installing new magnaflow catback

kalvick

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Apr 27, 2005

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• Apr 27, 2005

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Hey Guys,

I am thinking about ordering a cat back from magnaflow and installing it my self. I will be able to jack the car up with a regular 1/2 ton jack, will that be enough room for me to install this? or will i need to take it to a shop because i cant lift the car much higher? Its an 01 gt if that matters.

thanks

 

Yoda

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Dagobah

Apr 27, 2005

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• Apr 27, 2005

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Jack
2 Jack stands and wheel chocks
Sawzall (hacksaw if your a masochist)
WD40
Assorted Ratchets and wrenchs.

Thats all you need, with the sawzall should be able to have it all done in about 60-90 minutes. 3+ hours if you use the hacksaw.

 

GDawg

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• Apr 27, 2005

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Nice choice in exhaust...! (Not that I'm biased or anything )

I was going to do mine myself but damn my car is so darn low even when I jack it up. So I took it to a shop. I paid $80 out the door for the install. The guy that did it said it was a tight fit and it wasn't the easiest job he'd ever done but he did a good job and the results are awsome!

 

1992 2.3LX

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• Apr 27, 2005

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heard the worst part is lining things up. you will probably want a shop to weld the tips in place when you are done.

my custom 2.5" flowtubes and magnaflows go on tomorrow. they are going to be dumped i can't wait

 

back_in_black

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• Apr 27, 2005

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big thing is to make sure you adjust the exhaust away from the rear sway bar, quite a few people have had to go back and dent in the exhaust because it was welded in place and hit going over bumps, you'll here it and see white marks on your sway bar- I'm one of them !