Catback exhaust DIY?

red6spd · 02-22-2012, 10:42 AM

I backed mine up on ramps and jacked the front up a little to get to the Y-Pipe bolts. If you can get the mufflers off the rubber hangers just do what I did. Remove the whole arm that holds the rubber hanger and muffler together, then while its off the car just pull the rubber hangers off and just install it back on the car.

MattP725 · 02-22-2012, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by red6spd

I backed mine up on ramps and jacked the front up a little to get to the Y-Pipe bolts. If you can get the mufflers off the rubber hangers just do what I did. Remove the whole arm that holds the rubber hanger and muffler together, then while its off the car just pull the rubber hangers off and just install it back on the car.

That's what I did...

Maybe it was just my car but I used a ton of liquid wrench and couldn't get the bolts by hand... I have to admit I gave up pretty quickly though (after I started rounding a bolt). Good luck.

zfive · 02-23-2012, 01:33 AM

Thanks for all the advice, folks... FedEx dropped off my exhaust earlier this afternoon. Will attempt the install this weekend... I'm pretty confident I can do the install... just hope everything will line up without too much trouble.

icormba · 02-24-2012, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by zfive

Thanks for all the advice, folks... FedEx dropped off my exhaust earlier this afternoon. Will attempt the install this weekend... I'm pretty confident I can do the install... just hope everything will line up without too much trouble.

I hope all goes well for you. Let us know how it goes. I am going to try doing mine next weekend.

zfive · 02-25-2012, 11:51 PM

The install took me about 6 hours to do on my own (I had to make adjustments after a test drive), but it's on and it looks good and sounds awesome! The passenger side tip is a tad lower, probably by 1/8 inch, but the cans look perfectly leveled. The Ark logos on the cans are leveled perfectly -- I've seen a bunch of pics online that have the cans/logos crooked, so I'm pretty happy with how mine turned out.

I was getting some rattle on the first test drive -- the exhaust was hitting the cross brace -- so I had to raise the car again, loosened the bolts that connect the mid-pipes to the x-pipe section, used a scissor jack to raise that part as high as it could go and re-tightened the bolts. Plus I tried to bend the brace a bit, but that sucker won't bend. I ended up with about 3/8 inch space between the brace and the exhaust. No more rattles... hope it stays that way...

Anyhow, it sounds awesome... quiet when cruising and screams when you step on it... sweet!

02-22-2012, 10:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
red6spd A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 3,277 Drives: 2010 Z Coupe M6 SPT Rep Power: 22	I backed mine up on ramps and jacked the front up a little to get to the Y-Pipe bolts. If you can get the mufflers off the rubber hangers just do what I did. Remove the whole arm that holds the rubber hanger and muffler together, then while its off the car just pull the rubber hangers off and just install it back on the car. __________________ 2010 Base+Sport 6spd: Stillen G3, FI Non-Resonated CBE, FI Non-Resonated Test Pipes, UpRev Tuned, Custom 24R Oil Cooler, JDM Rear Fog-OEM Harness. ???Whp ???WTQ (Will find out come spring time)

02-25-2012, 11:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
zfive Base Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Morgan Hill, CA Posts: 32 Drives: 11 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 14	Done The install took me about 6 hours to do on my own (I had to make adjustments after a test drive), but it's on and it looks good and sounds awesome! The passenger side tip is a tad lower, probably by 1/8 inch, but the cans look perfectly leveled. The Ark logos on the cans are leveled perfectly -- I've seen a bunch of pics online that have the cans/logos crooked, so I'm pretty happy with how mine turned out. I was getting some rattle on the first test drive -- the exhaust was hitting the cross brace -- so I had to raise the car again, loosened the bolts that connect the mid-pipes to the x-pipe section, used a scissor jack to raise that part as high as it could go and re-tightened the bolts. Plus I tried to bend the brace a bit, but that sucker won't bend. I ended up with about 3/8 inch space between the brace and the exhaust. No more rattles... hope it stays that way... Anyhow, it sounds awesome... quiet when cruising and screams when you step on it... sweet!

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02-23-2012, 01:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
zfive Base Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Morgan Hill, CA Posts: 32 Drives: 11 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 14	Thanks for all the advice, folks... FedEx dropped off my exhaust earlier this afternoon. Will attempt the install this weekend... I'm pretty confident I can do the install... just hope everything will line up without too much trouble.