DIY: Level out your exhaust

redline727

Drivers side: Before
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Passenger side: Before Unacceptable for my OCD
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Tools required: ratchet with 12mm socket and extension
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Unbolt hanger bracket that needs spacing so you can level out the tips
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Remove hanger bracket
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Take to your local steel fab shop, (if you have one) tell them you need a spacer made for however off your exhaust is. (mine was 1/4") I chose to use stainless steel bc it was a small piece and only cost me $30.00 to make, plus it was going to be under the car and exposed to the weather. You could use aluminum and powder coat it but would probably spend more doing so. if you have a weird measurement you may need to have multiple spacers of different thicknesses and stack them or do both sides to get just right. I guess in this sense I was lucky. Some people try to bend the hangers on the exhaust itself, but could end up with less then desirable results. The way the exhaust on the 370 is setup this seems the most logical way to correct it. No floor jack or removal of exhaust required. (smarter not harder right?)
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Took a couple hours to fab up,(picked up the next day) here is the result:
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It looks real good to me!
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Bolt the hanger bracket back up with the spacer inserted
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Drivers side: after
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Passenger side: after, much better
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Now I can sleep knowing my exhaust is not uneven
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MattP725

Nice writeup... why not just use washers though instead? Brings your cost from $30 down to a few cents!

Ridgerunner

Looks like you have the Invidia Gemini CBE. My Gemini also hung lower on passenger side. Mine was evened with some washers on the driver side.

redline727

Thank you...At first I did use washers. But I wanted to use at least 1 ½ in diameter fender washers so it would be more flush instead of having a large gap between the washers. But couldn't find them in stainless so I used galvanized. But remembered you can only use galvanized on galvanized if it were to be weathered, electrolysis will create rust in no time. Then I came up with this idea and for 30 bucks I feel better having a solid piece of stainless there for a flush install. Plus I thought it would cost me more to have it fabbed up so when i called and he said only 30$ i was even more quick to say yes

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SPOHN

I like the plate setup. Good thing I can machine this myself. No cost.

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redline727

Yeah I worked in a mechanical shop for a buddy of mine when i was in between jobs. He is in the pipefitters union and the best welder i ever seen. I learned a lot about fabrication and would love to keep doing it for fun. But since then i moved and got back into sales so those resources are no longer available to me. But I wish they were. The best part of being a car enthusiast is doing as much work as you can yourself

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