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Jul 9, 2006 | 06:17 AM

DarKnight

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Yesterday I had to take the big dog in for an oil change. As the guy put my car on the lift I was looking at the exhaust and Y-pipe. I've been hearing about how difficult it is to change these things up. That some people would rather take the car to a mechanic and have this stuff done. Keep in mind I really have no mechanical skills at all, but as I was looking at my car I'm thinking I could do this stuff myself, why would I pay a mechanic obscene amounts of money when I could just make this a weekend project. Like I said before I've never really worked on a car but I figure I installed my intake now I can tackle this as well. Having this car is making me more mechanically adept.

Jul 9, 2006 | 06:23 AM

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exhausts is easy if u have the right tools a jack and 4 jackstands, but it might be hard for u to take of the rusty bolts. i say givfe it a shot~! with a jack and a couple of stands its only goin to take u 2hours tops as a newb i say go for it -=) i did my supras exhaust back then with one jack and the car tilted in about an i would say i dont recommend it kinda dangerious to go under the car with just a jack but i do it everyday at work

gluck just go for it the only hard parts for u are prollyy the rubber hangers !

Jul 9, 2006 | 12:45 PM

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my friend and i did my exhaust system.. was cake.. less than half an hour..

go for it! if you can't get it, then you can always go to another mechanic or such.. good luck

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Jul 9, 2006 | 01:11 PM

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If you are just getting an axle-back exhaust, then you'll be fine. Honestly, assembling the exhaust is easier than getting those bolts off if they're rusted (WD-40 helps). Even I think changing out an exhaust is easier than an intake install. The exhaust is straight foward.

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Jul 9, 2006 | 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by samster

i did my supras exhaust back then with one jack and the car tilted in about an i would say i dont recommend it kinda dangerious to go under the car with just a jack but i do it everyday at work

Back in the day when i had a cavalier i was on their forum and i remember a post that one of their more active members died when his car fell on him while doing this...

So yeah.... jackstands are worth it.

Jul 9, 2006 | 07:02 PM

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yeah man i give an exhaust 8 bolts and nuts tops from catback 4 for resonator and 4 for cats if they arent rusty job can be completed inless then 30mins i did my friends exhaust on his 01 maxima holy craP~ those bolt and cut loose for nothing i torched them for mad long and it still wouldn't budge after the cat!~ so i just took off the whole cat and i saw them moFoz off at like 1am in the middle of the street lols in fact just the other i had to take my friends exhaust off his wrecked 300zx took bout 30mins woulda been qwicker if the quater panel wasnt crimpin the resonater in between the car

so its all good just attemp and if u fail then bring it to the mechanics gluck

Jul 10, 2006 | 12:28 PM

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pretty easy stuff.. the hardest part i found when doing my gs4 was the 2 rubber rings holding the exhaust cans on each side. and also i put a towel on each exhaust tip to prevent scraping the paint off the rear bumper when your exhaust is hanging.