Depressing story, help with my fi exhaust
 

So the super sweet fi exhaust with carbon cans and 18 inch resonators came to me couple weeks ago. I love it, couldent be happier, until I bottomed out leaving a parking lot couple nights ago, and not only did It scuff the bottom of the carbon cans up a good bit, where the cans start is now leaking. Any help or ideas of what to do?
Is the carbon cans carbon all the way through? Or is it stainless steel and carbon wrapped? Thanks in advance, it almost makes a grown man want to cry. Sucks

damn that sucks...I know how you feel..I accidentally ran over a curb and my top speed exhaust was dented. very sad day

Yeah n I'm still paying for these, n sure can't afford new cans

I have scratches on mine two thanks to my:shakes head: wife.. I email FI and asked about replacing the back half they quoted aprox $850.00 to replace the cans.

Also I asked about drilling out the rivets and repairing the seal. With the CF cans the CF is the can , no stainless or anything under it, just the baffles, inlet, outlet. I think it could be fixed but it would take some work to pull them apart. There is a grey rubber gasket that runs around the edges; if its damaged we would have to replace it with something. FI doesn't supply them.

Also you can sand down the CF to get it smooth and apply some resin. Sander her smooth and reinstall. I am planning on doing mine next year. If I don't get a replacement system.

Wile you research this please let me know if you figure out a way to fix them. :tiphat:

Ah man, that's expensive and makes me regret the cf. yikes. No luck yet, hopefully tomorrow with my buddy I'm gonna jack the car up and raise my coil overs so its not so low, and take the cans off and try and study them, from what another buddy has told me, most likely it's leaking at a flange, so ill have to replace a gasket and or silicone it real good. Or if its on the actual can to tig weld it. So only time will tell.. Horrible horrible. Ill keep u posted either by pm or on this thread

Hai you so sure it's leaking

Sorry to hear hope you can find a fix... How low is your car?

So sorry to hear about the hole in your CF cans. Yeah, the entire can is CF, which is why I chose to order the SS cans... for durability.

Hope you find a relatively inexpensive way to fix them!

It's dropped a good boy, not too low, but probably 1 1/2 inches. I'm sure it's leaking. I cranked the car up, and got under it, and where the cans start, it's leaking air
Out.

Thanks Guys, doesn't seem to be looking too good, so I don't know what my portions are at this point. Gonna take it off tomorrow and see what I can figure out.

Take some pictures when you get them off. I'm interested to see the damage, some folks here may be able to offer up a solution. Keeping fingers crossed :tiphat:

Your options are to have a muffler shop seal it or give Tony a call and see if he can work something out with a replacement.

Yea, replacement might be out of question, another member was quoted 850. So def can't take that route

You can check the FS sections and see if someone is selling a Used FI Exhaust, and just scavenge parts or buy another kit and sell yours.

I'm about to take the cans off now before it gets dark ill post pics as soon as I can

Here it is

:eek: :crying:


Gonna raise it up for now till you get it fixed to prevent further damage?

I'm going to simply suggest if this is possible to remove the screws that hold the cf cover slide it away from the dent

have the person doing the work seal the leak and rotate the cf piece to the top or near the top so the damage from the bottom isn't visible and bolt it in place.

I'm sure someone with this setup can correct me if I'm wrong and thats not possible.

But I'm sure you should be able to rotate it to hide the Boo Boo

I believe they are pop-riveted on, not screwed on. So he would need to drill them out, and have rivets reinstalled... Not impossible, just more labor intensive than screws.

OK option 2

Have them repair the leak then have them cut the muffler off, And then cut the front tip near the can rotate the can so the damage is at the top weld it back in place re -weld the tip back on ensuring the FI markings are back on top. I hope that made sense

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My god, I am so sorry.

Option 3:
1st Drill the rivets out
2nd Bend the edges back into shape he best you can
3rd Get some copper gasket sealant
4th Pick up a small can of resin. While the CF is apart add a small amount of resign to restructure the CF in that area and get the layers to bond again. When it dries sand it the best you can. Then use 2000, 3000, and polish compound to finish it.
5th Used the Cooper Gasket sealant to reseal the can.
6th Rivet gun from Harbor freight will do the trick to get the rivets back in. May need to go 1 size larger for the damaged hole.
Should do the job.

If not jump to Triples option 2

Gonna attempt it tomorrow if I can. Ill also call tony in the am
N keep you guys posted.

When you say resin? Do you mean like just the fiber glass stuff you get at autozone or lowes?

It is a real bummer to see this and hear about what happened. This is pretty bad. In my honest opinion it is not fixable. The muffler needs to be replaced. Now, you do not have to spend $850 on a new set. You can send me your entire rear section back and I can cut the mufflers out and put new ones in.

I am sure that I will hear from you at some point tomorrow.

Thanks, Tony

This is why Tony's so successful

Customer Service is #1

That's great to hear!

Looks like ill be shipping it to tony, cough up the money on cc and go With stainless steel cans.

Can you post pics of how low you are? I'm terrified now because I'm pretty damn low and have a carbon FI exhaust coming.

I'm an inch lowered all around, and have the V1 FI Exhaust. I haven't scraped once. (Knock on wood).

As long as you're careful and approach bumps and hills/dips with angles and reduced speed, you should be fine. **Not saying OP wasn't being cautious.

Dude you are so awesome.. :tiphat: PM Sent

Hawk ill post pics up tomorrow.

I would use stainless rivits because I have used aluminum ones on my R1 exhaust and found out the aluminum ones expand and contract with heat and after a while they become loose and start to raddle and leak,

And Holly Shi* dude im so sorry that happend,

They are actual screws, no rivets

Yikes! Tony ALWAYS goes above and beyond for his customers. I may have an option for you. I happen to have an extra set of brand new, never installed SS mufflers that I planned on selling a few months ago but ended up holding on to. I'm ready to clear them out of my garage if you are interested. PM me if interested friend. :tup:

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Been sitting in my garage forever alone.
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Bird man, pm sent

Birdman to the rescue! Hope it all works out for you.

Tnx showme, hope it does, the z is all depressed sitting here not moving

Nooooo! My mufflerrrrssssss! :bowrofl: j/k Birdman. Happy to see them go to someone who needs them. :tup:

For the few members that asked how low my car is, I have. Finger gap all the way around. Stiffness is set on 14 out of 30. 1 being the softest,30 being the stiffest.

If that's your preference then sweet cause I know it looks sick, but have you considered going to a 2 finger gap? That's where I'm at now, and no scrapes.