ok i hope im explaining this right....friday somehit my z slammed me over a curb and cut my flexpipes...i took it to the shop and he said the flexpipe was damaged and id have to replace the whole setup...is that true ??? or can i just replace the flexpipe??

 

well since u posted in the correct section, i think you should............

 

what u mean

 

The Flex is part of the catback. You have Stillen test pipe which replaces the cat. What do you have after the cat? OEM exhaust, Stillen or something else? That's where you need to find the flex section.

 

well after the stillen test pipes i have a nismo catback exhaust..but the damage is to the catback

 

u were right is is the catback

 

so can that piece be repaired ? or does it have to be replacedd

 

picture would help out a lot too.

 

its the mesh part in the picture

 

llol no of your car, we know what the flex pipe looks like but the dammage, and is that part off a subaru.....

 

duhh im just sayn picture that part scratched up lol it doint matter if it came off a farrari i just wanna know can they be repaired if they are scratched or do they need to be replaced

 

Close thread plz

 

This combined with the tread title equals not so clear.

 

Photos are always helpful.

A portion of the test pipe is damaged? Of course you replace the entire pipe. You may find someone who will fix the pipe at $80/hour plus parts. This is hardly economical.

 

The car is insured right? Have it fixed.

 

Possibly the flex pipe can repaired.If not,the "y" pipe that you are referring may be able to be ordered.I'd check some companies that specialize in used Z parts.
I recently had a NISMO cat back installed at Z-1 Performance near Atlanta.They have my OEM system and many other used Z parts in stock.I'd buy that section rather than try a repair.Or,a whole OEM used system are pretty cheap.
Give Z-1 a shout.

 

yea i have a nismo catback now thats why i dont want a oem part..so im hoping that the torn mesh can just b repaired

 

If its ethereal..it cannot be repaired... hahah.

I guess you could cut the flex pipes off the torn y-pipe and weld some new ones on???

other than that, replace the y-pipe. Theyre relatively cheap. And you must have hit that curb pretty damn hard to tear both.

And pictures of the damage on YOUR car, would be helpful.

 

I couldn't take pictures because it went right to the shop...but would changing the y-pipe be cheating my nismo catback out of its sound and performance???

 

If you have a Y-Pipe, then you do not have a cat-back exhaust, you have a Y-Pipe back exhaust. An example of this is the GReddy Ti-C single exit exhaust in which the exhaust starts at the outlet of the Y-Pipe. However, if you do choose to use an aftermarket Y-Pipe with the stock/aftermarket exhaust, be careful of the inlet/outlet sizes so that you arent pushing more exhaust gases into smaller pipes.