got the exhaust in this morning. looks very nice. haven't installed it yet though. will post pics and review when i do.

i tried to upload pics, my pics are all over 1 MB, the limit is like 200k, do you guys know how to shrink the pics ?

 

There are a few free programs out there like irfanview. Google that and it should come up.

 

easy way, use paint. got "image" menu, choose strecht/skew. clear the 100% in each and make it 50

 

http://www.imageshack.us/

 

argghhh got the stock off, which took forever, but the crossmember is so tight, i stripped a bolt. any one know how to get 14mm bolt out thats REALLY REALLY TIGHT? i know there are bolt out sockets from sears, thats my next try tomorrow, if that doesnt work, ill have to drive it to a shop with no exhaust

i'm thinking of this at sears
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...seBVCookie=Yes

 

Sorry about the bolt removal - no real advise other than the special socket though - how stripped is it??

Also - re: your pics:

If you use Outlook for your email, just right click the image, select email to recipient, or look at the left pain for the email option. Once you select it, you will be given the option to make the images smaller - do that. when the new email comes up with your images as attachments, all you have to do is right click them and save them to a place on your drive...they will be VERY small in file size, but remain the original pixel size - and still be high quality.

You can do this process on multiple pix at the same time, just select all the ones you want first.

Rick

 

the bolt is pretty mangled, but a regular wrench can still grip, it just slips.

i'll get a few pictures up tonight, after i eat!!

 

pics....

 

more pics...

this is as far as me and my friends got. couldn't get the xpipe to fit wihtout getting the crossmember out of the way.

 

take out the stock cats

 

lol, yea yea, one step at a time.

 

ok.... went to sears and got bolt out, but it didnt work, went to strauss auto, their master tech wasnt there since it was sunday, so the noobs tried to get it off using bolt out and a powertool which just rounded the bolt even more.... they said bring it to a body shop to torch off ??? what should i do??

its the unbreakable bolt

 

Maybe a cut-off wheel ... or a really really big pair of vice grips

or drill it out

 

Reciprocating saw.

What do you mean by the "crossmember" is in the way. The pictures you're showing are that off the transmission mount.

 

yea, i took those pictures before i tried to get the X pipe through. those pipes are the ones from cat to xpipe. the x pipe has to fit through the cross member which is near the middle of the car, but it seems the frame is blocking where the flanges need to fit through, if you drop the crossmember, the xpipe will fit.

if you look here
http://www.fastintentions.com/images...50z_under3.JPG

at thetop, the black cross member right beneath the xpipe.

 

you shouldn't have to remove that!

 

theres no way to get it through, you need to at least move the front 4 bolts to drop it down a bit.

 

oh yes...the four bolts have to be removed so that you can pull down the x-member just far enough to pass the magnaflow resonator past it. There is no other way...I just did this install two weeks ago. The flanges of the piping rubs into the transmission tunnel.

-Joe

 

after this install, i'm definetnly buyign some air tools.... oh yea, skyydiver, how do you like the exhaust?

 

man i thought it would be an easy and nice installation on these , but good luck though.