Cat-Back Install
11-17-2006, 09:34 PM
#2
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RE: Cat-Back Install
You'll have to cut it just behind the mufflers.
Magnaflow instructions say start front to rear. If you try that, you'll be there until hell freezes over. Go rear to front and it's so much easier. A lift is best, but jackstands are not too bad. Give yourself 2 hours. Hacking the pipes takes the most time. Get everything in place and adjusted for clearance BEFORE you tighten the bolts down. If you have any medium Lock Tite, that would be a good idea too.
I have the Magnaflows and love them. Good luck.
Magnaflow instructions say start front to rear. If you try that, you'll be there until hell freezes over. Go rear to front and it's so much easier. A lift is best, but jackstands are not too bad. Give yourself 2 hours. Hacking the pipes takes the most time. Get everything in place and adjusted for clearance BEFORE you tighten the bolts down. If you have any medium Lock Tite, that would be a good idea too.
I have the Magnaflows and love them. Good luck.
11-17-2006, 09:35 PM
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RE: Cat-Back Install
ORIGINAL: 04BlueGT
You'll have to cut it just behind the mufflers.
Magnaflow instructions say start front to rear. If you try that, you'll be there until hell freezes over. Go rear to front and it's so much easier. A lift is best, but jackstands are not too bad. Give yourself 2 hours. Hacking the pipes takes the most time. Get everything in place and adjusted for clearance BEFORE you tighten the bolts down. If you have any medium Lock Tite, that would be a good idea too.
I have the Magnaflows and love them. Good luck.
You'll have to cut it just behind the mufflers.
Magnaflow instructions say start front to rear. If you try that, you'll be there until hell freezes over. Go rear to front and it's so much easier. A lift is best, but jackstands are not too bad. Give yourself 2 hours. Hacking the pipes takes the most time. Get everything in place and adjusted for clearance BEFORE you tighten the bolts down. If you have any medium Lock Tite, that would be a good idea too.
I have the Magnaflows and love them. Good luck.
11-18-2006, 06:44 PM
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RE: Cat-Back Install
You will have to cut right behind the mufflers in order to get the tips and the rest of the pipe over the axle. That part is probably the hardest part about the install. Other than that its just a matter of lining everything up and bolting everything down. Jackstands will do the job on this one. Jack the back of your car up but not by the axle. You will compress your suspension and it will be a PITA to get teh pipes out from over top of the axle.
11-18-2006, 07:50 PM
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RE: Cat-Back Install
ORIGINAL: MCanavan6
Anyway to get the stock cat-back out without hacking it apart?
Anyway to get the stock cat-back out without hacking it apart?