Getting Duals installed!
07-18-2006, 11:27 PM
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RE: Getting Duals installed!
ORIGINAL: pcastle
Hey petah50 I am located in Dallas. I was thinking about doing dual also. So the shop is going to fabricate an H pipe for you? Do you have the information on the shop? If it's good work I will drive down and get mine done also. Every other weekend I am in Houston...
Hey petah50 I am located in Dallas. I was thinking about doing dual also. So the shop is going to fabricate an H pipe for you? Do you have the information on the shop? If it's good work I will drive down and get mine done also. Every other weekend I am in Houston...
It's Ripley's mufflers. Located on the northside about 5 miles west of I-45. They have done exhaust work on all of my mustangs. They have always done a great job. I'd be happy to send you pics of the install and any other info you might need.
07-19-2006, 12:42 AM
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RE: Getting Duals installed!
I will be installing my DS GT muffler at some point this fall (realistically). As for the bumper... do I cut or do I replace? Can someone post a super close-up photo of what a cut bumper looks like? I want it to look perfect, and not like it was done by a six-year-old with a steak knife. Somebody mentioned that you will have great difficulty aligning a GT rear bumper properly.
As for the H-pipe, how does one ask for this at the muffler shop? Do you just say, "I need a custom H-pipe made so I can run duals"?
Ken
As for the H-pipe, how does one ask for this at the muffler shop? Do you just say, "I need a custom H-pipe made so I can run duals"?
Ken
07-22-2006, 02:54 AM
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RE: Getting Duals installed!
ORIGINAL: jroth
PETAH50, are you in Houston TX? If so where is that place for the exhaust?
PETAH50, are you in Houston TX? If so where is that place for the exhaust?
07-22-2006, 03:06 AM
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RE: Getting Duals installed!
These shop quotes sound good to me, but does this include the cost of left-side hangers? I understand that you can use your right-side leftover, but you're still short one hanger, am I right? And these things cost somewhere around $50. Can a muffler shop use some sort of generic hanger instead of the costly Ford ones?
Some newbie questions... do you need to buy Ford hangers to hang your H-pipe, or will a muffler shop obtain the necessary hardware for you? As for the valance, has anyone here tried to make a lip for the cutout (you know the thing I'm talking about? That little flat piece of body material that sits above the muffler tip).
Ken
Some newbie questions... do you need to buy Ford hangers to hang your H-pipe, or will a muffler shop obtain the necessary hardware for you? As for the valance, has anyone here tried to make a lip for the cutout (you know the thing I'm talking about? That little flat piece of body material that sits above the muffler tip).
Ken
07-22-2006, 03:50 AM
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RE: Getting Duals installed!
I already had all of the hangers. In fact I still have one left over. I got a great deal with both take off mufflers all 4 hangers and the pipe from the drivers side muffler to the new H-pipe. I am sure a muffler shop could easily fab new hangers.
