chrismartintx

I just put on a Magnapack cat back exhaust... I would like to have it welded up because one of the tips just won't really stay put. It only moves like 1/8" from where I want it & you can't really see it unless you look really hard. I am kinda OCD about stuff like that though.

I was wondering though if it would be helpful at all to leave it in a form you can kinda disassemble/loosen with the suspension mods I am planning. I am getting a MM panhard bar & drag adjustable lowers, subframe connectors, shocks/struts & H&R race springs.

Anyway I can wait until I am done with the suspension if it would help... just wondering. I don't know how I would have ever picked out stuff for this car without this website! Thanks guys.

tbirdscwd

Did the kit come with clamps or anything or is it all weld in stuff?

chrismartintx

it came with clamps... thats whats holding it together right now. it uses the factory hangers. the tips just seem like they are way too big to actually clamp onto the 2.5" pipe. the rest is actually pretty solid with just the clamps.

tbirdscwd

I would definitely have your tips welded on by an exhaust shop, that way they can get it perfectly the way you want it and they wont budge. Leave the rest clamped together, because you might want/need to remove it later.

02WhiteGTVert

welded exhaust ftmfw. [8D]

chrismartintx

yea i was going to take it and have the tips welded, but if i have to move the over the axle pipe with any of the suspension mods it may throw the whole geometry off then my tips will be crooked & welded in that position.

califas_1987

Just get some spot welds, then when it comes time to readjust you can just grind the weld spots off, re-adjust and then weld again.

Edit: I meant spot weld the tips only, and everything else clamped

2000GT4.6

+1, don't weld anything else

tbirdscwd

If you really want to get crazy you can mark your pipes where they join with a grease pencil or magic marker or whatever before you take it off to ensure when you put it back together its in the same position as before. Or like stated above, you can just have the welds on the tips ground off and repositioned when the time comes. I don't think it will gome to that. If you have them welded up in the right position now, when you go to re-install it, you should be able to adjust your exhaust into the same position.