SLP LM Install?
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SLP LM Install? I'm picking up a LM cat back on Friday and I wanted to know if anyone has installed there LM system on they're self if so how difficult was it and does anyone have any step by step pics on how to go about this?
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It is as easy as easy can get... the hardest part was getting the old stuff off, thats because the bolts tend to expand under heat... I think if you go to their website you can get instructions
hes right, the old stuff will take the most time. get a sawz all and cut the old exhaust so you can get it would from over the rear axle, if your going to be by yourself doing it (which is completely workable) i suggest cutting it into 3 pieces ( the old exhaust of course) it makes it a little more manageable if you dont have alot of room under the car.
i didnt take pics but the short straight tube goes to your stock pipe, then the resonator, then the short slightly curved pipe, then the 2 that go over the axle. the pipe with the y in it goes to the back of the car, then the split pipe and run your tips out... easy... snug everything up but dont tighten till its where you want it when you get it set crank it all down and roast em. dont forget to start her up with just the y pipe for a few seconds, youll regret it if you dont lol good luck, youll love it
i didnt take pics but the short straight tube goes to your stock pipe, then the resonator, then the short slightly curved pipe, then the 2 that go over the axle. the pipe with the y in it goes to the back of the car, then the split pipe and run your tips out... easy... snug everything up but dont tighten till its where you want it when you get it set crank it all down and roast em. dont forget to start her up with just the y pipe for a few seconds, youll regret it if you dont lol good luck, youll love it
Originally Posted by Black02Bird
hes right, the old stuff will take the most time. get a sawz all and cut the old exhaust so you can get it would from over the rear axle, if your going to be by yourself doing it (which is completely workable) i suggest cutting it into 3 pieces ( the old exhaust of course) it makes it a little more manageable if you dont have alot of room under the car.
i didnt take pics but the short straight tube goes to your stock pipe, then the resonator, then the short slightly curved pipe, then the 2 that go over the axle. the pipe with the y in it goes to the back of the car, then the split pipe and run your tips out... easy... snug everything up but dont tighten till its where you want it when you get it set crank it all down and roast em. dont forget to start her up with just the y pipe for a few seconds, youll regret it if you dont lol good luck, youll love it
i didnt take pics but the short straight tube goes to your stock pipe, then the resonator, then the short slightly curved pipe, then the 2 that go over the axle. the pipe with the y in it goes to the back of the car, then the split pipe and run your tips out... easy... snug everything up but dont tighten till its where you want it when you get it set crank it all down and roast em. dont forget to start her up with just the y pipe for a few seconds, youll regret it if you dont lol good luck, youll love it
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if you can buy yourself some good band clamps, if you ever plan on taking it apart again that is, the u bolts are worthless, they distort your pipes over time, making them a royal pita to mess with.. also the over the axle pipe had a tendency to blow the exhaust apart on my car, id clamp that section alil extra tight.
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yes DONT USE U BOLTS. You will have to take your cat back off again if you keep modding and eventually a lot of people mod or sell their loudmouth because its too loud after longtubes, cam, etc and the u bolts clamp the pipes together so much you cant get them apart.. If you live near a pepboys or advance you can pick some up for 8 bucks or something and their stainless.
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yes for christ sake, use the band clamps. i didnt. i installed mine in the driveway on ramps, and it took me about 4 hours, with 2 trips into town to get hangars. (you dont need these, i did because i had a MAC cat back on that didnt utilize the stock hangar on the passenger side. so i had to find one. and the second trip back to town was for bolts to hold the hangar in place.) anyways, a few weeks later i went to take the system off to re adjust it, and i spent 4 hours trying to get the drivers side tail pipe off so i could get it angled down far enough to get the over axle part out without hitting the tip on the ground. it never came off. so i had to drive it to my uncles and get it on a lift to get it off.
very easy.. get the stock exhaust cut at the part the goes over the axle or at the inlet pipe at the muffler for EASY removal. and from that point on, look at the instructions on SLPs site if you can't figure out how to install the loud mouth system. find pipe clamps (band style) for your tips so you don't put a crease into your tips.
My father made me remove my stock exhaust in one piece, so if I f'ed up it could go back on. Removing the stock exhaust wasn't bad. Drop the panhard bar and let the rear hang and it came right out. Then the loudmouth install was soooooo easy!