sdsguy

i may take you up on that. if i can't do it on my own, i'll send you a message.

Glacial

It's really, really simple once you know how, but having an assist, especially from someone who's done it before, will save you time and sweat

My experience: I unbolted the rear-mosthanger (at the tailpipe) and slipped thestock muffler out of the hanger bushings. The hardest part for me was wrestling the stock hangers out of the side and axleback rubber bushings, since Ford flared the endsthey're a bastard to pull out backwards. ESSENTIAL TIP: Grease 'em up with some dish soap first and they pop right out. Grunted and swore for 15 minutes before I thought of that, and that was the majority of the install time!

Well, and the stock clamp was tack-welded to the bottom of the pipe, nobody told me that, lol. Spent a few minutes wondering why the loosened clamp wouldn't budge. Then I pried the weld off, snap!Piece o' cake, just a little muscle.

The muffler slips right on, bolt up the midpipe, bolt up the hanger, make sure the tip's not touching the muffler, and you're done!

Took me a little over half an hour -- if I did it again, knowing what I know, I bet it'd be under 15 minutes. I did mine on a gravel driveway, no jacking -- I'm 6'1 'n ~200lbs, and it wasn'ta squeeze!

Go do it! It's not really your car till you do the work yourself, after all

sdsguy

thank you SOOO much guys, all of your input is awesome! i got the email saying the package will come in friday the latest so hopefully one day after work i'll put it on and do sound clips! i reallly want to be able to say i did something on my car, so i'm definitely going to try doing it on my own. i'll definetely needs jacks, 5'8 270 here so it won't be an easy fit...
glacial, you've been a lot of help!

8cd03gro

good luck dude, and don't doubt yourself. this is very easy even for someone that really doesn't know what to do, and if you really get stuck shoot one of us a pm, id be glad to help you out as would many others here.

PennState

yeah i put the MRT aeroturbine in about half an hour without a jack..pretty easy..and it sounds great!!

ChldsPlay

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ChldsPlay

Well, I got it in today. Tried to fit under the car, and only could a little bit from the side. I could see some stuff well, but not everything. Couldn't really see how the hangers were on there very well. Probably should have parked at the top of my driveway instead of the bottom. Called my brother in law, he said I should just havea shop do it to have it done right.

Still might give it a try though, though I think I'd need more of a step by step walkthrough if anyone wants to give me one.

sdsguy

yea i tried to get under my car today to see how it is, and i'm gonna have to jack it up...maybe put the front end in the garage to get a little bit more room. i stopped by autozone today to see how much it costs to get 2 2 ton jack sets and ajack with a crwaler...50 bucks but i'll only use it once.

my friend wants to come over and video tape it. we'll probably put it on youtube.

8cd03gro

You can always borrow jack stands from someone. Im sure someone you know has some...or do what i did before i got my jack stands. If you havea semi-deep ditch in your yard somewhere, carefully drive your car overtop of it so you ahve room to work under there, there is no chance of failure in any jack or anything, and you don't have to buy ****!

NickSezz

Or just start running....a lot.