anybody have any luck with this, I've heard of people doing it, just a litle skeptical. got head studs for free and don't really want to buy a head gasket. how would I do that though, put them all in loose so I could still torque them in sequence?

 

if the seal cracks, sometimes the gasket looses its black coating which can lead to replacing it anyways

 

sell them to me for cheap
but seriously dude, a head gasket isnt gonna run u that much... i got my felpro gasket for like $30 at o'reiley's

 

actually I only have 9, there were only nine in the motor i pulled them out of. I don't supose you can buy just one can you?(arp) a6's would be the same for a d15b vtec right?

 

I'm a firm believer of do it once and do it right the first time. At least when I'm not broke

 

You can buy individual studs from ARP, I did with my Teg.

Try it, and if the seal breaks just buy a hg and go for it, it's not like it's that hard to do.