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The Stillen Aero Kit meets the Greddy EVO

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Old Aug 8, 2001 | 08:57 PM
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I finally got the Exhaust I have been waiting for!!
But there is one thing that worries me..
Here it is.....

The tip of the muffler is just about touching my bumper
so I tried to make some space, to avoid any melting or burning
to the Stillen kit... I tried pulling down the rubber hangers and
laugh all you want but I temporarily added
a few pieces of slate (as in a few rocks) to keep them stretched.
Hoping to create enough room for my tip not to burn the bumper.
The only thing is, as I was driving I noticed a funny burning smell
it is now too dark so I am going to look at it better in the morning
but I don't think that the slate fell out and that would
mean that it is still not touching.
Is there a kind of brake in period on new exhausts
that might cause this smell?

P.S. I think I looks and sounds SWWEEETTT ( just doesn't smell so great)
Old Aug 8, 2001 | 09:05 PM
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hey!!!

can u post pix of it?

& how loud is it? is it as loud as e/o says it is?

tkx!!!


Originally posted by MAXIN24-7
I finally got the Exhaust I have been waiting for!!
But there is one thing that worries me..
Here it is.....

The tip of the muffler is just about touching my bumper
so I tried to make some space, to avoid any melting or burning
to the Stillen kit... I tried pulling down the rubber hangers and
laugh all you want but I temporarily added
a few pieces of slate (as in a few rocks) to keep them stretched.
Hoping to create enough room for my tip not to burn the bumper.
The only thing is, as I was driving I noticed a funny burning smell
it is now too dark so I am going to look at it better in the morning
but I don't think that the slate fell out and that would
mean that it is still not touching.
Is there a kind of brake in period on new exhausts
that might cause this smell?

P.S. I think I looks and sounds SWWEEETTT ( just doesn't smell so great)
Old Aug 8, 2001 | 09:08 PM
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I think that smell is normal for new exhausts. That happened to my brother when he put on a Borla system on his old Jeep. It should (and hopefully) go away soon.
Old Aug 8, 2001 | 10:29 PM
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Defintely post pics up!
Old Aug 9, 2001 | 12:51 AM
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that smell is normal...it's just your cat elements screaming for help!!!
Old Aug 9, 2001 | 05:24 AM
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Tips on the rubber hangers things?

Originally posted by irvine78
that smell is normal...it's just your cat elements screaming for help!!!

Anyone have any better ways of stretching the rubber hangers other then using a few pieces of slate (as in a few rocks) to keep them stretched?
Or can I just go buy longer rubber
hangers at say a exhaust shop?
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