Honestly I was surprised at how well it was built. The flange end that goes to the head is nice and thick and the collector side is just as good or better than the factory one. I compared them side by side and the stainless piece was just as good or better in each way. Pickup some engine mounts also so when you do this you can easily get to the driver motor mount because they are the reason why the header cracks apart. My mounts looked fine until I actually removed them, once the bolts were loose the rubber just fell apart into various pieces so the looked good but were shot.
Yeah, I planned on doing the mounts too after I watched a few videos and read more about the mounts causing the cracks. Mine "look" ok, but I never changed them and it has about 165k on it so they are probably shot. I can't decide on what what mounts to get though. It seems like you either get a set for 200 or a set for 30 or so...no in between. Local stores have them for around 30-55 each, but I"m sure they are the same ones you get on amazon for half price.