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Jan 17, 2013 | 08:59 PM

CLEAR

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Exhaust tips touch bumper

Anyone elses exhaust touch the bumper. My B&B Bullets touch a little bit. If I lower them the tips are angled toward the ground. They way I have them now they are parallel to the ground but the very back of the tips rubs the bumper. I dont feel comfortable with them touching but I want to keep them level.

Jan 17, 2013 | 09:51 PM

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Over the years, I've run both the B&B Route 66 catback and a Corsa Indy Pace Car catback. Never had any problems with them touching the rear fascia.

Jan 17, 2013 | 10:54 PM

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When I had my exhaust installed at an exhaust shop the pipes bumped against the frame and were unlevel and one touched the bumper.

They heated the metal and bent it ever so slightly to get everything to line up. The guy said it was normal for exhaust kits to be like that, and he didn't charge me extra to fix it.

Jan 17, 2013 | 11:12 PM

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I purchased a Granatelli Motorsports catback system seven years ago. One thing that sold me (other than the low price) was that it was adjustable in several places. Even so, my "so-called" professional installation was less than professional. Had a friend help me straighten it and the results where dramatically better. Here's what it looks like now...

Jan 18, 2013 | 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by CLEAR

Do not let your tips touch any part of the bumper unless you don't mind permanent burn marks. Ideally, you would want to get at least half an inch of clearance. A quarter inch is fine. All you need to do to remedy the situation is to shim the rear rubber hangers. I needed to do this with my previous Magnaflow catback. My new Corsa's were bang on.

Jan 18, 2013 | 07:19 AM

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IIRC, there are 2 slots in the rear rubber mount that the tabs off the muffler can slip into. If it's in the top one, loosen the exhaust and put them in the lower one.

Jan 18, 2013 | 08:43 AM

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IIRC, there are 2 slots in the rear rubber mount that the tabs off the muffler can slip into. If it's in the top one, loosen the exhaust and put them in the lower one.

Or get some metal tape and put a small piece where it touches

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Jan 18, 2013 | 09:09 AM

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I have BB 66's on my car and they're more than an inch away from the body. I'd think something's haywire with the installation if they're against the body material and should be adjusted.