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Originally Posted by RideZX6R
My experience was the more expensive headers were a harder fit, so I don't know I'd agree with your generalization.
I will say that when vehicles are new to the market, the more expensive brands will be available sooner, as those companies typically are larger and have more resources/time to throw at fitting a new product. Whereas the cheaper brands will usually come later, in some cases copying or reverse-engineering products already on the market and/or improving upon them.
YMMV
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That's an interesting experience. I've only installed Kooks and Stainless Works and both were super easy installs. However, many sets of Speed Engineering headers I've heard installed had to have at least one dimple in them to make them fit without rubbing. (These are just a couple examples of the polar opposites in price, I know other brands in-between that have issues/perfect fits as well.)
I do agree that the larger companies are able to do their R&D earlier which is why they come out with their headers sooner, and the cheap brands pretty much just reverse engineered theirs. That reverse engineering is likely why theirs don't fit as well as often too, combined with the typical lower standards of Q&C.