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Old 09-26-2009, 09:45 AM
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RV6 Jpipe (Flex Pipe)
So this morning i decided to lift my car on a jack to install sumthin in the front... i take a look at my jpipe and WHOA!!!! Do u guys think this will become an issue sooner then later? This is the only thing holdin me back from goin lower in NYC

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Old 09-26-2009, 12:32 PM
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It happens to a lot of us...it's purely cosmetic damage.
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Old 09-26-2009, 01:25 PM
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Ouch.....
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Old 09-26-2009, 01:46 PM
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Gone the same for a over 5k miles. No issues here. I done think it will be a problem.
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Old 09-27-2009, 11:57 AM
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nice, so no worries for me
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Old 09-27-2009, 01:49 PM
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Yea you're good. Just watch out when you work under your car. Don't want to scrape your arm against that. It hurts!
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Originally Posted by t0talacuratl
Gone the same for a over 5k miles. No issues here. I done think it will be a problem.
I stand corrected; I have a leak at the damaged flex section of the pipe.
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Old 10-18-2009, 02:30 PM
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I stand corrected; I have a leak at the damaged flex section of the pipe.
what's behind the braiding? i thought it was just a set of coils? but of course, that wouldn't really make sense...?
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Old 10-18-2009, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by erick3
what's behind the braiding? i thought it was just a set of coils? but of course, that wouldn't really make sense...?
Can't tell. I can only feel the exhaust escaping. If the muffler shop can't fix it, it will be a good excuse to upgrade to an ATLP or XLR8.
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Old 10-23-2009, 11:02 AM
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Well now I'm worried about mine! I just bottomed out real hard the other day.....hope I didn't "hurt" my XLR8 Jpipe.......I actually scrapped it on a speed bump not long after I installed it...not dents, just scratches.
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It takes some time to wear out. Its just metal mesh with a tube in the middle as I recall. I forgot we had to take my friends apart....He inverted his flex pipe and blew it inside out on his turbo car. But yea muffler shops should be able to fix flexpipes...they would just cut the old one off and reweld a new one on.
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yo ev... you can replace the flex with one that will outlast the car... if you need some help with it... hit me up... i threw a 2.5" flex on my coupe teg (before is old it)...

you can use this as an excuse to tuck it higher and away from road damage to allow you to go lower

this is a tiny one but you can get pretty much any size
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Old 10-23-2009, 05:44 PM
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^Nope....made up my mind. I'm getting a new one (higher flow).
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thread REVIVAL!!! lol

so I hear an exhaust leak and I know its from this scrap at my jpipe... any muffler shop could do this for me am I correct?

Altho I want that new RV6 jpipe
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Old 08-29-2011, 08:02 PM
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had the same thing happen to the flex pipe on my old rv6 jpipe
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Looks like its time to upgrade to the V3 jpipe so you never have to worry about ground clearance issues again :-)
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I developed a leak in my ATLP J Pipe flex section. Muffler shop welded on one of these.



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001804QN8
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Old 08-30-2011, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AndrewA
I developed a leak in my ATLP J Pipe flex section. Muffler shop welded on one of these.



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001804QN8

excellent will 1st check my local muffler shop, and if they dont have the proper size they ill look into this 1.... thnx Andrew
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