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mac62989 Oct 11, 2010 10:56 PM

Hooker Stainless LT's
 
Is anyone running the stainlesss Hooker longtubes? I saw them tody listed on Speed Inc. I know Hookers work with the TSP catted y-pipe which I want to run. Hooker is a trusted brand but if anyone bought them hows do they fit, how was the install, and quality? Thanks in advance

LS1_Sean Oct 12, 2010 09:46 AM

hooker makes stainless now?

kinglt-1 Oct 12, 2010 10:49 AM

Yes they do... Speed inc lists them as not available tho... Speedtweekerz had them for 525.00 shipped. Thats what im going to buy after my coated hookers rust out!

http://www.speedtweekerz.com/index.p...mart&Itemid=26

mac62989 Oct 12, 2010 11:03 AM

^How did your Hookers install?

BennyB Oct 12, 2010 01:18 PM

my hookers installed great with no modding of ANYTHING. They also tuck very nicely although one of my collectors is hitting when i give it some gas with the converter locked. I believe this is do to shot stock motor mounts tho.

mac62989 Oct 12, 2010 06:53 PM

^Good to know. Id be doing motor mounts at the same time anyhow.

kinglt-1 Oct 12, 2010 07:16 PM

They were on the car when I bought it... a friend of mine installed hookers on his trans am. He said they slid right in w/ no issues. Don't settle for the coated ones tho!!! Mine have 10k mi on them and the coating is peeling and starting to rust. This car only sees nice weather too. Pretty sure its from the front tires kicking up stones and hitting the collectors!

mac62989 Oct 12, 2010 07:20 PM

Ya I refuse to get anything but stainless.

y2kmaroonz Oct 12, 2010 08:19 PM

stainless all the way!!!!

BennyB Oct 13, 2010 01:26 AM


Originally Posted by mac62989 (Post 13982477)
Ya I refuse to get anything but stainless.

smart man :thumb:

mac62989 Oct 13, 2010 02:11 PM

no one bought these yet?

Sofls1 Oct 13, 2010 08:14 PM

I just installed the Hooker 1 7/8 stainless on my car last week. They went on the car easy, and fit better than my mac-mids did. Plug access is about the same, overall I'm really happy with them. The stainless is definitely the way to go, under-hood temps are down quite a bit. I would definitely recommend them.

I used the Hooker Y for now, but Friday Im having a flowmaster merge welded in and a lightweight custom 4" exhaust.

Tobias05 Oct 14, 2010 04:38 AM

In for pics of custom y.

LS1_Sean Oct 14, 2010 09:59 AM


Originally Posted by Sofls1 (Post 13987537)
I just installed the Hooker 1 7/8 stainless on my car last week. They went on the car easy, and fit better than my mac-mids did. Plug access is about the same, overall I'm really happy with them. The stainless is definitely the way to go, under-hood temps are down quite a bit. I would definitely recommend them.

I used the Hooker Y for now, but Friday Im having a flowmaster merge welded in and a lightweight custom 4" exhaust.

got any pictures of the install. how much did they cost ya?

turbo Oct 14, 2010 10:19 AM

Where's the 1 7/8" stainless?

mac62989 Oct 14, 2010 10:30 AM

^ 1 3/4 and 1 7/8 are advertised at speed inc.

BennyB Oct 14, 2010 02:26 PM

yeah i havent spent a lot of time looking, but i want to get the 1 7/8 stainless hookers and ive noticed they are hard to find right now

Sofls1 Oct 14, 2010 06:13 PM


Originally Posted by LS1_Sean (Post 13989579)
got any pictures of the install. how much did they cost ya?

I don't have pics yet, because it's not done. The exhaust is getting fabbed tomorrow morning. Ill take some pics.

The headers themselves ran me around $700 new. Hooker doesn't make the 1 7/8 in a race only version in stainless (go figure), so I then took them to fab shop to have that air pump nonsense cut off and patched. The shop did a brilliant job using some small stainless patches.

By the time its all said and done with the merge and new muffler, prob have another $700 into it.

Sofls1 Oct 15, 2010 08:00 PM

As promised, here are the pics...

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...een/ypipe1.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/exhaust3.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...een/ypipe2.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/exhaust2.jpg

BennyB Oct 16, 2010 12:06 AM

damn nice. is that the hooker y too then im assuming?


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