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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 10:56 PM
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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
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 09:46 AM
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hooker makes stainless now?
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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
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 11:03 AM
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^How did your Hookers install?
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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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.
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 06:53 PM
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^Good to know. Id be doing motor mounts at the same time anyhow.
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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!
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Ya I refuse to get anything but stainless.
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stainless all the way!!!!
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by mac62989
Ya I refuse to get anything but stainless.
smart man
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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no one bought these yet?
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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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.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 04:38 AM
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In for pics of custom y.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Sofls1
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?
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Where's the 1 7/8" stainless?
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^ 1 3/4 and 1 7/8 are advertised at speed inc.
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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
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Originally Posted by LS1_Sean
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.
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As promised, here are the pics...







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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 12:06 AM
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damn nice. is that the hooker y too then im assuming?
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