well roll around in the bs then. i went on the look for a pre bent dip stick, then someone told me that its just an 04+ dipstick.
I took the stocker out installed the rear header, put the dip stick back in and it went in fine and sealed right up, It has only been this way for a year now.
I know that you have installed a lot of headers, and like i said i must have been lucky or something. But to throw out thefor this strikes me as odd. I didn't say that i did the install in like 5 mins and i didn't say that after the install i went out and ran 12s lol.
I did not buy another one because i never found one before i did the install and i did not bend mine because i knew with my luck i would pinch it off.