Tailpipes showing on GTs.

[Aaron]

Yea - DMAN's car looks sweet, but that is one of the few examples of a GT that looks good with the pipes showing.
I can't STAND it when someone cuts holes into a GT bumper!!!

 

[Ozz]

Yea - DMAN's car looks sweet, but that is one of the few examples of a GT that looks good with the pipes showing.
I can't STAND it when someone cuts holes into a GT bumper!!!

well that's totally different

 

[STANG#5]

My GT cover was F-d up when I got the car. So I did the cut out thing to show off my expensive a$$ Magnaflow set-up until I got the Cobra cover (which is still on the shelf).

 

[Aaron]

Is it?

There is a guy in my town who cut his bumper to fit LX tailpipes...and the car looks just like mine

I dont understand people's facination with exhuast tips. The GT rear bumper was CLEARLY not ment for tips to be seen yet every redneck cuts the hell out of the bumper or just mounts some tips that hang way down. Arrrggg.

I was just responding to 2 comments that were made...

I have no problem with:
a stock setup
a cobra bumper with straight pipes
DMAN's bumper

I hate it when people try to stick straight pipes on a GT with a stock rear cover. Hideous!

 

[RacEoHolic330]

Thats why I opted for a cobra bumper. I like being able to see some nice shiny 3" tips.

 

[mob]

Yea I agree the GT bumper was NOT made for tailpipes. I dont like how my tail pipes show alittle, thatll be changed in the next few days though muahaha

 

[Speeds8erM-1]

I have never been a big fan of the Cobra rear bumper, too plain but I do like that Dech rear bumper though. I belive somebody makes a replica of it without the wording also.

 

[Strype]

The tailpipes NOT showing is a new thang... on fox bodys, only the 87-93 came with hidden pipes. Show them I say!!! Just not with factory bumper.

ps: my first 5.0 was an 86. Prrrrrrr fect car

DMAN is DMAN. He knows what up you mofo's... yeah he skrate like dat... my main man!

 

[1991vert]

The tailpipes NOT showing is a new thang... on fox bodys, only the 87-93 came with hidden pipes. Show them I say!!! Just not with factory bumper.

ps: my first 5.0 was an 86. Prrrrrrr fect car

DMAN is DMAN. He knows what up you mofo's... yeah he skrate like dat... my main man!

 

[dderek]

I have a subcription to mustang enthusiast magazine. and a month ago. they featured this one GT. purple, horrid color. with a stock GT bumper. with Big holes cut into it to have chrome tail pipes stick out like 2" past it.

ABSOLUTE WORST IVE SEEN.

if you get a cobra bumper, or that dech(first time seen/heard of it) bumper and do tailpipes. thats awesome. looks terrific.
If you hang them out under a gt bumper. i think its ugly.
And if you CUT holes to have tailpipes stick THOUGH. thats just the worst thing you can do in my opinion..

 

[Roland69]

this is mine if you get down low enough it kinda looks like lx pipes....

 

[Roland69]

ooo I just noticed my rearend has some good articulation when I park on unlevel ground lol.....My truck does that really well

 

[GSXRMIXXER]

where can you get a dech bumper at a reasonable price? is that possible? oh and the cobra rear, who makes a good replica??

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

LOL this thread brings back some memories. I bought my first Mustang from a guy that was seriously stuck in the '80s, and i don't mean in a good way either. He had the "skullet" (bald but still long in the back). He was a piece of work, cool guy but had some issues.

Anyways, i got my coupe with the bumper all chopped up for tail pipes....funny thing is when the exhaust needed replaced, he didn't cough up the cash to replace the custom exits out back, so he just ran the turndown style again, so there were these bigass holes in the bumper for NO reason.

I ended up trading this car for an '83/351W racecar.

 

[dderek]

so there were these bigass holes in the bumper for NO reason. :

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!
stupid ass holes just like those

 

[DMAN302]

The tailpipes NOT showing is a new thang... on fox bodys, only the 87-93 came with hidden pipes. Show them I say!!! Just not with factory bumper.

ps: my first 5.0 was an 86. Prrrrrrr fect car

DMAN is DMAN. He knows what up you mofo's... yeah he skrate like dat... my main man!

Dis dude he's crazy smart...little crazy crazy, but crazy smart.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

I think i'm with everyone else....i like seeing tail pipes but i don't think the GTs look right unless you get a Cobra bumper cover. You have to angle them and let them come down so far that i don't think it looks right. Plus, i think tail pipes should come straight out unless you're driving a truck or something....on a 'stang they should be the straight out kind like an LX. PLUS when you turn them down, you change the sound a little because it bounces off the ground.

 

[88gt]

I like them completely hidden like mine......unless it's an LX...

Roland....mine are tucked up more than yours....from the back of mine, no hint of tail pipes..

 

[srothfuss]

Mine are very hidden also. It's one of the things I like about the GT rear bumper cover, it hides the gas tank and the other stuff.

Let me see if I have a picture

Edit: It's not the best picture due to the angle. But my pipes are not visible expect from this view

 

[88 Fox GT]

With a GT stock rear bumper cover, tailpipes should NOT show at all. I'm not saying that I don't like tailpipes showing, because I like to see the tail pipes, but not on a stock GT rear. If you have a Cobra rear cover on, then you can show off the pipes because it was made to.

With GTs I think it looks tacky if they cut holes to show straight tail pipes or leave the turn downs hanging out. When I installed my cat-back I made damn sure you couldn't see the pipes hanging down from under the cover.