Exhaust Tips Stolen, need advice
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Exhaust Tips Stolen, need advice
Noticed my car was a little louder than usual the other day, I assumed it was a change in elevation or something silly like that, noticed today that my muffler tips were either stolen or somehow snapped off without any damage to the little wells above them. I've been thinking about replacing the exhaust anyway, now seems like a good time. Or should I just get new muffler tips?
I've never done anything to an exhaust before, just seems like a good thing to replace considering it's 30 years old. Not into loud exhaust, not too keen on spending a ton either, any good reasonably priced replacements? Or should I just leave it how it is? It doesn't sound bad with the tips off but I have no idea if that affects the car in a negative way.
Off a 1988 Vert N/A
I've never done anything to an exhaust before, just seems like a good thing to replace considering it's 30 years old. Not into loud exhaust, not too keen on spending a ton either, any good reasonably priced replacements? Or should I just leave it how it is? It doesn't sound bad with the tips off but I have no idea if that affects the car in a negative way.
Off a 1988 Vert N/A
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the tips are there to direct exhaust gases out and under the car.
If you care to LIVE without being asphyxiated then I would put on another set or replace the mufflers.
It doesn't affect the car's performance But you can get pulled over as it is a safety issue.
If you care to LIVE without being asphyxiated then I would put on another set or replace the mufflers.
It doesn't affect the car's performance But you can get pulled over as it is a safety issue.
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... that's less an "exhaust tip" is missing and more a "my muffler outlet has been damaged". You wouldn't pass emissions inspection in VA simply because there is visible damage to the exhaust. I don't know about AZ.
Also, what I think I can see of the angle your bumper likely will be catching exhaust. Unless there is some peculiarity about the FC muffler, you need new mufflers.
Also, what I think I can see of the angle your bumper likely will be catching exhaust. Unless there is some peculiarity about the FC muffler, you need new mufflers.
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the tips fall off the stock mufflers, its kind of why its unusual to even see a stock muffler
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Looks to me those tips rusted off. It is possible someone broke them off deliberately just to be a bastard, but they had to already be weak to break away like they have. I don't think anyone will weld on new tips for you, because they'd have a tough time doing so with the weak remaining steel. The bad news is a decent set of new cans tend to be pricey - I'd recommend the Racing Beat mufflers, but they're more pricey than average. Don't go for cheap generic mufflers with fibreglass packing, rotary exhaust pulses and heat will quickly ruin them.
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Shoot. Luckily my emissions are solid for the next 2 years, no worries there. I'm pretty sure I've only driven it a little over 100 miles since it happened, no warping of the bumper just yet. I'm staying with my grandmother in Mendocino county so it's possible one of the neighborhood junkies took them but they probably fell off on the way up here. I just assumed they were stolen because I hadn't noticed the damage the rust had done.
@Rob XX 7 are you making a joke or is that really a thing? I've heard of people stealing cats but that's for the platinum and whatnot
Is this system about what I'm looking at? Or can I buy just the mufflers? $700 is a lot and I already have to replace my suspension soon :/ Power Pulse RX-7 Exhaust System for 86-92 RX-7 - Racing Beat
Heard a lot of good things about racing beat but if there is a decent alternative for it that would be very helpful
@Rob XX 7 are you making a joke or is that really a thing? I've heard of people stealing cats but that's for the platinum and whatnot
Is this system about what I'm looking at? Or can I buy just the mufflers? $700 is a lot and I already have to replace my suspension soon :/ Power Pulse RX-7 Exhaust System for 86-92 RX-7 - Racing Beat
Heard a lot of good things about racing beat but if there is a decent alternative for it that would be very helpful
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manhole covers are 50 bucks..hmm.,.beer.
So 2 exhaust tips and a manhole cover..Fark!..you can party all night!
(look in the SEC GEN parts section for RB exhaust..they pop up a lot!)
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Hahaha it could have been if I wasn't home for the summer!
@misterstyx69 Do you mean people sell them used? Everyone I've talked to says never buy a used exhaust just because there's no knowing if it's a bad system
@misterstyx69 Do you mean people sell them used? Everyone I've talked to says never buy a used exhaust just because there's no knowing if it's a bad system
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Im not familiar with what a stock fc exhaust looks like, but to me it looks like the cans ate in pretty good nick whilst the insides are pretty rusted. Its possible that you backed into a curb or something , or they just fell out.I guess it could be vandalism too.
My advice is to get an exhaust shop to cut a couple of nice bits of staunless tube in a size that jams in nicely, and lay a nice fat mig weld around them.
Dont get tips, they are either overpriced or overpriced and cheaply made, plus some crackhead will just steal them the minute they've rusted out just nice.
My advice is to get an exhaust shop to cut a couple of nice bits of staunless tube in a size that jams in nicely, and lay a nice fat mig weld around them.
Dont get tips, they are either overpriced or overpriced and cheaply made, plus some crackhead will just steal them the minute they've rusted out just nice.
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My first one,I got that from Washington to Canada..Shipped.
I used it TEN years and JUST sold it..It never,ever let me down.,.solid as hell!
The other one that I got from a buddy parting a car is ON my Newly "adjusted" N/A build.
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Dude,I have bought a couple Racing Beat exhausts..USED.
My first one,I got that from Washington to Canada..Shipped.
I used it TEN years and JUST sold it..It never,ever let me down.,.solid as hell!
The other one that I got from a buddy parting a car is ON my Newly "adjusted" N/A build.
My first one,I got that from Washington to Canada..Shipped.
I used it TEN years and JUST sold it..It never,ever let me down.,.solid as hell!
The other one that I got from a buddy parting a car is ON my Newly "adjusted" N/A build.
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Price..meh...not important.
It's the functionality that counts.
and honestly the SHIPPING on the first one was just as much as the exhaust was!.BUT well worth it!
It's the functionality that counts.
and honestly the SHIPPING on the first one was just as much as the exhaust was!.BUT well worth it!
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