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Old 01-22-2010, 03:20 PM
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Loosening the midpipe and axleback clamps and then wiggling everything until you get the tip positioned is easy. A third hand or something to pack in the gap between the tip and cutout is all it takes to hold everything in place while you retighten the clamps.
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Old 01-22-2010, 03:35 PM
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Good purchase on the Gta's. I have changed out my axlebacks several times and I also installed my o/r h by myself. The hardest part to removing the factory's mufflers is how tight the bolt on the clamp is new. There is also a tight fit in between the factory axlebacks and the bolt above the center. You will most likely find the gta's to go in quite easy compared to the factory. Also, your tips may not line up directly in the center or equal to one another. You would fix this by loosening the midpipe and have your buddy hold the tip in the right spot as you tighten. If you have any questions pm me. Good luck.
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Old 01-22-2010, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by replica
The stock Ford exhaust hangers are so poorly designed. I don't know what they were thinking.
People are getting 160K+ miles on these cars and nothing is falling off, so what do you want, chrome plating?
The clamps on the other end... not that impressive.
Then you have Pypes designing their own version of something already screwy to begin with, you have a real winner then.
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Old 01-22-2010, 05:33 PM
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The worst clamps I've seen so far is what comes with boomtubes. Those are the most flimsy POS I've ever seen! So instead I just used the clamps I already had.
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