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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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3A Tips and you're going to laugh

Okay this might be a funny question but has anyone else with 3A Tips notice that after a long drive (30mins or more) that the tips have gotten longer? Then after cooling off the tips would shrink back to orignal size? Insert your joke here ______

I asked this question becuz I installed the tips to be flush with the lip kit and after driving I thought somehow they had come loose becuz they were about inch longer past the lip kit. But then like hour later they were flush with the lip kit again...

It doesn't bother me, but I just found it interesting...now everyone with 3A tips go check lol
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 12:58 AM
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well i dont have 3A tips but that there are pills that make you longer. If it last more than 4 hours make sure you see a mechanic
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 01:49 AM
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It's all in your head...Your muffler tip will never become even close hot enough to expand an inch in length. It is entirely not possible whatsoever. Unless your exhaust is pushing out gasses close to 1500 degrees farenheit, you will not see an expansion like that. If your exhaust could possibly expand this length, it would also expand in width as well...meaning there is no possible way your exhaust expanded an inch in length only. The most your exhaust could have expanded is in fractions of millimeters.
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 02:12 AM
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 04:39 AM
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LOL, nope not here.
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 06:37 AM
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 08:49 AM
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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Nope, mine doesn't do it...
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 12:48 PM
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lmao..wowww.. when i had my 3A's on i never noticed that
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 01:28 PM
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Have you been feeding ExtenZ in the gas for the car ?
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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you're dreaming....nothing like that here.
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 06:13 PM
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Yes the system will EXPAND when hot, mine grows by maybe 3/8 to 1/2 inch.
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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that is a shit loaaaad of expansion. maybe it's the angle you're looking at.
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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maybe he bought some shitty tips. might have some how vibrated off a bit, and someone saw how hideous it looks so they pushed them in
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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The expanding when hot theory works for me but it seems like a LOT of expansion! Someone call the Myth Busters!
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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yea ummm that shit is crazy..... WTF
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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whoa....eye exam?
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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The expansion theory makes sense! I swear it does expand and is longer than original after a drive. Maybe not a while inch, but at least a bit and I doubt they vibrated off, because I have them on pretty tight.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 12:47 PM
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LMAO man are you staring at the exhaust tips so much that you realize that you are inhaling the smoke too much? LOL!
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 03tlCHARCOL
The expansion theory makes sense! I swear it does expand and is longer than original after a drive. Maybe not a while inch, but at least a bit and I doubt they vibrated off, because I have them on pretty tight.
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 01:10 AM
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plz post pics of b4 and after shots. i wanna see some magic
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 03:34 AM
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Mine do it too! This is phenominal.

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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 03tlCHARCOL
The expansion theory makes sense! I swear it does expand and is longer than original after a drive. Maybe not a while inch, but at least a bit and I doubt they vibrated off, because I have them on pretty tight.
NO! Expansion is not a 2-dimensional quantity. If it did in fact expand that much longer, it would have expanded equally in width and fallen off your car.
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 04:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Seantype-s
NO! Expansion is not a 2-dimensional quantity. If it did in fact expand that much longer, it would have expanded equally in width and fallen off your car.
ppl that argue jus for the sake of arguing really bother me ......


SOOOOOOOOO

no no, buddy... but we appreciate you looking stupid as u defeat your own retarded theory.

if expansion is all directions (accurate) the wouldn't it stay on the header more tightly. yes expansion, what a wonderful thing.

I don't know about an inch, but expansion definitely occurs.... I think actual curvature of the exhaust pipe as a whole may play a role.
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