So I bought a nameless exhaust off another member, told me it'd take around 10 minutes start to finish. Their website said 30 minutes.
TLDR; No idea what I'm doing, Had to grind two bolts off. Sounds pretty.
Let me start with saying this is the first mod I've ever done to any car ever and have nearly zero mechanical experience and even less mechanical skill. It's not a computer or cell phone, I have little idea how it works.
So I sprayed all the bolts down every 12 hours for the last few days prepping for the install, the car is 3 years old, little rust on the exhaust. I started on the driver side, couldn't get either bolt to even budge. Every blaster and remover and 30 minutes later, I give up on that side in fear of stripping the nuts and screwing myself. I switch to the passenger side, like a charm. Took me longer to get the damn hangers to cooperate than it did anything else. So we go back to the driver side. Again, won't even budge. At this point I've stripped the nuts and I'm trying to work with the bolts. I'm an hour or so into this now, and I can't give up with one side complete, it'd sound terrible. In my fury, I decide it can't get much worse and I retrieve my dremel. Seven grinder disks later, both bolts are out and I've done nearly no damage to the exhaust mount. Some light marks, nothing to jeopardize integrity or strength. I grab two bolts and nuts that will work until I can get automotive locking nuts and bolts and get them together. This took me nearly two hours because I was being cautious of A: hurting the exhaust or car, and B:I'm terrified of this dremel spinning at 30k RPM about a foot from my face, which is only guarded by a plastic face mask. I checked the tension of the disks every 30 seconds just to make sure. Did I mention the car isn't jacked up or on a lift this entire time? I'm not a small man either, it made for cramped space. I'm an idiot. This was also from 10pm-1amish.
All in all, the car sounds phenomenal. It's loud and rumbley, feels a little faster too. Is it time for the next meet yet?
TLDR; No idea what I'm doing, Had to grind two bolts off. Sounds pretty.
Let me start with saying this is the first mod I've ever done to any car ever and have nearly zero mechanical experience and even less mechanical skill. It's not a computer or cell phone, I have little idea how it works.
So I sprayed all the bolts down every 12 hours for the last few days prepping for the install, the car is 3 years old, little rust on the exhaust. I started on the driver side, couldn't get either bolt to even budge. Every blaster and remover and 30 minutes later, I give up on that side in fear of stripping the nuts and screwing myself. I switch to the passenger side, like a charm. Took me longer to get the damn hangers to cooperate than it did anything else. So we go back to the driver side. Again, won't even budge. At this point I've stripped the nuts and I'm trying to work with the bolts. I'm an hour or so into this now, and I can't give up with one side complete, it'd sound terrible. In my fury, I decide it can't get much worse and I retrieve my dremel. Seven grinder disks later, both bolts are out and I've done nearly no damage to the exhaust mount. Some light marks, nothing to jeopardize integrity or strength. I grab two bolts and nuts that will work until I can get automotive locking nuts and bolts and get them together. This took me nearly two hours because I was being cautious of A: hurting the exhaust or car, and B:I'm terrified of this dremel spinning at 30k RPM about a foot from my face, which is only guarded by a plastic face mask. I checked the tension of the disks every 30 seconds just to make sure. Did I mention the car isn't jacked up or on a lift this entire time? I'm not a small man either, it made for cramped space. I'm an idiot. This was also from 10pm-1amish.
All in all, the car sounds phenomenal. It's loud and rumbley, feels a little faster too. Is it time for the next meet yet?
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