I thought I could install my new megan exhaust on my own but I was wrong. I think I spend 3 or 4 hours under there...

The midpipe fell and hit me in the head...which felt great! I think I tasted the metal through my skull.

I couldn't get the sping/bolt to connect the midpipe to the axel back section.

It's still not fitting right but I'm going to unbolt everthing and put it back together when I get back from chicago.

I understand megan made a version 2 of the drift spec...i guess I didn't get it. Hopefully it is though and I just did something wrong.

can i get a "DEE DEE DEE"?

 

Don't feel bad. I'm not the most mechanically inclined person. Once I start modding the tC I'm sure i'll be having similar experiences..haha

 

i too have a feeling i will have many similar experiences when i get my tC and start modding it. its all good though, you gotta learn somehow

 

vers was messed up also. i was told they were coming with a ver 3 soon. steve the tech.

 

ouch. did you end up fixing it?

once on my old car, i blew a few fuses trying to guess what color wires would match my aftermarket cd player wires. haha. that's when i learn you don't let the red one and black one touch. (=

 

It's running fine and I don't believe there are any leaks...that I know of. It's sitting just a little more than it should to the right but it should be fine for now.

LOL.

 

you should of set up a mini scion install meet to help you... (=

 

yeah, didn't think about that. There aren't that many scion owners in cola though. It wasn't that big of a deal....it's just an exhaust...isn't that the easiest bolt on to install? I guess I proved that wrong...haha...

 

The intake is a pretty easy bolt on install also. Hardest part on that one is just getting the cold air pipe through the hole in the fender.

 

True...I just wrapped it in a cloth and wiggled it through...no scratches! :D

 

See...there ya go. Working on cars is fun...you'll learn to love it.

 

Wait 'till you install a rear sway bar. It seems like it'd be easy enough....but it can be a pain.

Just keep at it. It's more rewarding to DIY.

 

The best way I have found to install exhaust systems is to leave evrything loose..Bolt all together but leave it loose.

once evrything is together, Start from the rear and adjust the rear section of the exhaust toline up with the exhaust notch in the bumper and begin tightening the rest back to the S-pipe.

 

haha yeah, but I don't think I was made to work in that department. It's fun, don't get me wrong, but I'd rather leave it to someone who know's what they're doing. I don't want to mess up my car.

 

Its all a learning experience! Hell, you got it on right....One thing Ive learned...nevr rush it...I tried to install a front sway bar on a tC.....i was b!tching and moaning.....and then....I did another one and it was a snap!

 

You mean like don't try and put the TRD sway on when you've gotta be somewhere in a 1/2 hour?

 

Exactly! I always like to try to estimate how long its gonna take me to do an install...

I had to install, new Struts and the sway bars...I said...eh...i can do it in a bout 4 hours or less..you know,..food breaks...and toilet breaks.....Time was running out and I was getting ____ed.....Then I relaxed and said...well i aint got nothing else to do today...and I got it all done in about 4 1/2

 

Sometimes you just have to walk away for a while.

 

The hardest lessons are the ones that will stick with you the longest...

 

Yeah...They will stick with you for ever if that cross member falls on you!