as promised, photos of welds on raceland headers

[e30rapidic]

photos of the raceland headers I just received. Looks like they have read our feedback from the past and made a few upgrades/changes. The manifold flanges did not need to be re-drilled like some people had to do in the past. Snug but no modification needed. Also these clear my offset M3 control arm bushings....therefore I imagine they would clear stock control arm bushings. The only issue I have is clearance regarding the swaybar. I have a cabrio so the front swaybar is a bit thicker than that of a coupe or sedan so that may be why I have the issue. My clearance issue is really small, a couple off mm off. Haven't addressed yet but will post back when I have. Will post installed pics from underneath soon.

these pics were taken as they came out of the box.

[jaywood]

That first pictures got a nice bead...Now get some installed pics!

[Court M3]

Was going to say the same thing about the welds. Shiny new parts make me happy

[Gooch]

These are the long tubes, correct? I have a set for my swap, and I'm curious to see the swaybar clearance/modifications necessary. I have THR eyeball arms so I don't think that will be an issue, but I think my ST sways are going to cut it close. Also, weren't people talking about modifying the subframe slightly to make these work?

[N2MYE30]

Great reference pix!

[giantkeeper]

I got mine last week and they looked great!

[Mr Two]

I've had these on my car for quite some time. Made awesome power. I had to cut the flanges between each port, and bought some spacers a forum-goer had made to lower the swaybar to fit. They barely cleared my THR eyeball arms.

Unless they're using a better quality SS, I highly suggest you paint/ceramic coat them. They tarnish fast. VHT ceramic rattlecans from your local parts place should do nicely.

[e46s54dr]

Those are all nice tig welds. The other cheapo ebay headers are tig welded at the flanges and shitily (even a word?) welded along the runners. Honestly, The quality of those headers are even better than some renown companies.

[weaksauce]

are these just the m50 ones listed on ebay or are these the m54 ones listed?
if not, where do they come from? I need to get a set for the swap I am about to do.