Just installed yesterday, after some problems with stock exhaust rusted onto my s-pipe... but anyway this is what it looks like




But im not too sure about this, i couldnt seem to get these two flanges to fully close is it suppose to be like this?


The other side is down all the way but this side isnt.

Also i cant seem to get the silencer out, its like its jammed.

 

EVEN EM OUT!!!

 

itll fit good, i have the same thing and have had it on since july

 

is it suppose to have that gap though? think its cause of that o-ring i was suppose to put in.... and scot how did u get ur silencer out?

 

the silencer was a b!tch lol. after driving the car around some to get the pipe hot (so it expands) take 2 wire hangers, and get the hook behind the silencer (helps if you have 2 people) and pull on it to try to get it out and twist some. make sure that you are even on both sides so that one isn't farther out than the other. it takes about 10 minutes. ( took me about 15 cuz i wasn't doing it right, i was trying to use pliers)

 

Hey plier lol i tried those two! Guess basic instinct doesnt work.

 

Hey got the silencer off using some cloth to protect the point on the silencer then tightening some vice grips as much as i could and got it out. Looks like there were some metal shavings attached that were holding it back.

 

really? usually there is just a bolt or two that holds it on there and once that's off it should just come off. i bet the metal shavings were off of the pipe or the silencer. that's why its good to make sure its warm or hot (which being in texas you shouldn't have that problem lol

 

can i see the back of ur car from far away. i wanna check out ur rear lip

 

Ill get pics of it later today. And scot yea the shavings were from where they drilled the holes in the pipe.

 

ok that's what i figured since when i had a few that is what it was from. just wanted to make sure it wasn't from something else. hope you enjoy!!!! it may be a big pipe but sounds nice and not crappy like some exhaust, i think that's why most people have this one or the hks

 

havent seen an hks on a tc yet but on a 3000gt it looks like 2 big trash buckets on the back.

 

oh, there's quite a few i've seen that have em. look em up on youtube and u'll actually find some vids on there and they dont look or sound bad (i mean sound bad in person not on the vid lol)

 

coo thanks icebound

 

first remove the bolts out of the silencer and put on some vice grips turn and pull out..

the rear flange is supposed to have that gap.. theres is a big donut exhaust gasket that goes there.. i hope you put that in..and just tighten down till it seals.. because if you over tighten the donut gasket it lessens the life of the gasket drastically..

 

sgtfluffy yea i got it out the same day scot told me to use hangers, i tried the vice grips and they worked...thx for telling me about the dough nut i wasn't sure if that gap was suppose to be there or not didn't know if it was suppose to fully close.

 

anytime.. i used to have the same exhaust.. but im still using my megan s-pipe and megan s pipe back piping

 

 

are those scuff marks on your bumper and rear lip?

 

yea i bought my car from a Houston used dealership with 74k miles on it....the previous owner ____ed up the bumper, most of the plastic latches are broken and jutting sides of the bumper out.