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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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I heard Corsa catback tailpipes dont line up very straight.
Is there any truth to that?
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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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Mine look good, maybe not 100% straight, but close enough.

My Magnaflows are also not 100% perfect and neither were my Bullets.

By your Exhaust for the sound, they all look better than the tiny stock tailpipes.

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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by yell03
Mine look good, maybe not 100% straight, but close enough.

My Magnaflows are also not 100% perfect and neither were my Bullets.

By your Exhaust for the sound, they all look better than the tiny stock tailpipes.

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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 10:30 PM
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My Corsa Sport exhaust with 4...4" tips line-up well enough (or close enough for Government work).



Forgot to mention....what also helps is to have someone help with the install....have one 'rack' the pipes in the correct position while the other tightens them down.

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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 11:57 PM
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Before I put my Borla Stingers on, I had Corsa Sports with 2 four inch tips. One tip was longer than the other, and I never could get them lined up exactly right.
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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by yell03
My Magnaflows are also not 100% perfect and neither were my Bullets.

Buy your Exhaust for the sound, they all look better than the tiny stock tailpipes.
Show me what's perfect
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 07:57 AM
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Sound like most who have the Corsa Sports are pleased with sound and performance. Any down side?
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 10:33 AM
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I've been able to line up both the Magnaflow and Corsa systems perfectly on my car. It's an installer issue, it takes lots of time to get them just right. They all require some tweaks.
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They line up as well as the body panels.

But seriously, they are separate cans so you have to play with them a little, my borlas came as a 1 piece set up. They line up nice but I'm sure they are welded on a jig.
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Only downside is they are HEAVY.

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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 01:05 PM
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I've had 2 sets of Corsas: one for the C5 and one for a Caddy CTS. Both sets were a real pain to align. So I didn't get Corsas for the C6.
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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No problems here. Corsa Touring.

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Corsa duals are easier to align.
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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mine is perfect. its all up to the skill of the installer. very hard to allign though
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Mine line up great, and they sound awsome
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 04:24 AM
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Yep, you gotta screw with those suckers for a while to get em straight. You got side to side, up and down, and depth. Seems obvious but when you go to align them just seating the pipes deeper (for instance) will change the tip angle AND depth. It can be suprisingly tricky to get em just right. It doesnt help that nothing back there is a straight line to give you a frame of reference. It took me forever the first time I did it and still didnt get em straight. The second time I was drunk and got em just right in about a 20 minutes. Go figure.
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I had my Corsa exhaust installed by Steve Ali, Lorain Clauge Sunoco in North Olmsted Ohio. Steve did a great job. My tips are PERFECT on my ZO6!!!
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