JDM DC5R header wont fit my DC5R

[type_AHH]

I bought JDM DC5R headers a few months back and tried to get it installed today on my DC5R but it doesn't fit! As I watched my mechanic try to install it, the 4-2 piece fit onto the engine fine, but the 2-1/cat piece would not fit at all.

Specifically, it would not fit because the 2-1 piece could not reach, and hence could not bolt onto the 4-2 piece. Despite my mechanic trying, the 2-1 would touch the horizontal frame underneath the car and so you can't push it up and forwards to connect to the 4-2 piece. I would have assumed they were a direct bolt on.

Which begs the question(s), those who have fitted JDM header before... How did you do it? Anyone else come across this problem before?

Here's a pic of the "JDM DC5R" headers, and pics of the problem from two camera angles..
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[45SET]

What sway bar are you running?

If you are running the stock one it won't fit. You need an after market one (EP3R or whiteline)

[type_AHH]

I got an EP3R sway bar, but the sway bar's not the problem as we didn't even get to reach that stage.
We tried pushing the 2-1 piece as close as we could to the 4-2 piece, but it just simply wouldn't reach it... because 2-1 was touching the frame.

I just don't understand how it could *not* fit.

Is there a possibility that they are EP3R headers and therefore difference in size/shape to JDM DC5R headers?

[45SET]

They could be EP3r headers (I've never seen them to compare)

[type_AHH]

No one else has any input? T.T

[r3ckless]

seriosuly, 45Set is the guy to answer your problem. He has gone from audm ->jdm headers in his dc5r before. so im confident in his statement.

[type_AHH]

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm thinking (actually, HOPING, so at least I can resell it if I knew what car it came from) the same thing as 45SET... that these headers could possibly be EP3R headers as they don't fit my car, but I need some sort of definite confirmation

[45SET]

First chance I had to look at the pics.

They do look very similar to the ones I had.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y123/45SET/Stuff%20for%20sale/IMAG0003.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y123/45SET/Stuff%20for%20sale/IMAG0004.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y123/45SET/Stuff%20for%20sale/IMAG0006.jpg

[TypeS]

^ To me after seeing these, the angle of the (2-1) downpipe/Cat seems different and less upright.

But it's impossible to compare with your original photo though.

Could you take a side-on shot?

Compare it, to the side-on shot of a JDM DC5 2-1; which seems to be more upright at an angle of 45°;

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-1408381693991_2146_9601401

I would think between the DC5 and EP3 header, the top section would be similar, and the bottom section 2-1, be different to compensate for the relative wheelbases.

[DC5-23NVI]

hey mate, i have had this problem before. no one knew what it was either i went to several exhaust shops but couldnt get it to fit. i beleive u have the jdm ep3r header which will not fit the audm dc5r. best bet is to sell it and buy a set from a jdm dc5r or save up a bit more and get toda.

[type_AHH]

hey mate, i have had this problem before. no one knew what it was either i went to several exhaust shops but couldnt get it to fit. i beleive u have the jdm ep3r header which will not fit the audm dc5r. best bet is to sell it and buy a set from a jdm dc5r or save up a bit more and get toda.

Oh damn you went through this too ey. That's good to hear (not as in you also buying the wrong header, I mean it in the sense that you have validated our suspicions).

Side-on shoot sounds like a good idea too, I'll take a side shot this weekend and post it up to compare.

[DC5-23NVI]

Oh damn you went through this too ey. That's good to hear (not as in you also buying the wrong header, I mean it in the sense that you have validated our suspicions).

Side-on shoot sounds like a good idea too, I'll take a side shot this weekend and post it up to compare.


the first set of those headers i tried to fit had exactly same problems the 4-2 bit fit perfectly but was having trouble with the 2-1 bit hitting that lower cross frame. i then later did some researched it and found out it was from the ep3r which will not fit our dc5rs. A few months down the track i got a 2nd set from 45set and tried installing them myself this time before i brang to mechanic and it fit perfectly. so, to sum it all up i beleive the ones you got are from an ep3r and it wont fit

[type_AHH]

So I took a picture from the side of the headers...

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Comparing them to the side picture of the JDM DC5R headers, they look virtually the same from the pictures, though the fact my headers do not fit suggests a tiny difference between the bend angles.

Sigh. Off to the sale thread it goes...

[JJ-LOVER]

4-2 part of JDM DC5R and EP3R are completely the same but not the 2-1 part, its a little bit shorter than JDM DC5R one......
if u can get ur harder to muffler shop they can fit it for u by extend a bit, i think ~$150 in ur case......gd luck

[type_AHH]

4-2 part of JDM DC5R and EP3R are completely the same but not the 2-1 part, its a little bit shorter than JDM DC5R one......
if u can get ur harder to muffler shop they can fit it for u by extend a bit, i think ~$150 in ur case......gd luck

Yeah the 2-1 piece was the thing giving me problems. I wasn't aware it was possible to extend headers... I guess there might be some hope yet.

Can you recommend a good exhaust shop to do this?

[Timmy_B]

4-2 part of JDM DC5R and EP3R are completely the same but not the 2-1 part, its a little bit shorter than JDM DC5R one......
if u can get ur harder to muffler shop they can fit it for u by extend a bit, i think ~$150 in ur case......gd luck

Not sure if this is 100% true, im running JDM EP3R headers. No issues and no worries for me... and yes they are off a EP3R, so im sure that JDM headers are the same, dont matter if DC5 or EP3

[JJ-LOVER]

try a muffle shop in box hill concer of station street and albion road......they charge reasonable and did a gd job for me last time.......hope this help : )

[blk_shadow]

yep, I'm using the one from my ex-EP3R as well. fit straight in, no headaches.

[DA9B18C]

So after all?! From reading the last 2 post.

Can u direct bolt on jdm EP3r headers to a audm DC5r?

[blk_shadow]

mine works with the ep3r swaybar

[Timmy_B]

YES!!!!!

JDM Headers (DC5R or EP3R) will fit with a JDM swaybar.
Also its a good idea to buy an adapter for the 2nd O2 sensor as it needs to be longer.
cost me $12 fro usa.