This may not really be a problem, but regardless this pisses me off. Not exactly something you want bent

Let me know if you guys think I should pursue a return on these gaskets or if you think they'll be safe to use once torqued down on the exhaust manifold... They'll be going on my future FI application so I really don't want any of those exhaust gases escaping/leaking.

 

The fact that they're exhaust manifold gaskets and the fact that the dimpled/raised areas are un-creased I wouldn't worry about it. It'd be a different story if we were talking a head gasket or something of that nature.

 

Yeah, I kinda figured I could get away with it but it still pisses me off that someone was neglectful to crush this package. They could have padded it better when they sent it as well.

Unless someone does think this is a problem I'll probably just roll with it.

 

You'll be fine.