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For guys looking to do this, there’s a TON of identical clamp on tips to OP’s with both dry and wet carbon sleeves and even many inner tip options/variations available on Amazon, and with no company logo/name on them. Just blank.
Basically identical to Paragons many tip options available for purchase.
OP although personally I’m not at all on board with faking the funk via your tip logos, your execution was really well done. They look great and to be a bit more specific, IMHO of course, I see quite a few guys buying the full catback systems are placing the included clamp on tips sticking so ridiculously too far out the back of the diffuser openings… which takes away from the professional fully integrated aftermarket system look, if that makes sense.
the mostly concealed (within the diffuser finisher) tips look is SO MUCH cleaner and professional looking… Like the vast majority of systems built for various hi-po cars out there:
Got my Akrapovik exhaust installed today. Seriously, I ordered plain black tips, opened em up and had the writing on them. Oh well. They look great and way better than the stock silver ones. Also added high wing as gm is out of stock.
Got my Akrapovik exhaust installed today. Seriously, I ordered plain black tips, opened em up and had the writing on them. Oh well. They look great and way better than the stock silver ones. Also added high wing as gm is out of stock.
Looks awesome. Way to kill 2 birds with one stone. Congrats! How long did it end up taking you?
I'm assuming akrapovik doesn't make these tips and they are knock off clones but the fit finish and quality are great.
I'm pretty sure they don't make them. I would go as far to say all the tips from paragon to aerolarri to these all come from the same place in China. I also tried to get some blanks from AliExpress initially but they cancelled my order citing no availability. Glad I went with eBay... AliExpress customer service is freaking terrible.
Thanks smittydog for the idea and the procedure.
I put tips on mine today. I did go with 4 inch. The method of pushing the first one all the way to the expanded part and then aligning the inside one with it worked perfectly.
Went with the carbon fiber and black. Really like how it finished off the black bottom. The round tips just look so much better.
Thanks smittydog for the idea and the procedure.
I put tips on mine today. I did go with 4 inch. The method of pushing the first one all the way to the expanded part and then aligning the inside one with it worked perfectly.
Went with the carbon fiber and black. Really like how it finished off the black bottom. The round tips just look so much better.
Link is below.
I did the removal of the stock tips slightly different. Instead of cutting the welds, I tried the first one, took about 45 minutes, I cut the tip off about 1/2 inch back from where you see the saws-all in the first post. That made the pipe right at 2.5 inches so the 2.5 inlet worked great. If you cut off the welds and remove the entire piece then you will need 60mm inlet, or 2.36 inches. I had difficulty trying to locate that size. Did some measuring and found the 2.5 would fit if I did it this way.
Link is below.
I did the removal of the stock tips slightly different. Instead of cutting the welds, I tried the first one, took about 45 minutes, I cut the tip off about 1/2 inch back from where you see the saws-all in the first post. That made the pipe right at 2.5 inches so the 2.5 inlet worked great. If you cut off the welds and remove the entire piece then you will need 60mm inlet, or 2.36 inches. I had difficulty trying to locate that size. Did some measuring and found the 2.5 would fit if I did it this way.
Hi! did you had to file the welds to insert the tips? I bought 2.5" inlets too!....to confirm, you cut at the edge of the stainless square oem tip, just at the arrow in your pic? It's enough that 3/4 inch band to tighten the new tip? thanks for your input
Hi! did you had to file the welds to insert the tips? I bought 2.5" inlets too!....to confirm, you cut at the edge of the stainless square oem tip, just at the arrow in your pic? It's enough that 3/4 inch band to tighten the new tip? thanks for your input
Yes, I cut where the arrow tip is. I’m traveling for the next week. Once I get home, I’ll take off one of the tips off and take pics.
Hi! did you had to file the welds to insert the tips? I bought 2.5" inlets too!....to confirm, you cut at the edge of the stainless square oem tip, just at the arrow in your pic? It's enough that 3/4 inch band to tighten the new tip? thanks for your input
Got home this weekend from the Mecum Auction in Chicago. This time I handled the defueling of the vehicles that went into the convention center and helped with vehicle check-in.
The pics didn't turn out that well, but you can see how much material was left and where I positioned the clamps. They seem to be well attached, took me several minutes to get one off.
I did grind down the welds to push the tips in as far as possible. I also left a very small gap so there would be no metal to metal rubbing, which would drive me nuts if it squeaked.
. Seriously, I ordered plain black tips, opened em up and had the writing on them. Oh well. They look great and way better than the stock silver ones. Also added high wing as gm is out of stock.
