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Old Oct 30, 2004 | 08:34 PM
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What are the pipes for that come in the kit? Are these two pipes for over the axle?
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Old Oct 30, 2004 | 08:47 PM
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Don't waste your money on the Hooker Catback. Get chambered True Duals or GMMG.
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Old Oct 30, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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man i got busted out here in cali for having no muffler.also shortdog has a very valid point GMMG is WAY too expensive.true duals are rasppy as HELL(already had 'em).i LOVE the sound of the hooker,and every1 else ive talked to,who has gone thru 10+ catbacks,said that hooker is a great system.out-flow's a lot of its competitor's , as well as sounding AWESOME.basically im looking for something legal....and hooker is my #1 choice.thanks, im glad it has over-the-axle pipes,cuz i got a stock system from a '00 and the over-axle pipe doesnt work very well on my '02.Sweeet.thanks again, boy's
plus next week im getting lowered and the td's have NO clearance.
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 11:58 AM
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I don't think the hooker is a waste by no mean's, Sound good, Flows good, & price is right>>>>
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:45 PM
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I have had the Hooker Cat-back on my T/A for over 60k miles and 5 years, including 3 winters with snow and salt not to mention that it rains at least 40" a year here! I just had the car up on ramps Fri to inspect the dealer's work. There is very little surface rust on the intermediate pipe and none at all behind the axle. (Except for the tips.)
I do not drive the T/A in the snow unless it starts snowing after I've left home but I drive it in the rain all the time.
If I had to give the Hooker system a rating, it would be a 10 in all catagories!
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:48 PM
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Ive had my hooker for about 5k miles. Its an awesome system. Sounds mean, and is mellow when your just driving regular.
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 09:29 PM
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Ive had my hooker for about 5k miles. Its an awesome system. Sounds mean, and is mellow when your just driving regular.

thats EXACTLY what i want.
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 09:54 PM
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well ive got true duals rigth now, it sounds great but the loudness gets pretty annoying after a while and i cant lower my car because my x pipe drags everywhere, im currently looking into the hooker catback.
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Had the Hooker for my LT1. Can't beat the price and all the materials looked excellently built and the packaging was much better than my Magnaflow. The muffler is also not steel on the outside if I recall, so it will never rust like some other mufflers if taken care of poorly.

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But yea, it is two parts for the over axel thing. If not it would take god knows how long to take off the axel and put it in correctly alligned.

-Todd
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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I have the Hooker catback. My car is the first 2 small clips on the Hooker page on LS1Sounds. The only problem I had with it were the tips sticking out so far. We cut the pipes coming from the muffler about 3" and reinstalled the tips. Looks much better now and no complaints from me.
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I installed it a few weeks ago. It is very well made and everything lined up. The main issue I had was getting the Pacesetter Ypipe to behave. I may be going to a TSP catted ypipe soon. I would rather not have the smell, and I do have some rasp, but it is purely from the crappy y-pipe and merge.

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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 02:50 PM
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thanks for all the feedback,guys.im gettin mine next week...cant wait!
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