Yeah, I did my own. It was a bear to get the front of the old muffler to
let go of the pipe. Ended up splitting it almost all the way before I could
wiggle it off. I soaked all the joints every evening for a week with some
spray that you use to free "exhaust frozen heat riser butterflies".
Remember those things guys? Anyway, It helped some but still took 1.5 hours
with a hammer and splitter. The truck was 4 months old with under 2K miles
at the time. I was amazed at how rusted the original system looked being so
new yet.
The new system went on in a snap. I got the single cat-back and the hardest
part was deciding which way to mount the angle tip. Everything fit to
original hangers perrrrfectly.
Keith Wanderi
kwanderi@goldengate.net
97 SLT 4x4 CC V6 Auto
K&N FIPK, Gibson 3" Single Cat-Back
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Lee <jlee@atlanta.nsc.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 2:50 PM
Subject: DML: Gibson exhaust installation
>Has anybody installed their own Gibson cat-back system, either single or
>duals? I assume that the new pipes come already expanded for slip fit.
>Will I need a pipe splitter to pull apart the stock pipes (the truck is
>still pretty new)?
>
>Anybody run into installation or clearance problems with the Gibson dual
>cat-back setup when running the drivers side pipe around the spare and
>hitch? Do they supply the additional required hangers and clamps, etc.?
>
>Does flowmaster make a similar kit?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>jeff
>98 RC 4x2 V8 5spd 3.55SG flares
>
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