apsec06

im curious , i was thinking about putting on my new exhaust by myself with my j pipe, has anyone ever done one or both of these by themselves and how hard is it? id really like to save the money from the install and do it myself. thanks for any help with this.

KN_TL

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It's definitely possible. But there are tools that you'll need, one big thing is a welder.

I built one from the 3rd cat back and it came out great. The nice part was I didn't like the first result so I was able to take it out and change it until I got the sound/low drone that I wanted.

There are lots of treads on the subject.

ankur914

The J-Pipe is very easy. All you have to do is remove 3 nuts on either stub end of the old J-Pip and undo it from the rubber hanger, and Poof, it is out! You can definitely do the J-Pipe yourself at home.
I would recommend you PB blast all the nuts the night before and use a breaker bar if necessary. I replaced all the nuts with new ones. Just went over to Acura and bought nine new nuts, pause, for 3 bucks.

If you are buying an aftermarket exhaust, i.e. ATLP, XLR8, etc. You definitely do NOT need a welder. Its all bolts. Bolt off, Bolt on. I havent done the exhaust myself yet, but from what i read, its failry simple. If anything. Google Comptech Exhaust and download the install instructions from their website. I read through it, and it sounds really simple. Hope this helps.

OneWickedTypeS

I HAVE DONE IT MYSELF TWICE...THE IMPORTANT THING , LIKE WAS POSTED PB BLASTER AND BE VERY CAREFUL THE THREADS ON EVERYTHING LIKE TO GET MESSED UP...

djbonsu

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this is VERY do-able and easy provided you do it the safe way. easiet way would be done using a lift. if a lift is not possible, find some LEVEL ground, grab some jack stands (all four corners of the car) and some pb blaster. you may need a torch for some of the bolts to heat them up depending on ur weather conditions and ur cars age. remove the j-pipe first, then the rest of the exhaust. i CANNOT stress how important it is to use every last SAFETY precaution. other than that, ur golden!

jweb12

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^ Agreed.

I did my j-pipe, race pipe and exhuast install solo on jack stands using hand tools. It's not "easy" and I ran into some problems (stripped a precat stud that backed out when removing the stock j-pipe) but it's definitely something you can tackle yourself and, like you said, save some cash. Once you get the stock stuff out, installing the new parts will seem simple. And, you definitely don't need a welder.

StYLeZz101

an impact wrench would make things a lot eaiser also

apsec06

you guys are great thanks so much for advice if there is any other advice i will accept like a paticular issue that u may experienced while removing/adding new exhaust please let me know i have my girlfriends dad going to help me and we are going to do it to save moiney in a couple of weeks when my exhaust comes in. i hev the 06 3.2 tl with a quad exhaust on it, would anyone be interested in hearing what quads sound like on a J32 motor? if so let me know. thanks again acuraziners all help is truly appreciated. u guys couldnt be more stark on some of the things you guys said!