Dealer doing my head gaskets

[1chadsin]

My dealer is hopefully going to be putting in new gaskets and studs under warranty for me. I was just wondering if OEM gaskets were good enough or should I buy some after market ones and have those put in? O yeah and which brand gaskets? Im in Dallas/Fort Worth and would like to get them locally if possible just in case I dont have time for shipping. Thanks

[bfrank81]

Everything I've read the OEM gaskets are fine. It's the studs you want to swap out with some ARPs.

[kingranch89]

im running arp's and oem gaskets and got 15,000 miles on them thats while running extreme race so you should be just fine and the dealership did my install also

[Lilpooh]

If they can or if your willing to spend a little money, have the heads sent to a machine shop to check for flatness, magnafluxed for cracks, and pressure tested. It would suck to get the truck back, only to find out 6 months down the road, that the gaskets went again due to warped heads or cracks.

[1chadsin]

Yeah I will definately try to get my heads to a machine shop. It sucks because Im a machinist in a large machine shop but its a no go on bringing your own stuff in. Thanks for the advice.