This is an urgent S.O.S. I was attempting to install the DC Headers on my tC today following the tech article on this site and to my horror i managed to strip out both of the bolts that connect from the top of the OEM Heat shield to the factory manifold!
I WD-4'd the both those bolts a lot and let them sit 20 minutes and they wouldn't budge at all. I tried to remove them both with the proper sockets and even tried to use Channel Lock pliers to try to force the damn things out.
Who cares since they're gonna get chucked with the original stuff anyway right? Wrong, i stripped the ____ out of them both and now am wondering what to do next?!?!?!?

Anyone have any helpful suggestions??

 

...uMmm.. crying sounds like a good idea... sorry.. i got no suggestions.. im just bumping this for u hoping someone will see it...

 

u might try gettin these things they sell at sears. there used to loosen stripped bolts. i forget what there called. but if you go there and ask, im sure someone knows.

 

Goto SEARS and get yourself a set of these. Its worth it.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=00952166000

 

And if that dont work, take a torch to it... lol

 

i like the torch idea..

 

and while your at sears get some pb blaster and spray all the header bolts with that.....forget wd40....i used it on my install and the whole thing was cake....

 

yup, thats exactly what i was talking. didnt know what they called em though

 

If we're talking about heat shield bolts... just dremel the heat shield off.

You're not going to reuse the heat shield on the new header.