Adjusting FI exhaust tips

tjlazer · 10-13-2010, 01:39 PM

I just installed a FI CBE and my right side tips are sitting too high and in some. Almost no gap with the bumper. The left side looks just right. I also noticed that one tip sticks out further than the other. So the right side sits in more than the left. So I want to lower the right side, and get the tip to stick out a little. How can I do this? Do I need to loosen the whole cat back and try to tighten it back again? I did try to do this with both muffler sections to the H pipe and it did nothing, so I am thinking the problem might be from the cats to the H pipe? Or do I just need to add washers and or bend the metal hangers or bracket itself? I really don't think it's the FI CBE as my previous exhaust did the same exact thing. So I think it might just be my car or the HFC's might be throwing things off...

6spd · 10-13-2010, 01:59 PM

ok, try this, it works better than any other way and is mad adjustable! take the hanger off, put a spacer/washer about 2-3mm thick between the inside hanger hole (whatever side is off) and the frame. screw in the inside bolt just snug for now. Now tighten down the 2 outside bolts until the tip is perfectly aligned and tighten the inside bolt. this way allows you to leverage the tips up and down either way the tip is aligned. make sense?

ArtVandaleigh · 10-13-2010, 02:18 PM

I used 2 washers per side on the hanger bolts to get mine just right, can be different on each install though.

tjlazer · 10-14-2010, 12:21 AM

added 3 washers per bolt and it looks great now!

ProfessorDave · 10-14-2010, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tjlazer

added 3 washers per bolt and it looks great now!

Red370 · 10-14-2010, 09:36 AM

or you could bend the hangers a bit until it lines up right, had to do that with my exhaust pipes.

tjlazer · 10-16-2010, 01:21 PM

Jquad · 10-16-2010, 10:37 PM

Hawttt!!!

10-13-2010, 01:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
tjlazer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tacoma Age: 53 Posts: 2,496 Drives: Z34, R35 Rep Power: 20	Adjusting FI exhaust tips I just installed a FI CBE and my right side tips are sitting too high and in some. Almost no gap with the bumper. The left side looks just right. I also noticed that one tip sticks out further than the other. So the right side sits in more than the left. So I want to lower the right side, and get the tip to stick out a little. How can I do this? Do I need to loosen the whole cat back and try to tighten it back again? I did try to do this with both muffler sections to the H pipe and it did nothing, so I am thinking the problem might be from the cats to the H pipe? Or do I just need to add washers and or bend the metal hangers or bracket itself? I really don't think it's the FI CBE as my previous exhaust did the same exact thing. So I think it might just be my car or the HFC's might be throwing things off... __________________ 2009 370Z Monterey Blue,Nismo Conversion,RE-11's, K&N Typhoon intakes,Blue Kickplates,Homelink,FI 18" CBE,ERZ HFCs,Hotchkis sways, Swift Spec-R, EVO-R Highwing, UPREV

10-13-2010, 01:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
6spd A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 3,001 Drives: Q50RS Rep Power: 25	ok, try this, it works better than any other way and is mad adjustable! take the hanger off, put a spacer/washer about 2-3mm thick between the inside hanger hole (whatever side is off) and the frame. screw in the inside bolt just snug for now. Now tighten down the 2 outside bolts until the tip is perfectly aligned and tighten the inside bolt. this way allows you to leverage the tips up and down either way the tip is aligned. make sense? __________________ -Jay- jonathanjamesphotographer.com

10-14-2010, 12:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
tjlazer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tacoma Age: 53 Posts: 2,496 Drives: Z34, R35 Rep Power: 20	added 3 washers per bolt and it looks great now! __________________ 2009 370Z Monterey Blue,Nismo Conversion,RE-11's, K&N Typhoon intakes,Blue Kickplates,Homelink,FI 18" CBE,ERZ HFCs,Hotchkis sways, Swift Spec-R, EVO-R Highwing, UPREV

10-14-2010, 09:36 AM	#6 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 296	or you could bend the hangers a bit until it lines up right, had to do that with my exhaust pipes. __________________ 2011 Mustang 5.0 \| 3.55's \| Lethal Performance off road H-Pipe \| Magnaflow Muffler Delete \| JLT CAI/Bama tuned 417whp/ 404 ft/lbs

10-16-2010, 01:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
tjlazer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tacoma Age: 53 Posts: 2,496 Drives: Z34, R35 Rep Power: 20	__________________ 2009 370Z Monterey Blue,Nismo Conversion,RE-11's, K&N Typhoon intakes,Blue Kickplates,Homelink,FI 18" CBE,ERZ HFCs,Hotchkis sways, Swift Spec-R, EVO-R Highwing, UPREV

10-13-2010, 02:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
ArtVandaleigh Base Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 227 Drives: 09 PW 370Z Rep Power: 675	I used 2 washers per side on the hanger bolts to get mine just right, can be different on each install though.

10-16-2010, 10:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jquad A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ny Posts: 1,391 Drives: 2k10Z34Pw Rep Power: 17	Hawttt!!! __________________ \|\|F.I.CBE 18" CF muffler\|\|Injen CAI\|\|CF Bpillars\|\|CF Stage 1 Side mirror\|\|CS Amuse Kit\|\|JquadHeadlights\|\|3mTB35%Tint\|\|Work Gnosis GS2\|\| Wish List==>\|\|GTM TT\|\|Coils\|\|Camber Arms\|\|Tires\|\|Wing\|\|Hotchkis Sways\|\|

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