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Old Jul 31, 2014 | 12:26 AM
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Well among the other issues, this one's the biggest asspain so far. My tips are pointing down pretty far and I'm ready to have this thing back on the road yesterday. Any ideas? I bought it used and it's not banged up or anything. I'm thinking of flipping the rear most pipes around left for right to see if that helps, but other than that the car looks like *** with the tips pointed the way they do. Don't even get me started on O2 sensor alignment, what a crock of shjt.
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So the passenger's side pointing more downhill than the driver's side was caused by a mismatch in length, so I worked the passenger's side out more and at least now they look the same. I then tried my luck at "benching" the tips upward and that made positive progress too, so they're now where I can stand them and I'm about to weld them there for good. Once tacked, I'll drop the mid pipe and weld in the 2 new O2 bungs I picked up so the rear o2 sensors (which have become the fronts now) can sit in their factory location and be shielded from heat and chafing as they were from day 1.
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Don't you love aftermarket "bolt-on" parts that don't actually fit?
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