for what motor? only fabrication you should have to do for any headers is the exhast pipes connecting to them.
sorry forgot to specify. 86 5.0L I hear of alot of people having to bend pipes or make dents to clear steering or such. And the original Headers from the Mustang did not fit.
i have the hooker 6901s. the only thing that i ran into is when i switched my center link and pitman arm from power assist to manual steering is that the pitman arm touches a header tube when almost at full lock on a left turn. it dented the tube on all on its own. the trick is installing the drivers side first with the motor mount bolts out and the motor supported on a jack so you can rock it towards the passenger side. then you put the motor mount bolts back in and put the passenger side in from underneath.
I have seen some pretty bad fitting headers. Most recently was a set of Flowtech. thye were hitting everywhere. I have never had to dent anything on my Hedman Headers. and Ive used both sizes they offer.
No two cars are the same, especially with 30+ year old cars. That's why some can get away with not doing anything, while others need a little(or in some cases a lot) of "massaging". Hooker 6901 & Hedman 88300 are the two favorite 1 5/8" long tubes. The summit and flowtechs have 1.5" tubes, which aren't even worth it. Unless your staying with a 100% stock engine.
I think regular price on the coated one is around $300. The thing with amazon is that some places have low prices but they stick you with ridiculous shipping. But I checked them out and they have free shipping. So it's an excellent deal!
I dont know about anyone else, but I had he{{ getting my 6901's to fit. I tried everything everyone mentioned on getting them in but couldnt. They would hit the drivers side shock tower. I had to shave a half an inch of that side and patch it up. Other than that I got them to fit. Dang headers me.
Don't think I would count on actually receiving ceramic coated headers for that price. Only the description says Ceramic, ad lists part number 6901HKR which is for painted headers part number 6901-1HKR is ceramic
