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gman26

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I want a Borla cat-back for my 95 GT, however, I don't have $600.00. Finding a used one is pretty difficult, so I pose the following question.
Would it be cost effective to buy mufflers only and have a shop do the pipes?
Any chance they could do as good a job as Borla?
What diameter tubing do they use?
If I did decide to do this is there another muffler that is less expensive that sounds as good as the Borla?

 

red94fiveo

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If you're tight for money, I would just go for the mufflers. I have a Borla cat-back and the mufflers are 2 1/2" inlet/outlet. They also sound great! I'm not a big fan of the tips anyway, if I had it to do again I would probably just buy the mufflers and have a shop do it.

 

Merkstang

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Im biting the bullit and buying the Motorsport Borla Side exhaust with the Side skirts, getting it for 590.00, I cant wait!!

 

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If the motorsport side exhaust kit your talking about has the fiberglass side skirts i eould pass, fiberglass cracks easy, first time you hit it hard. you can repair it which is nice but the repair and repaint wont be cheep, go with the poly sides , wosts thing is they can flake the paint, if the primer used is cheep, but id rather the repaint than the body work and...

 

red94fiveo

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I don't know about you, but I don't hit my side skirts very hard on anything that often. You're right, fiberglass does crack easily, but I think in this case its in a location that won't take that much abuse.

On the other hand I looked at a used GT a little while back with side exhaust and one of the side skirts was cracked, just be careful. BTW- That kit will look and sound great!

 

Merkstang

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red94fiveo said:

I don't know about you, but I don't hit my side skirts very hard on anything that often. You're right, fiberglass does crack easily, but I think in this case its in a location that won't take that much abuse.

On the other hand I looked at a used GT a little while back with side exhaust and one of the side skirts was cracked, just be careful. BTW- That kit will look and sound great!

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Do you have the side skirts?
I am REALLY looking forward to getting it on the car!! Ive heard LOTS of negatives about it and may people dont seem to like it but... Its what I want!! I hope it sounds good... I really want a Good deep sound so I hope it delivers that. Do you have any Pics of your car?

 

red94fiveo

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No, I don't have one, but I have heard and seen enough of them and I really like them. I didn't get one for my car b/c I auto-x and it won't work with subframe connectors, which I have.

 

Merkstang

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Ya I used to auto cross with my 95. I want to "play"with my 66 I auto crossed it last year and had alot of fun I wont win but hey FUN is the real thing! I hope to get the time to do that this year. I am getting to the point that my 94 isnt a daily driver so I can do the side exhaust this year!
Your car looks cool any pics?

Tom

 

red94fiveo

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Lemme work on that, I'l PM them to you, I don't wanna hijack this thread. BTW - Do you have any other pictures of your car, I saw the pic in the headlight post and really like the smoked headlight look on your car. I would like to see some more pics if you have them.