Oh my golly - Don - you
finally made it to Randy's and Dave's (and now Mike) mile long thread. Glad to see you here

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Mike - life is a lot easier with the exhaust under the axle - especially if you are welding up your own. And if you are worried about appearances - you really can't see the tailpipes with the wheel/tire blocking it off.
Header bolts - I'm sure that somewhere way back here I had a post to Randy that I used Breslin Split Lock bolts.
(And no, it's not always this neat - that would be admitting that I had a sick mind)
".......So sanded it all down and resprayed. ......" Been there. done that on a couple of paint jobs over the years. Usually took me a couple of days to get over being mad before I started...
Stude M5 build