Oh hey, an update. Exhaust is done. I dropped the car off yesterday morning at 9 AM expecting to pick it up next week (out of town for the weekend). I got a call at 11:45 AM saying it was done. Saved me money on renting a car dolly so I'm not complaining. Onto the pictures...
I would have taken "under" pictures but the car was off the lift by the time I got to the shop. Overall I'm pretty happy. Ignoring the tailpipe the exhaust only has three bends so hopefully the fact that they're cursh bends will have minimal impact. We ended up mounting the muffler "vertically" so it would better fit within the stock fuel tank heat shields and leave the most clearance for the rear tires. The pre-silencer is mounted at a slight downward angle to avoid the driveshaft. The exhaust hangs pretty low but I was able to clear some pretty nasty elevation changes (curbs, etc.) bringing the car back home so I think I'll be okay with some care. I need to buy new exhaust hangers though. Next step is to get everything coated. I'm thinking Swaintech for the exhaust manifold and some Cerakote stuff for the rest of the exhaust.
I will say after yesterday's experience I never want to deal with a car dolly ever again. Full trailer or nothing from now on.
To to start enquiring about body/paint work...
09-12-2013, 06:21 AM
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