KN_TL

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That's why I bought a welder.

I don't have a lift either and just built an extension for my floor jack so that I can raise the car up a few inches more than usual.

Then I used cheap bottle jacks that I had laying around to hold up the sections and tack welded all the joints (all were overlap, I also bought a pipe stretcher to do that).

Then I'd unbolt it and finish welding off the car.

Doing mig welding is really pretty easy on overlapped 16ga. I never once came close to burning through and I am getting good penetration.

In the end, I paid as much for all of this as I would have for a Comptech exhaust. The welder was about $600 with the bottle and it was refurbished (Lincoln 175T) but I've also got a chain link fence to put up so it's going to come in handy for other things.

If you do decide to get a welder, don't go too low end. The duty cycle is an important thing to look at. I decided on 240V for that reason and just bought an extension cord so it reaches anywhere in my garage. If you get one with too low of a duty cycle, it'll be cutting out on you all of the time. I never had that happen using it in the mid power range.

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i want your rims lol

ib18c1

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oh wow, 600 isnt a bad investment, well prob for most of us who is known for switching exhausts alot

So did you just buy prebent pipings then just cut out piece you did not need? or did you use straight pipes and have a bender?

errr i really need my own garage or something...need more space...

Thanks alot for all the info KN_TL


agreed! Al stop hiding those hot rims...more pics

ballinfizzle89

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haha first of all Tim...stop using that spanking smiley on every post..hahahah just kiddin. It's becoming ur trademark

Pretty crazy..600 isnt bad at all..but knowin me, I shouldnt use a welder on my car

ballinfizzle89

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Ok so I decided to get another exhaust setup....damnit I'm turning into Tim
I love the way it sounds now but the drone is killer and look isn't for my TL

Ok so not sure about looks but definitely rolled tips, either quads or just dual setup. Going for more the classy than the "performance" look since that's kinda what the rest of the car looks like.

I also want a SICK tone, something unique. I don't want deep or loud loud but something with a nice, even higher pitched(not ricer) tone.

Any suggestions? I want to really really think it out before I do this now haha

ib18c1

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whats so bad about turning into me

lol jk

try...flowmasters?? i think chambered mufflers produce more of a tone rather than deepness....usually aftermarket mufflers are filled with sound deadening baffles which produce these deep sounds...oem mufflers are chambered which produce extraordinary sounds.....idk how flowmasters would work....but idk i see flowmasters on 100% usdm cars only

maybe u can buy oem mufflers off some other honda/ car and weld in rolled tips?? lol...other than that im utterly clueless

HAHA i see u have spanky too

ballinfizzle89

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hhahah yeah thats why i did it

Yeah, I'd do the OEM mufflers, but I want more sound than that though. Plus rolled tips on OEM mufflers are always angled upwards, which looks good but kinda awkward

btw come on AIM haha

stillhere153

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Jesus christ fizzle just when I thought we'd moved on to suspension you go and switch it up again... granted don't count me out... don't be surprised if I end up going with some nice polished tip quads...

ib18c1

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uh oh what's this Al? lol thought u were anti quads


well for one, ive moved on to suspension...after i install the XL muffler (as a resonator...calling it a day with the exhaust....spent wayyy to much money on it already

ballinfizzle89

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hahahah...still deciding between quads and rolled tips and the type of mufflers/resonators

Al, the suspension is coming! Tein H Techs

KN_TL

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I went to this place called mandrelbendingsolutions in Maryland and just bought all the separate pieces including the hanger rods.

Then just used a big pipe cutter and sawzall to make everything fit. I spent an extra $100 on a pipe stretcher so that I could overlap the joints, install it unwelded in the car, jack it all up where I wanted it and then tacked it all while in place. Then I could complete the welds standing up!

I ended up messing up on an angle in the rear so I simply cut the overlap just below the original weld and was able to correct it with little effort.

I'm also working on a chain link fence so the welder is going to come in handy there as well. All of the piping is 16ga just like what I just worked with.

stillhere153

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dudes I am anti quads but have moved on to suspension as well... that doesn't mean I will go out and get some crazy stuff done...

whatever it will be will involve the hushpower resonator so that I won't have to worry about drone and kill it the first time...

total I spend $90 on stage 3 dynomax res included
$200 on the skunk2 mufflers 100 each
$90 to put em in
and another 50 to put the stock mid muff back on w./out the dynomax res
not too bad for a custom catback... anything under $500 works for me

ballinfizzle89

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hha true true lets see mine

Dynomax-50
Dynomax install-100
Topspeeds-215
Topspeed Install-175

So around 550~

Not too bad..I love the sound...now i want different looks/sound

ib18c1

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ive been a frequent customer at my muffler shop since i had my first car (back in '04)

magnaflow 14"SS mufflers x2 = $235
magnaflow 4" slash tips x4 = $120
magnaflow ypipe = $20
magnaflow 11" mid muffler = $45
magnaflow XL muffler (as a resonator) = $35

i cant really calc labor in there since ive swapped set ups so many times....but i do get a hooked up



Faiz...im havin a bitchin ofa time taking the suspension out....im really so out of shape these days i usually do all ofmy work in the rsx...but now...i call quits...lol ima just goto the shop and have them do a swap tomorow

ib18c1

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but total spent on exhaust for shits n giggles.....

stage 3 univ. resonator = $40
Magnaflow 11" muffler = $45
Tanabe Hyper Mufflers x2 = $300
magnaflow 14"SS mufflers x2 = $235
magnaflow 3.5" tips x4 = $100
magnaflow 4" slash tips x4 = $120
magnaflow ypipe = $20
magnaflow 11" mid muffler = $45
magnaflow XL muffler (as a resonator) = $35

so thats around 940 spent...
total labor prob 200 so 1140 HAH! jeez but then again i sold Tom some of my muffler stuff so 900ish

sucks to be picky and indecisive

stillhere153

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damn for all that I woulda gone with the comptech catback...

on second thought cancel ITS THE CHEAPEST FUCKING POS I'VE EVER SEEN

enigmaos

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here is the vid clip of TheWanderer's setup (07 TL - S with FlowMaster and Stage 3):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcc9fsK7tPc

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That sounded pretty sick, but lets see how my skunk2 with stage 2 sounds like

aznbo187

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lol, that looks familiar to my "exhaust" scratch sheet a while back, going back and fourth with several different mufflers trying to find the perfect one. glad to see a fellow exhaust-addict in here


by the way, check the vendor section for the exhaust update.

ib18c1

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OMG!!!! THOSE ARE DROP DEAD SEX!!!!!!! x100

alright...so who wants my custom magnaflow quad cat back hahaha


edit: hey Michael, maybe you should produce just axel backs for some of us ^_^ jk...cant wait to see em in person....any plans on preview party day? lol

ballinfizzle89

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hahahahaha Mike

hahah showed us all up

aznbo187

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It depends on how many people would want it.

stillhere153

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I dont think it is fair for aznbo to post his exhaust on our thread.... his exhaust is so far above our chop and welds

enigmaos

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you guys are going with quads now!? lol

ballinfizzle89

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haahaah So all of a sudden Al is down with quads?!!? ahahha he was so anti quads he had them REMOVED

BTW I heard the stromung on a legend..sounds nice..check it out

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0hwA7mxPd24

stillhere153

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bro I don't know what I want lol, imma see what aznbo's numbers pan out to be.... hope its 10+ cuz a G is alot of money to spend on it lol

ballinfizzle89

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btw i was looking into them..theyre like 400 a muffler

enigmaos

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yeah, stromung is $$ but very nice. I know that guy lol

dual mufflers each side instead of quad tips.

ballinfizzle89

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Oh shit rele? That legend sound badass!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yhz_h4XHdNk
So does that Audi with the Remus exhaust...which is $$ too

enigmaos

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hahhahah, stromung and remus are both nice. I think they are axle-back.

you like quad tips even more now, don't you.

ballinfizzle89

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Eh yeah..but every quad tips Ive seen...they've been like 7" wide total and thats the total of the normal aspec...cutting it too close

Maybe think about doing rolled single tips or maybe porsche style tips?

ballinfizzle89

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Dimensions are 2.5" inlet x 7" outlet width x 10" length x 3.5" height.
Doubt these will fit though

stillhere153

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for that you get a custom y pipe and weld tips on the end that are small enough to clear the 7"

ballinfizzle89

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Y pipe? no mufflers?

I was looking into these too. 6.5" width..should fit nicely

enigmaos

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I like these more than the other.

stillhere153

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those do look better and they are sliced...

I hope they won't look overly small, but should work... I guess you are going to use the stock mufflers for that correct?

ib18c1

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i think they look aite...a bit too small for me though


^ that's on ubond007's car

imho it doesnt really flow with the base lip, but if you're fine with that,

ballinfizzle89

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Damn the base aspec lip! The tips have to go in at an angle and close up it looks like theyre a little sideways

Alright..just going to do single rolled tips I guesss......or porsche tips

ib18c1

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LOL do the porsche tips Faiz! no one has done it yet!
those tips alone are the price of 2 magnaflow mufflers LMAO

ballinfizzle89

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haha yeah dude..thats the reason I DONT want to do it

BUT..on a happier note.. I got my fender rolled and guess what? NO MORE RUBBING