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09-09-09, 03:07 PM
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What do you mean?.. I'm doing the work with a friend. o' fashion elbow greese.. we are doing this in my garage, one panel at a time and you know how many panels are on a LS... A LOT.
09-10-09, 10:16 AM
#78
^^^ Looks like similar stuff that I used on my '03 except I didn't use the V-bands -- I made it connect up using the factory hardware so that it's a 15 minute job to switch between the stock exhaust and the cat-back that I built, using all factory hangers and clamps. And you have different shaped mufflers than I. Just the components aren't cheap to build a decent SS exhaust system, then there's the fabrication time -- it takes several hours to build it and get everything just right in terms of positioning, and then tig-welding everything (which is a LOT slower than the mig that regular muffler shops use). At least it does for a slow-poke like me. 
Here's a shot of mine after it'd been on for about 3 years. A few minutes with a metal polishing compound would put the tips and pipes back to like new shine, but I like the look of the titanium color that the 304-ss has acquired from the machine polishing and subsequent heat in use. If I were putting the system back on a car of mine, I think I'd leave them with the current patina. In the photos they aren't even washed as I'd just driven the car in the rain for the weekend before pulling them off and selling the car with the stock exhaust.
Here's a shot of mine after it'd been on for about 3 years. A few minutes with a metal polishing compound would put the tips and pipes back to like new shine, but I like the look of the titanium color that the 304-ss has acquired from the machine polishing and subsequent heat in use. If I were putting the system back on a car of mine, I think I'd leave them with the current patina. In the photos they aren't even washed as I'd just driven the car in the rain for the weekend before pulling them off and selling the car with the stock exhaust.
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09-10-09, 11:13 AM
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09-10-09, 02:42 PM
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