Det_Riot Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Being broke, in college, and a DIY'er has led me up to my mission, fabbing up my stingers into side exhaust. The piping and welding isn't an issue. I have many o friends who are great at welding. What does have me tripped up is the exhaust tips. Being that I don't want to pay 150/ side for exhaust tips, I'm thinking that I can just buy some 3" stainless, cut it to the angle that i want, polish it off the car, then weld them on for gorgeous custom tips. Is there anything wrong in my thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Nothing wrong with the thinking but you can get some generic side tips for like 40-50$ on ebay and save yourself the time and hassle and they'll come out a lot more finished looking. You'll still save an assload doing the piping and welding yourself. Just my 2c but you can absolutely do the whole thing yourself too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yup that's the plan^ My good buddy did his whole front subframe work and full custom exhaust for his drift cars so i'm going to employ him for the price of a 24-pack. As far as the piping, since most the pieces will be rather short, I'm going to pick up some scrap pieces from this airplane piping shop around me. Last week I got 23 1/2 " of 4" aluminum for 20 bucks because they couldn't charge it for the full 2' =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 So what's the plan?Round, Oval, or Squared/Rectangled exit? Trimming side skirts or dumping behind them / under them / etc..Inquiring minds wanna know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompOrangeSN95 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Here are some pics of mine, it's not a show car but I still think it looks cool. I just cut the pipe on an angle... unfortunately those are the best pics of it that I haveP.S. pay no attention to the sticker on my quarter window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 So what's the plan?Round, Oval, or Squared/Rectangled exit? Trimming side skirts or dumping behind them / under them / etc..Inquiring minds wanna know.Lol the plan is the stingers straight out back from the x pipe. 90* bend where the OEM mufflers usually sit. Then straight out to side skirts. Tips I envision being round angled cut sticking out about 1/8-1/4 inch past the side skirt. Very very similar to blown_by_you's white cobra. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsblown93 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 if i were you id pm Evil him and his friend custom made his side exhaust and did a pretty good job on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 I'm modeling mine off of this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsblown93 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 ^^ ive seen that car on corral and its sexy if its the one im thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 blwn_by_u, white cobra, svo side skirts, side scoops, 2000 r hood, s281 wing, graphite fr500's, i'm sure you have hahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsblown93 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 thats the one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Actually if you look up my build thread over on snives you can see them. I actually got tons more compliments with them then my current set upPm me pictures please! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnyxCobra Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I'd definitely get real tips if you care how it looks instead of just cutting a pipe. Pretty much anything would look better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Mine... I know we discussed this, but I jist love showing off this exhaust, its a work of art Sent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 ^^^His setup is identical to mine except we are running diffent tips. But the pipe layout and placement under the cars are identical.Do u run full length sub frames? Mine are notched... I love this set upSent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshHooten Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Jeremy, that a pretty sweet setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Jeremy that's the only thing underneath that's different. I'm not running sfc's yet. I do things in phases and that will be part of my suspension phase which will be coming as soon as we get my paint doneMake sure when u do the sfc u have them work them so the pipe cause go underneath and not sag too far down, that's the issue o had for the longest, then one day my passenger side pipe got ripped off.... Sent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330CubeGt Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 I hate side exhaust but with the SVO skirts it looks great! Nothing wrong with your way of thinking. Ive been like that my entire life. It gets old after awhile trying to do everything the cheap way out, but you gota make due with whatcha got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...