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Stock exhaust. |
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This baby was going bye bye. |
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The stock exhaust pipe |
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Y pipe |
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Magnaflows |
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This is what the system looks like right out of the box. |
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Time to work. |
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Putting the car up on ramps gives enough clearance, but working in a pit would be better. |
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Cuttin' time! |
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There was not enough clearance to pull the stock pipe out, so it had to be cut in half. |
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Internals. |
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The insides look interesting. |
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Creating clearance. |
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There was also a problem with clearning the spare tire well, so I placed a piece of card board between these two spots while I tightened everything up. |
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Cutting it back. |
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The new pipes stuck out a little to far, so I cut the Y pipe back a quarter of an inch on each side. I'll replace this later with an X pipe. |
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Notching the bumper. |
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Doing body work is not my specialty, but it had to be done. You only need a few simple tools. |
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Outline. |
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Place paper with scotch tape over the bumper and outline the passenger side mold. It is MUCH easier to do it from the inside of the bumper! |
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Cut the mold. |
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Use a knife or box cutter to cut your outline. |
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Check. |
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Check it from the outside too. |
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Line it up. |
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Place the paper over the drivers side. I made sure to take exact measurments from the passenger side. |
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Mark it. |
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I outlined the pattern so I wouldn't get crazy with the Moto tool. |
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Tool. |
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I used a moto tool to cut the bumper. |
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Practice. |
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Do a few cuts in the bumper to get use to how you are going to cut it. |
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Scrapes. |
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This is what's left over. |
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Touchup. |
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Use a file to even everything out. Use inward strokes. |
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Check it. |
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Check out your cuts. |
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The End. |
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The new look. :-) |
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