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Old 05-31-2005, 08:22 AM
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I was scheduled to have my new cats and x pipe and muffler installed this week by a local garage, but, i found out today that they don't weld. They wanted to use clamps. I was thinking maybe that isn't the best idea because the x pipe is gonna be so close to the cats, i thought it may not be stable. Anyone have any opinion on whether it needs to be welded or not? I can see clamping the muffler because if i don't like it, i can just take it off and clamp on a new one. I think i'm definately gonna do that.
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Originally Posted by DanaliHD
I was scheduled to have my new cats and x pipe and muffler installed this week by a local garage, but, i found out today that they don't weld. They wanted to use clamps. I was thinking maybe that isn't the best idea because the x pipe is gonna be so close to the cats, i thought it may not be stable. Anyone have any opinion on whether it needs to be welded or not? I can see clamping the muffler because if i don't like it, i can just take it off and clamp on a new one. I think i'm definately gonna do that.
I prefer welds. No worries with them and they look so much better.
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clamps are fine just make sure that the outer slip joint is slit on 2 sides allowing the joint to clamp properly. Welds are better but also kinda perminate.
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