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      03-27-2013, 03:17 PM   #20
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Well after having the clear bra fitted over last Friday and Saturday, along with a heavy fall of snow here in the UK, I finally managed to get down to the shop to get the new tips fitted.

Prior to removing the muffler from the car, we measured the existing "naked" stubs to establish how far the new tips would project from the diffuser when the conversion was complete. The general idea being to make the install look OE, and "stealthy".

With muffler removed within five minutes (two bolts and three rubber mountings) we cut the four stubs down by 3/8" and at a 20 degree angle



Once all four stubs were cut back



We them drilled the "adaptors" at the top and base with a 3/8" drill to enable the MIG welding required to secure them to the original stubs



MIG welded



Once welded, all the welds were dressed off flush with the surface of the adaptor to allow fitment of the exhaust trim.



We took the opportunity to paint the ends of "adaptors" (to ensure they won't corrode) and also the rear lower section of the muffler with high temp matt black paint (to reduce its visual impact when viewing the car from the rear)



The paint on the muffler has only just been applied in this image, hence the "patchy" look to the finish. Once it had dried, it was a perfect even matt finish.




Once dry, the muffler was re-fitted to the car and the trims pushed on to the adaptors.

A word of caution here, the tips are fit and forget. You'll only get one attempt to fit them, so they need to be perfectly aligned to ensure their internal bore/slash cut is at the correct angle to the adaptors.

















The Akrapovic carbon or titanium tips alone currently retail at £909 GBP ($1375USD) over here in the UK, in addition to which there's 20% VAT to be added to that figure . . . . .

Great looking and sounding though the Akra slip on muffler is, I couldn't justify spending in excess of $4000 on it. Rest assured the money saved by not buying the Akra muffler will be spent on suspension and brake mods, a remap and custom intercooler
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