I wanted to put this here for anybody thinking of re-doing there exhaust. When I started this project my exhaust was bad, really bad. It was leaking at the seal between the rear cat and the cat-back. Only one of the exhaust hangers had not rusted off and it was being held by some pipe strap. There were also large sections of exhaust supported only by some galvanized wire I had laying about. Worst of all, when I installed the 4x4 labs rear I had to take off the rear mount. So, every time I started the vehicle or went over a decent bump you would hear the exhaust come banging up against the labs bumper. It was obnoxious to say the least. With my goal of making the vehicle more road trip friendly I had to do something. So I put in an order to Rockauto and $200 plus shipping later I had this......
Impressions, the actual bending looks like it was done with a combination of a pipe bender and ball peen hammers. There are areas where the pipe has some creases in it, and all bends are somewhat crush bent. I really didn't care about this. I am not under any illusions that a cat back is going to give me any noticeable performance gain on a 6500lb vehicle. When I want to get some performance back I will re-gear. So a couple of coats of Rustoleum hi temp clear coat and it was ready to go on.
The fit is actually spot on. I couldn't believe it. The only difficult part about installing this system was taking the rusted bolts out of the old system. After an hour or two of getting the old one broken out of there it probably took me less than 10 minutes to install this one. The hangers are spot on and I installed using 3 OEM 17657-17010 exhaust cushions with 12 OEM 90179-06007 nuts and stainless steel hardware at the pipe connections. I did cut the rear hanger and make a custom mount through the labs bumper but it required no additional materials other than what I cut from the Bosal exhaust.
Finally, its quiet, very quiet. I still have a pinhole leak up at the Y-pipe, but I can live with that for awhile longer. Overall, I would definitely buy again. Your not going to get anything close to this for the money anywhere else. Hopefully the clear coat will help keep it looking decent for a few years.
Impressions, the actual bending looks like it was done with a combination of a pipe bender and ball peen hammers. There are areas where the pipe has some creases in it, and all bends are somewhat crush bent. I really didn't care about this. I am not under any illusions that a cat back is going to give me any noticeable performance gain on a 6500lb vehicle. When I want to get some performance back I will re-gear. So a couple of coats of Rustoleum hi temp clear coat and it was ready to go on.
The fit is actually spot on. I couldn't believe it. The only difficult part about installing this system was taking the rusted bolts out of the old system. After an hour or two of getting the old one broken out of there it probably took me less than 10 minutes to install this one. The hangers are spot on and I installed using 3 OEM 17657-17010 exhaust cushions with 12 OEM 90179-06007 nuts and stainless steel hardware at the pipe connections. I did cut the rear hanger and make a custom mount through the labs bumper but it required no additional materials other than what I cut from the Bosal exhaust.
Finally, its quiet, very quiet. I still have a pinhole leak up at the Y-pipe, but I can live with that for awhile longer. Overall, I would definitely buy again. Your not going to get anything close to this for the money anywhere else. Hopefully the clear coat will help keep it looking decent for a few years.