So I'm driving home the other nigh after flying for a while....going out the gate of my new base out here in New Mexico (Air Force) they have one of those spike strips that flatten yours tires if you go over the wrong way, sticks out of the ground about 4/5 inches......well I had a full tank of gas, plus all my flying gear, a tool box etc in the car (ie extra weight). Go over the thing and it proceeds to split my h-pipe from the cat back.....it was late, I was tired so I just drove it home. Got up and checked the damage next morning....
1. one of the collars got pulled off the h pipe, bolts held on
2. bolts broke off the other side, collars stayed in place
3. the side the bolts didn't break off managed to push the muffler and taipipe aft.... tailpipe cinched itself closed after ramming into the axle housing
So rigged it all up, enough for now, got the collar back on, hammer was used as a persuader, got the h- pipe to seal back up with the flow tubes, but with the tailpipe bent and no real way of bending it straight again I just cut 'em off and made 'em into turn downs right after the mufflers....its pretty obnoxious
This was all aftermarket stuff, bbk orh and flowmaster american thunder.
Now I've read about people having fitment issues with the bbk orh, and that is my culprit in this case. It did hang a bit low, but I never had a problem until this.
So, I searched and didn't find anything but I thought I read on here before about somone cutting off an inch or two from the OR-H, seemed to fit better. Anyone recall or have any info on that. I'm about to cut and weld till it fits but if someone already has a recipe let me know...
I have the MAC offroad h-pipe and I like how its separated into more segments. I just loosely bolt everything up, jack it up in the middle, then cinch her down. No problems with ground clearance. If you get tired of cutting and welding, I say go with that.