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Rugged Ridge Stainless Steel 409
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Product Information
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$180.00 |
| Average Price: |
$210.07 |
| Manufacturer: |
Rugged Ridge |
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extra tough 409 st. steel header
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Shiguy's Reviews
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Price: $190.00 Pros: Cheap! extra torque Cons: Did not fit Recommended? No
Comments: This header only cost me $190 new in box off amazon. However after dealing with the trouble I would almost have gone with another company with the same design. The bolts on the bottom side are a royal PIA to get to but one in particular 3rd from the front on the bottom is almost impossible to reach. They only way to even reach is with a wratchet wrench on the bottom. Even then the exhaust must be disconnected and pullled far to the side to even fit a hand up in the small space. If you're a big dude.. forget about it you'll never even get close enough to reach squeezing between the header and the engine block. The header mounting flange is also larger than stock which resulted in a loss of two days while we figured out why the intake wasn't sealing and shaving the flange down. Finally one of the pipes toward the rear was contacting the intake also preventing it from sealing so a small section of the intake had to be dremeled out. On the good note thought I got a new performance header for $190 bucks right?
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Shiguy's Reviews
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Price: $190.00 Pros: Gave slight throaty sound. Noticed increase in torque. Cons: Modifications had to be made to header and intake in order to fit. Tube locations obviously made with no care or consideration for access to bolts. Recommended? Yes
Comments: This header only cost me $190 new in box off amazon. However after dealing with the trouble I would almost have gone with another company with the same design. The bolts on the bottom side are a royal PIA to get to but one in particular 3rd from the front on the bottom is almost impossible to reach. They only way to even reach is with a wratchet wrench on the bottom. Even then the exhaust must be disconnected and pullled far to the side to even fit a hand up in the small space. If you're a big dude.. forget about it you'll never even get close enough to reach squeezing between the header and the engine block. The header mounting flange is also larger than stock which resulted in a loss of two days while we figured out why the intake wasn't sealing. Finally one of the pipes toward the rear was contacting the intake also preventing it from sealing so a small section of the intake had to be dremeled out. On the good note thought I got a new performance header for $190 bucks right?
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knightwolf654's Reviews
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Price: $200.00 Pros: good construction Cons: they do not fit. Recommended? No
Comments: took me a hole week working on this trying to get it to fit, but the pipe coming from the last cylinder on the back of the engine will not let the intake sit right.
if your going to buy headers, go back and get the stock one.
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benjen89's Reviews
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Price: $216.00 Pros: Really good quality for the price, very clean welds throughout. bolted up to the stock flange Cons: had to shave one thirty secounds in off a few spots on the bases for the intake to fit. Recommended? Yes
Comments: These headers are of excellent Quality, and a constructed of high grade steel. All of the welds are of superior quality. This particular header according to Summit fits the Jeep wrangler and Cherokee. This is the first Grand Cherokee that this header from them has been on. it took a small amount of modifiaction to allow for the Intake Manaflod to fit. it requiered grinding one thirty secounds off some of the bases. these headers provide for a very nice installation.
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zmiller's Reviews
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11-07-2010, 01:40 PM |
Price: $200.00 Pros: Seems to be made well Cons: A real b@#$% to get to a couple bolts. Recommended? Yes
Comments: I just installed this header on my 02 X and hope it works well. The install was a PIA. I tried everything to get to the center left bolt and finally had to have a second brain work on it because I couldn't get it. The product seems to be built well with a thick mounting flange and pretty decent welds. Hopefully it stays tight because I don't look forward to tightening the bolts again.
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Jeepguy95's Reviews
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Price: $172.00 Pros: Price Cons: No problems so far Recommended? Yes
Comments: Install went fairly smooth except for one bolt. Finish looked good, gaskets fit well. For the money I don't think it can be beat
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jlimit1's Reviews
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Price: $200.00 Pros: Good quality,cost Cons: Fit issues Recommended? Yes
Comments: Bought this from quadratec It arrived quickly and with all needed hardware/gasgets. It was a tight fit and was difficult to get some bolts in. Overall satisfied with product.
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kunzcl's Reviews
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Price: $200.00 Pros: Too early Cons: Too early Recommended? Yes
Comments: Just installed.. header install itself can be tedious.. but the header fit my 98 TJ without any problems.
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npheadrush's Reviews
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Price: $175.00 Pros: sounds great Cons: flange took a little reworking to get it to fit right Recommended? Yes
Comments: Overall cant beat the bang for the buck just not the greatest quality.
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97tj_Phil's Reviews
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Price: $399.00 Pros: better exhaust flow, less restriction Cons: none Recommended? Yes
Comments: damn good, throaty hum with no tin sounds.
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Boodyrider's Reviews
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Price: $200.00 Pros: stainless, excellent fit Cons: Cracks like all the rest. Recommended? Yes
Comments: I've got a friend that spent big bucks on the Banks header; it has cracked 5 times now. Sure they replace it, but my RR header cost a lot less.
Install was easy. Fit was perfect. No clearance issues like some aftermarket headers.
However... the update. This header too cracks, like all the rest of 'em. Lasted about a year before it cracked, and I welded it back up tonight (Aug 7 2010). Will update when something else happens.
The weld quality was.... too little weld, not enough welding between the tubes. I suspect some reinforcement with tying the tubes together would have helped this either not crack or last longer before cracking.
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Jeep_Runner_83's Reviews
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01-17-2009, 12:28 PM |
Rugged Ridge Stainless Steel 409
Price: $120.00 Recommended? Yes
Comments: It helped the exhaust system perform better with all the upgraded exhaust parts
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sliseno's Reviews
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12-14-2008, 04:46 PM |
Rugged Ridge Stainless Steel 409
Price: $180.00 Recommended? Yes
Comments: head to do some slight mod. to get intake back on.otherwise eveything else seemed very well built.
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