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Those are nice headers for sure and will certainly last. I'd never toss a pair of manifolds,either. But,I will say I still like headers.I guess I'm just old school. The ones on my '72 K2500 have been on there since '04 and I have never touched them. The just take exhaust from the heads and send it out the pipes. Use the good gaskets,run your plug wires up and over using spreader looms,and use a heat shield or heat wrap on the starter. I guess my starters don't last as long as with manifolds,but not enough to notice between the trucks with and without. The turbo down tube on my '92 6.5TD runs tight to the starter and it lasted until this spring. I guess I hate replacing blown donut gaskets and studs more than header gaskets. I've actually had more manifolds fail than headers. Had one totally blow out the side. It was all expanded out from fatigue. That was a '71 truck in '89. I also had one crack all the way around and drop. Another fatigue issue. Manifolds aren't crap,but they fail just like anything else. I see it as 6 of one/half a dozen the other preference type of thing. Hasn't been enough of an issue for me to change my ways in right about 40 years. I've never bothered with heat shields,either.