I have ordered my FRPP Kit and was woundering, i heard that you have to tap the holes in the fram of the car for the bolts. Is this true.

 

FRPP kit comes with self-tapping bolts, so no, you don't need to tap anything as an extra step.

 

+1 self tappers

 

fyi, for those of us that just have to perform the tapping ritual. Don't bother buying the tap wrench cause there's no room in the area where you have to work to use the big t-wrench you'll need for the 8 X 1.25 tap. Use a 1/4 rachet drive with adapter for the tap and you're good to go. Jack

 

No tap is needed! I took one of the self tapping bolts from the passenger side hanger and used it to tap the holes on the drivers side. Simple and easy. I did need to buy 2 metric bolts(size is in instructions)as the kit came only with 2 bolts and you need 4.

 

Your FRPP kit came with two muffler brackets and only two bolts?

 

Yea, they only send two - but for some reason, when I took off my original 6 muffler last year and put on a gt takeoff, I ended up with two extra bolts, don't remember where they came from (lol), but I used em withthe new hangers. And no, you don't need a tap - there are already nuts welded to the frame, the threads just might have some frame coating crud in them that is no problem

 

Hmmmm... No?

I dunno buddy, maybe your kit had something wrong with it, but my FRPP X-pipe duals came with two muffler brackets and 4 self-tapping bolts.

And if you don't use self-tapping bolts, yes, you will (or should, rather) tap the holes in the frame. You could use a normal bolt and just force it through, but it's fairly easy to mess up the threads you're cutting, and then you have a problem. You'll need to drill bigger holes in the frame to get rid of the nasty threads you cut, find bigger bolts, and still end up tapping the new holes (unless you roll the dice and try forcing the bolts through again.)

In short:
- FRPP X-pipe duals come with two brackets and 4 self-tapping bolts (all you'll need to do the job)
- If you don't use self-tapping bolts, you should tap the holes in the frame or risk a big headache.

 

My holes were already tapped, went in real easy. and the kit came with everything, you dont need anything outside of what comes in the kit.

 

My kit only came with 2 bolts. The stock v6 muffler has three hangers. On the duals kit you only need two on that side. I reused the bolts from the unused hanger. I tapped the holes, mine weren't, and the instructions called for it. Others have just tapped the holes with the bolts and it worked.