Header companies say that to avoid customers that don't do things correctly then wanting a redo because the customer messed up. My all time favorite was a kid I knew that broke in the engine with a old beater set of headers, swapped them out for the nice shiny ceramic, didn't do any adjustment or tune up , went for a drive and blued the hell out of the tubes. Told him to get the timing right, nah, all good... yep...