasonable price? i wanted kooks to do it, but they quoted 650 for the job.. that's a rip-off.
     
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    Ozzie New Member

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    How far away from Erik (Hemi31) are you? He's upstate NY (wherever that is). PM him anyway. He does great work and is very reasonably priced from what I hear.
     
  3. 1bad4dr

    1bad4dr Mr. Meany

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    Exactly what I was going to suggest.
     
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    that's the advice i got on another site. pm sent :)
     
  5. sgtstanko

    sgtstanko Want to go FASTER!!!

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    $650.00:shok:......is cheap to install headers of any manufacturer on the SRT8 Jeep!
     
  6. Jeep Trick

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    Doing the Kooks on Wednesday, $450-550.00 Install cost

    Remember you get what you pay for, if it was easy you would do it yourself
     
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    LOL, I had mine done for $350 and when it was all said and done, the owner said "don't tell your friends!" LOL, I felt bad. I knew they got screwed. I sold them my stock headers and cats for a very good price just to help make up the difference and I gave the mechanic $20 to purchase beer for mental anguish. :good: He taught the shop some new vocabulary words.. :shok:

    P.S., Don't forget the locking header bolts. It makes all the more fun.
     
  8. sgtstanko

    sgtstanko Want to go FASTER!!!

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    Man, $450-$550?? You hooked that guy! The guys that have done the Jeep out here charge between $850-$1,200.
     
  9. HotScott7

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    You could pull the heads for less than that. Shit, its not that hard, I would never pay over 350
     
  10. cmn1

    cmn1 SRT and SVT

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    I believe that's what IND(Pallela) charges here in Chicago
     
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    I had it done by my local mechanic who I trust with my cars. He took it slow, 9 hours, and I paid $500 for a job well done. He said everything went well except for 2 F***! locking bolts
     
  12. NYCSRTATE

    NYCSRTATE Maximus Want 2 Go Fastius

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    Kooks headers installed by Kooks and anything goes wrong they will stand by it, you get what you pay for.

    While $650 is that great its not that bad either for a manufacturer install.
     
  13. sgtstanko

    sgtstanko Want to go FASTER!!!

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    GSM has probably done more headers than anyone..except Kooks.....and yes they actually pull the heads. The other shop I have used charges $800.

    You might find a shop to do it one time for under $400.....but they wont ever do it again for that price.
     
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    HotScott7 CUSTOMIZER

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    I guess thats why I do all my work, in house
     
  15. Hemi31

    Hemi31 [email protected]

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    I'll do them for $400 up here.