im installing headers and would like to replace the factory studs w/ bolts... where can i find them, not autozone or pepboys...... lowes maybe?

 

I bought mine off of Ebay. They are Stage 8. Very nice but a pain the install. But they can't back off.
Scott

 

those are nice, but now i might just trim the studs... ready to get these in.
thanks!!

 

There are only a couple of studs that need to shortened if you use the stock studs. One of the rear studs on the drivers side. I think it is the upper one. Airecare84 used the stock studs and has had not issues so far.
Scott

 

I used the factory studs on my shorties and have had no problems. I also reused the factory gaskets and have had no problems there too.

 

My Borla LT's came with a free box of stage 8 bolts

 

It's also worth noting that different brands of headers route the tubing differently, and that the different lengths (shorty, mid-length, long-tube) are completely different animals when it comes to installing them. I forget who makes them, but there is also a company manufacturing a split-bolt setup, that works kind of like a molly... The main bolt threads in, and then a tiny hex "set-screw" type piece that's in the middle of the bolt head forces the outside edges of the bolt outward and jams it into place.

When I did my American Racing 1-3/4" long-tubes, the bolts themselves were a PITA, and the locking hardware was almost impossible. That said, the Stage 8 bolts will NOT rotate out or loosen.

 

**** that is awesome, great deal.