Just did my JBA header install yesterday, what a complete pain in the ***. Space was obviously limited, I had no trouble getting by the ac bracket or anything like that. The main trouble was that the studs and nuts were fused together and did not want to come off. I ended up replacing the majority of them. Toyota exhaust studs are EXPENSIVE! Thanks to a lot of help from a friend who is a Toyota tech, it got done, but it was not quick. An air hammer ended up being the magical tool of the day...that and a 14mm swivel ratchet on about 20" of extensions and a 3' breaker bar.
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Even crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it...
Been there-done that. Wait until your expensive headers go thru one winter and look like their ten years old. Now thats a kick in the nuts!!!
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2001 Tundra TRD Access Cab 4x4, SAW/Camburg coilovers, TC diff drop kit, Wheeler's Offroad AAL and Bilstein 5100's, LT265/75R16 BFG AT KO on Wheeler's black alloys, True Flow intake tube and filter with a modded air box, JBA titanium coated headers, Magnaflow 11226 muffler with stainless steel pipes and resonator removed, Skidrow front skidplate with custom made aluminum side shields, extended rear diff breather hose, Hawk LTS brake pads, Wheelers stainless brake hose kit, Helweig swaybar, Downey Offroad front swaybar link kit and cv joint boots,TRD "posi" 3rd member, debadged, backseat-power outlet-map lamp-taillight mod, Optima red top, TRD mirror covers painted flat black, Viair 300P air compressor, blacked out mouldings, bumpers and grille emblem
I got the silver ceramic coating, so hopefully that is not a major problem. To be honest, I am not building a show truck here, I just didn't want to hear the exhaust leak anymore. So as long as they don't leak, I am not going to cry about a little surface rust, hahahaha.
Two down, timing belt and headers (both done myself with a lot of help from a couple friends), next up, tranny flush, rear sway bar, extang full tilt tonneau cover, and a basslink. It is a real shame that the money tree is not native to New England. Especially since I spend most of my money on my 4runner.
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Even crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it...
I have the titanium coated headers and they look like sh*t. Like you said, no leaks are a good thing.
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2001 Tundra TRD Access Cab 4x4, SAW/Camburg coilovers, TC diff drop kit, Wheeler's Offroad AAL and Bilstein 5100's, LT265/75R16 BFG AT KO on Wheeler's black alloys, True Flow intake tube and filter with a modded air box, JBA titanium coated headers, Magnaflow 11226 muffler with stainless steel pipes and resonator removed, Skidrow front skidplate with custom made aluminum side shields, extended rear diff breather hose, Hawk LTS brake pads, Wheelers stainless brake hose kit, Helweig swaybar, Downey Offroad front swaybar link kit and cv joint boots,TRD "posi" 3rd member, debadged, backseat-power outlet-map lamp-taillight mod, Optima red top, TRD mirror covers painted flat black, Viair 300P air compressor, blacked out mouldings, bumpers and grille emblem
F*** New England winters and salt!
Thanks to a lot of help from a friend who is a Toyota tech, it got done, but it was not quick. An air hammer ended up being the magical tool of the day...that and a 14mm swivel ratchet on about 20" of extensions and a 3' breaker bar. 
So as long as they don't leak, I am not going to cry about a little surface rust, hahahaha.
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