does anyone have the Cervinis rear bumper?
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sldghmr
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I've got one. Quality is first rate (from what my body guy says), and installation was a breeze, excluding the exhaust tips. Definitly more/better support than on the front bumper. Rear has 5 bolts accross the top/middle and 3 screws each side in the wheel wells. PM me for some pics that are too large for me to post here....
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91BlckGT
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I've had one for about 5 years now. Never had a problem with it.
Be careful installing it though. You only get one shot with that double stick tape. Note that I had to put an LX bumper on in order for this to work.
Be careful installing it though. You only get one shot with that double stick tape. Note that I had to put an LX bumper on in order for this to work.
Legendary
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91BlckGT said:
That's exactly what I wanted to do but I didn't know if it came with the whole bumper or just the peice to put on an LX bumper. you just answered my question. I too want to have the pipes coming out the back. Did you get those from an LX too or you brought a kit?
bmo37
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i got the cobra rear for my 93 gt cause i want to put lx style tips on it., but haven't put it on yet. but its made out of urethane now unlike the older ones which where fiberglass i believe, either that or a different formula.
BADPONYsc
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bmo37
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BADPONYsc said:Here's mine with Cervini's Cobra rear bumper...
question did ur lx tails bolt right on or did u have to modify the hangers???
BADPONYsc
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I had Flowmaster 2.5" polished LX tailpipes on the car before I put the Cobra bumper on. To install the bumper, I had to disconnect the tailpipe hangers and let them drop down some. They were not straight in the bumper's cutouts, but it allowed me to install the bumper.
I went to my buddy's muffler shop later to get them straightened out and no matter how hard we tried, they would not get straight in the cutouts without the tailpipes hitting somewhere else.
I eventually removed and sold the LX tails and used a set of 2.5" Flowmaster GT tailpipes I already had. I bought some 22" x 3.5" polished stainless tips from Ebay and cut the GT tailpipes and welded the new tips on. Ths allowed me to put the tips centered in the cutouts and to have the tips positioned exactly how I wanted them.
I know other people have had good luck with getting LX tailpipes to fit with the Cobra bumper, but I did not. I like the setup I have now, so it all worked out.
I went to my buddy's muffler shop later to get them straightened out and no matter how hard we tried, they would not get straight in the cutouts without the tailpipes hitting somewhere else.
I eventually removed and sold the LX tails and used a set of 2.5" Flowmaster GT tailpipes I already had. I bought some 22" x 3.5" polished stainless tips from Ebay and cut the GT tailpipes and welded the new tips on. Ths allowed me to put the tips centered in the cutouts and to have the tips positioned exactly how I wanted them.
I know other people have had good luck with getting LX tailpipes to fit with the Cobra bumper, but I did not. I like the setup I have now, so it all worked out.
stangbear427
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This particular problem is the whole beauty of the MAC catback system most people in here say is crap. How easy would this have made the job?BADPONYsc said:
I can tell you- when I hung my 3.5" kit in my Cobra bumper, it was a breaze. The two peice tailpipe makes getting it strait a snap- until I added the panhard that is, and was too lazy to snake it through so I just cut the tails off entirely with a sawzall.
Unfortunately, this is better of the only two pics I have left of the car with tips, it isn't strait on the back so you can't see that they were lined up well at all and the shadows underneath make them look off- but they did come strait out the back perfectly even. We even put longer hangers on the back so we could have them point towards the ground slightly, and it worked. There is no catback on the market as accomodating as MAC. I don't know why they don't all come with two peice tails.
KDK1988GT
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stangbear427 said:This particular problem is the whole beauty of the MAC catback system most people in here say is crap. How easy would this have made the job?
I can tell you- when I hung my 3.5" kit in my Cobra bumper, it was a breaze. The two peice tailpipe makes getting it strait a snap- until I added the panhard that is, and was too lazy to snake it through so I just cut the tails off entirely with a sawzall.
Unfortunately, this is better of the only two pics I have left of the car with tips, it isn't strait on the back so you can't see that they were lined up well at all and the shadows underneath make them look off- but they did come strait out the back perfectly even. We even put longer hangers on the back so we could have them point towards the ground slightly, and it worked. There is no catback on the market as accomodating as MAC. I don't know why they don't all come with two peice tails.
no need for any different kind of bumper brackets? for the GT ?
stangbear427
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Not sure what you're asking? I ordered the LX cat-back kit, if that's what you mean- and it bolted right up without modifications. The hangers I used were just a universal adjustable type, the stock ones are just a rubber band looking thing with the same part number GT/LX. I put the universal ones in later though, after it had all been installed on the stock replacement hangers for awhile.
BADPONYsc
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Either that, or he meant the two rectangular metal brackets that bolt to the bumper and support the GT rear bumper cover.... which as you know from installing the cobra bumper, are to be removed. They'd be in the way, actually.
I love the design of the MAC tailpipes and my friend is a MAC dealer, so I could get them at cost, but I already had the Flowmaster flowtubes, mufflers and tailpipes, so I just used what I had. That, and that the MAC tailpipes are chrome... which I'd worry about. They look great and probably would for a long time, but it's a fact that they'd rust WAY before stainless ones would. I still may get a MAC kit one day though. You can't beat the adjustability of the two-piece design of the tailpipes. That's exactly what I needed when I was trying to adjust my LX pipes. I needed to swing them from side to side without the over-the-axle part moving and hitting stuff.
I like what I ended up with though. I got to place the tips exactly where I wanted them, centered in the cutouts, and aiming straight if not a little upswept... unlike the way most tailpipes have to aim downward a little with the Cobra bumpers.
Yours look great though!
I love the design of the MAC tailpipes and my friend is a MAC dealer, so I could get them at cost, but I already had the Flowmaster flowtubes, mufflers and tailpipes, so I just used what I had. That, and that the MAC tailpipes are chrome... which I'd worry about. They look great and probably would for a long time, but it's a fact that they'd rust WAY before stainless ones would. I still may get a MAC kit one day though. You can't beat the adjustability of the two-piece design of the tailpipes. That's exactly what I needed when I was trying to adjust my LX pipes. I needed to swing them from side to side without the over-the-axle part moving and hitting stuff.
I like what I ended up with though. I got to place the tips exactly where I wanted them, centered in the cutouts, and aiming straight if not a little upswept... unlike the way most tailpipes have to aim downward a little with the Cobra bumpers.
Yours look great though!
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