Installing own exhaust

[Avi8or]

Hey guys, I am looking at getting a lukey rear muffler and a straight through pipe from a friend of myn and was wondering how hard it could be to install it myself. I would probably have access to a jack, stands and various other tools, the stands allow for about 1/2 meter of space under the car. Will this be enough? Its only a cat-back.

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Very easy to do, the hardest part would be undoing the cat bolts as they can be tight. Make sure you get the car high enough at the rear so you can get the rear muffler over the axle.

 

[POVRTY]

you will need to undo the rear shocks (live axle) and you will get about another 25cm clearance when you lower the diff. make sure your springs go in properly when re assembling

 

[The Darkness]

those cat bolts can be a right bastard. took me an hour and a healthy coating of WD40 before they budged

 

[Stupa]

17mm spanner and a jack

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Doesn't the VS have a 15mm head?

 

[killuminati]

I'm about to do this today, but i left my gregorys manual in melbourne, just wanna know where i put the jack stands, i have forgotten. If anyone has a copy of the page from the manual where it says that would be great
cheers

 

[crainy]

i did mine myself took about an hour, those cat bolts are a true bitch. didnt need to take shocks out either.

 

[The Darkness]

yea dont need to take out shocks. if its a one peice catback with ta tip tho, take the tip off first cause it will let it slide out over the diff easier. took me a while to figure that out too. jack stands. are they like axel stands??

 

[killuminati]

well mine is all welded together so i will have to unscrew the shocks, otherwise it wont fit in, they are just stands, i didn't know there were different types