help installing testpipe - 3000GT/Stealth International Message Center

tokki g · 05-13-2008, 05:36 PM

I just spent the past 4 hours spraying the bolts/nuts with PB Blaster and trying to get em off (of the cat), no luck. A TON of rust, anyone with a lift + breaker bar wanna help me give it a go (I just jacked the car up on all fours as high as I could)? In/around Chapel Hill, NC. Or should I just take it to a mechanic and ask em to cut it? I'd rather do it myself if possible, mechanics quoted me anywhere from $80-120. Thanks.

Stealthlabel · 05-13-2008, 08:53 PM

DON'T cut it!! just go buy a breaker bar. if u plan on doing other stuff to your car u will need it for that to... but keep the cat. can make a good penny off of them. also try WD40. I think Mr.3000 lives up that way as well as Spector... try one of them.

Harbinger50 · 06-01-2008, 06:28 PM

I don't have a lift, but I've got a breaker bar if you still need to borrow one. I'm in Durham near Southpoint.

tokki g · 06-07-2008, 09:50 AM

Oh, old thread. Well, after trying for a few more hours to do it myself, I decided to find someone to do it for me. Called a shop someone recommended to me, said they could do it for me on the low. They had to use a breaker bar for one side and then they had to torch the thing before they could get the other bolts off. Car sounds good, and they charged a fair price. I'd still like it to sound meaner, so I'm eventually going to get a downpipe...that'll prob be a while though, I'm (slowly) working on a 2 seater conversion right now + adding a sub/mono amp. Driving around with just one seat is fun, not sure why haha.

SmoothGT · 06-07-2008, 07:53 PM

why cant he cut them..?

05-13-2008, 05:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
tokki g Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Drives: 1994 3000GT SL Trader Rating: (5)	help installing testpipe I just spent the past 4 hours spraying the bolts/nuts with PB Blaster and trying to get em off (of the cat), no luck. A TON of rust, anyone with a lift + breaker bar wanna help me give it a go (I just jacked the car up on all fours as high as I could)? In/around Chapel Hill, NC. Or should I just take it to a mechanic and ask em to cut it? I'd rather do it myself if possible, mechanics quoted me anywhere from $80-120. Thanks.

05-13-2008, 08:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Stealthlabel Nitehawk Join Date: May 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC Drives: 94 SOHC & 93 RT/TT Trader Rating: (54)	Re: help installing testpipe DON'T cut it!! just go buy a breaker bar. if u plan on doing other stuff to your car u will need it for that to... but keep the cat. can make a good penny off of them. also try WD40. I think Mr.3000 lives up that way as well as Spector... try one of them. __________________ Nitehawk It is a work in progress Link to my cardomain site

06-01-2008, 06:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Harbinger50 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Durham/Raleigh/Cary Drives: '94 Stealth Base Trader Rating: (0)	Re: help installing testpipe I don't have a lift, but I've got a breaker bar if you still need to borrow one. I'm in Durham near Southpoint.

06-07-2008, 09:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
tokki g Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Drives: 1994 3000GT SL Trader Rating: (5)	Re: help installing testpipe Oh, old thread. Well, after trying for a few more hours to do it myself, I decided to find someone to do it for me. Called a shop someone recommended to me, said they could do it for me on the low. They had to use a breaker bar for one side and then they had to torch the thing before they could get the other bolts off. Car sounds good, and they charged a fair price. I'd still like it to sound meaner, so I'm eventually going to get a downpipe...that'll prob be a while though, I'm (slowly) working on a 2 seater conversion right now + adding a sub/mono amp. Driving around with just one seat is fun, not sure why haha.

06-07-2008, 07:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
SmoothGT Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Florida Drives: 94 3000gt sl Trader Rating: (0)	Re: help installing testpipe why cant he cut them..? __________________ check out myspace.com/streetchemistrymusic tell me what you think =) NEW SONGS ADDED : "Souljaboy Diss" and "Blowin Up" and "Puttin On My Nikes"

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