Calling all who has done the install for PPE headers on 3is.
I have finished swapping the passenger's side with out any problem, however I am stuck with the driver's side. How do you access the header's nuts? There is no way to even see most of them with a flash light. The instructions and pictures from PPE seem to be for AWD as it doesn't seem to match with my 2014 3is RWD.
Any help/tips would be appreciated.

Edit: Never mind... The installation is done. Took sometime and lots of patience as some of the studs can not be seen directly, you have to feel your way through them .

 

Im about to tackle this job. Do you have to raise or lower the engine to get to the header studs on either of the sides?

 

If you have small hands and are flexible enough, there is no need to lower the engine at all. Just make sure you have enough room to work from under the car. Good luck!

 

Thanks, I plan to do this in my garage using jack stands and raise the car as high as I can. Any issues going this route?

 

It will be fine. I did mine with Jack stands on my drive way. Make sure to take the heat shield above the CAT off, it will give you more room to pull the stock headers out. For the driver side, use the cut out behind the wheel to reach up to the front headers' nuts. You will also need long sockets extensions, make sure to have them before starting. You will need about 3ft long in total.
good luck.

 

Let's hear some clips!

 

Installed the headers, took my time, wasn't to bad. Long extensions are defiantly a must. The only bad part is that in the mid range its raspy as heck now. Sound horrible, almost like a loose heat shield(which I removed as a possibility). Raspy sound comes more from drivers side. I have a custom X pipe and magnaflow axle back system. Any ideas why this is happening?

 

Are your cat's removed?

I know on RR racing's website in the PPE header description they suggest stock or high flow cats.

I'm guessing you eliminated your cats with your custom X pipe?

 

I do have two Aero resonators on my mid pipe. Click on the link, its the exact model I have.