Obx exhaust???
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Obx exhaust???
I guess I should have asked first, but I bought their axle back system and I'm waiting for it to come in. Does anyone currently have this system and what do you think about it?
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Im sure you will like them, they look nice to me. Its super easy to do. Took me about an hour and a half to take my stock exhaust off and install my Borla Ataks.
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He is so right
Get some stands. Even then I don't really trust them. Use a jack as well. Play it safe. I use stands, a jack and I use a brick. Visions of those old school Jacks that look like a 3 foot bar come to mind when I jack up the car. Balance in mind.
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For sure torch. I had planned on that, I actually had a car fall seconds after crawling out from underneath it. God was their that day watching over me! . Since then it is mandatory to have jack stands. But I was wondering if that would be enough room to work with. What do you think?
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You will need more space
When I did my headers I thought that by lifting the front would beenough. 6 to 8 inch space off the ground is not an option.
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Ramps that only life the car 6-8"s? Id say its time to throw those ramps in the garbage. Your probably gonna need more ground clearance then that to get the once piece OEM exhaust off and still have it be one piece. Please don't cut it like a lot of people do. Keeping your OEM exhaust for the future if you sell the car is a good thing.
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What do you use the brick for?
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Well I'm not installing headers so I don't need to lift the front end up. You have some clearance already on the rear end, then lifting an additional 8" (I think) should be enough. Ramps, stands, and backup jack just in case. I will get it lifted, and then kind of evaluate things while I'm under there to see if I have enough room or not. If not, then off to the muffler shop I go. Lol 
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You know what, I just got a brilliant idea. Now hear me out, why don't I just use the money I was going to spend at the muffler shop on a real jack! BRILLIANT! I amaze myself sometimes. Just messing with you Johnny, I will probably do that.
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The 90555 Compac jack has a 3" saddle height and a 5" frame height. It's 37" long frame makes it ideal for reaching central jack points without interfering with the handle operation.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...loor-jack.html
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Take it to your local auto mechanic or muffler shop. That's what I did. They only charged me $50.00 to swap them out. It was well worth it because if you don't cut the original exhaust off you need to have the rear of the car at least 36" high.