Muffler Installation Q
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Le Mans Master
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Muffler Installation Q
I am preparing to install a set of TI muffs on my 99. Given the dimensions of the over the axle, upside down "U" exhaust pipe and the muff itself, is it possible to change this out in the driveway on jacks or do I need to put the Vette on a repair shop lift to get more clearance for the muff and U pipe assembly?
Your experience, pls.
Your experience, pls.
Le Mans Master
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From: Rockledge FL
i did my ti's in the garage. it was not pretty. had the 4 jackstands up on stacks of 2x10s. take the rear swaybar down and it will help clear a lot as well. if i had it to do over again a lift would be a must
Melting Slicks
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Burning Brakes
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I was able to get my B&B catback off very easily at 30" on jacks in my garage.
But I wasn't able to get the 1 piece Ti catback over my rear axle without getting it on a lift. It just didn't fit in there with the rear suspension compressed on the jacks. Maybe I did something wrong, but I spent a couple hours trying to get it in there with no luck.
But I wasn't able to get the 1 piece Ti catback over my rear axle without getting it on a lift. It just didn't fit in there with the rear suspension compressed on the jacks. Maybe I did something wrong, but I spent a couple hours trying to get it in there with no luck.
Burning Brakes
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Melting Slicks
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When your car is jacked up in the air your suspension should be unloaded and dropped down just as far as it would if it was not lowered. As you can see in my picture earlier I was able to fit a yard stick under there and needed every bit of the space as I had to scrape the mufflers on the ground to get them out...
Burning Brakes
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When your car is jacked up in the air your suspension should be unloaded and dropped down just as far as it would if it was not lowered. As you can see in my picture earlier I was able to fit a yard stick under there and needed every bit of the space as I had to scrape the mufflers on the ground to get them out...
I am going to go to a muffler shop some day this week to see if they can get it on a lift.
By the way, if you take it to a muffler shop, do they still have to drop the sway bar even though it's on a lift?
Melting Slicks
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In my case, it wasn't that I didn't have the space to turn the muffler flange, I had it high enough to spin the flange in a 360* motion. I think I actually had the car 36" off the ground. I tried every angle, the Ti just wouldn't fit over the axle without bumping into the floor of the trunk.
I am going to go to a muffler shop some day this week to see if they can get it on a lift.
I am going to go to a muffler shop some day this week to see if they can get it on a lift.
Melting Slicks
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