SPIKER
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Try Junk Yard, Pick-a-park or pull-a-part are all around and get it for a few bucks a foot.
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Anyone Familar with custom vehicle exhaust work?
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monster318
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Well I might have made alittle bit of a break through today...on another GMC specific forum I was on...I had a user make a very good point....most the time regardless of what motor is upfront in the truck...the body of the trucks are mostly the same as with where the hanger locations of the tail pipe once you are under the back of the cab and bed are mostly the same...he recommended I buy this kit if I am dead set on wanting a stainless dual system...
Exhaust System Kit American Thunder Downpipe Back Flowmaster 817643 | eBay
Yes its for a duramax but I would really only be using the tail pipes and the Y...I am already running a glasspack as it is..so there is basically no muffler on it now anyways and its Quieter than my buddy's Silverado with a flowmaster...and worse come to worse if I can get this system under the truck and to fit decent and be CLOSE to lining up.....I can prob find a muffler shop to finish off the job if I could make something work out of what is left of the kit I didnt use...
Exhaust System Kit American Thunder Downpipe Back Flowmaster 817643 | eBay
Yes its for a duramax but I would really only be using the tail pipes and the Y...I am already running a glasspack as it is..so there is basically no muffler on it now anyways and its Quieter than my buddy's Silverado with a flowmaster...and worse come to worse if I can get this system under the truck and to fit decent and be CLOSE to lining up.....I can prob find a muffler shop to finish off the job if I could make something work out of what is left of the kit I didnt use...
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Sounds like a plan to me.
Tollster
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You're not going to the right place, stay away from midas and Monroe type joints, they want to sell you a life time muffler, but also sell you the thinness cheapest pipes, ensuring you muffler will be paid for 4 times over with tail pipe replacements, including hangers and labor.
Poke around at some of the family owned local shops, also check with the local motor heads, and drag racers, they know the place to go. Look for mandrel bent and mandrel bending hydraulic equipment.
They typically will not have stainless in stock and have to order it, and it may be something they have never even tried, so ask if there is welding involved, what type of welding would they perform... You want to hear TIG or GTAW.
I have an aluminized exhaust on my 02 Taco, and honestly, one of the worse things you can do in the winter where there is high concentrations of roadsalt is park your vehicle in a garage, the warm temperatures allows a much quicker corrosion rate than if you left it in the drive at 13 degrees all night, this combined with and moisture either introduced from the road or combined with condensation also increases the corrosion rate.
There are also various gauges, be sure to verify the gauge of the pipe prior to install..
Good luck.
Poke around at some of the family owned local shops, also check with the local motor heads, and drag racers, they know the place to go. Look for mandrel bent and mandrel bending hydraulic equipment.
They typically will not have stainless in stock and have to order it, and it may be something they have never even tried, so ask if there is welding involved, what type of welding would they perform... You want to hear TIG or GTAW.
I have an aluminized exhaust on my 02 Taco, and honestly, one of the worse things you can do in the winter where there is high concentrations of roadsalt is park your vehicle in a garage, the warm temperatures allows a much quicker corrosion rate than if you left it in the drive at 13 degrees all night, this combined with and moisture either introduced from the road or combined with condensation also increases the corrosion rate.
There are also various gauges, be sure to verify the gauge of the pipe prior to install..
Good luck.