so this will probably never be done again, but as a young guy i was willing to put some work into it. i wanted the quad exhaust badly but cant afford a 1,000 piece of machinery right now. so my idea went to picking up 2 left t-s mufflers because the right side goes all the way to your cat. (i love the type-s tips)
i looked for a while on here and could never find anyone selling so i gave up and went to a stealer. lucky for me i bargained with them by saying i found a better deal online (kinda ) i got 2 mufflers for 470 including taxes. the right side i believe is 200 more.

now onto the build

pics of both mufflers


this one shows you that flipping them over is not quite the same


my first task was to take the tips off at the closest points to the tips so no other angles would be messed up. youll notice that the outlets are slightly higher when flipped over, hangers were adjusted accordingly.




this is me just guessing as to how they will sit


the next task was getting the hangers flipped to the opposite side, way easier said than done.
the ideal way to do this is with a straight hanger and a 90degree hanger which you can buy for about 4$.



as shown the straight goes infront and the rear hanger is slighty higher so the 90 will sit vertical on the muffler and angle back horizontally. sry no pic.

now came the part of connecting the new muffler to the original catback.
i bought a 90degree elbow to do this job, it gave me plenty of extra piping to use incase.


now to welding.


muffler just in hangers


how the mandrel bent pipe came into play( this is a must)





me putting the wheels back on


this is what it looked like before


and after




new tips stick out about a quarter inch extra which is my fault but i feel really good about this project. maybe in the future ill buy an exhaust that actually does something for my car

 

base tips ftw.

 

i admire the work you put into this, and that you actually executed your idea...but why not just buy a second hand full catback off of the black market here? i got my xlr8 quads for a few more bucks than you spent on 2 stock mufflers. you spent $470 on looks alone, not including the time you spent doing all of this plus the welding/install cost n time.

 

i love the looks of the type-s more. i wasnt going for power. and shop time was free. what does a lil hard work hurt? it actually makes me feel better about my ride. me getting this is like someone getting an aspec, no functionality but it looks good.

just to add, i got type-s bumper and lights for free.

i thought you'd chime in

 

Came out nice. Good job. Went crosseyed reading the instructions though.

 

Miss cleo!?

 

didnt really intend to make instructions, just a summary. i dont expect anyone else to do this. thanks though

 

oh.

sorry man, it just seems like a whole lot of work/money for nothing. just my opinion tho, it is your car and your cash in the end. like i said, i admire what you did...and the time you put into it...it just seems like a waste to me. you could have welded in 2 magnaflows and gotten a better look/sound for way less money.

 

Now you definitely need the A-spec kit to complete the look. Nice work on the install, btw.

It looks ok, but it's not complete yet.

 

if i was going for power i wouldnt have said future...

 

thumbs up for creativity bro. i never thought of that.

 

my income is roughly 400 a month. most of which goes towards my college. im just happy to do the builds im able to do. my next three builds will be aspec, drop, and jpipe.. not sure what order tho.

thanks all

 

Congrats man! I admire your dedication.

 

whats your silly band make?

 

a heart.

 

^^lol

 

seriously, OP. I think your dedication was awesome.

 

haha silly bands FTW!!!

good work thought ... too bad you didnt find me a few months back sold both my mufflers from my type s cut off the right so you didnt have the long cat back part for $300

 

very nice work ... execution is very good, i think it looks nice

 

NIce work but man to much work lol

 

Couldn't you have just picked up a used TL-S exhaust for that price? Instead of just the mufflers? Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Nice job. I admire your drive to do this and the work it took to get there. I'd rather do something myself as it's more satisfying to me than just spending money to bolt something on in 10min.

 

Long road, but a good end result...congrats.


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Nice work!

 

nicely done. as long as you feel good about it !

 

Nicely done, I admire the work that went into it but a used cat back would have cost that or less and would have been alot easier! I love quad tips!

 

i looked for weeks but no luck :/ as my luck holds true i saw one on the BM about 2 weeks after i bought it. plus why would i go used if i can get new with a lil work?

and guys who were wondering about sound i already have stage 3 so i just wanted look. plus my ear tells me these sound a lil better than the base mufflers unless im crazy lol

 

some of yall sound lazy! go build something and youll realize how good it feels to have done it yourself.

plus it had never been done, so i feel good about that too