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zfive · 02-25-2012, 11:51 PM

The install took me about 6 hours to do on my own (I had to make adjustments after a test drive), but it's on and it looks good and sounds awesome! The passenger side tip is a tad lower, probably by 1/8 inch, but the cans look perfectly leveled. The Ark logos on the cans are leveled perfectly -- I've seen a bunch of pics online that have the cans/logos crooked, so I'm pretty happy with how mine turned out.

I was getting some rattle on the first test drive -- the exhaust was hitting the cross brace -- so I had to raise the car again, loosened the bolts that connect the mid-pipes to the x-pipe section, used a scissor jack to raise that part as high as it could go and re-tightened the bolts. Plus I tried to bend the brace a bit, but that sucker won't bend. I ended up with about 3/8 inch space between the brace and the exhaust. No more rattles... hope it stays that way...

Anyhow, it sounds awesome... quiet when cruising and screams when you step on it... sweet!

02-25-2012, 11:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
zfive Base Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Morgan Hill, CA Posts: 32 Drives: 11 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 13	Done The install took me about 6 hours to do on my own (I had to make adjustments after a test drive), but it's on and it looks good and sounds awesome! The passenger side tip is a tad lower, probably by 1/8 inch, but the cans look perfectly leveled. The Ark logos on the cans are leveled perfectly -- I've seen a bunch of pics online that have the cans/logos crooked, so I'm pretty happy with how mine turned out. I was getting some rattle on the first test drive -- the exhaust was hitting the cross brace -- so I had to raise the car again, loosened the bolts that connect the mid-pipes to the x-pipe section, used a scissor jack to raise that part as high as it could go and re-tightened the bolts. Plus I tried to bend the brace a bit, but that sucker won't bend. I ended up with about 3/8 inch space between the brace and the exhaust. No more rattles... hope it stays that way... Anyhow, it sounds awesome... quiet when cruising and screams when you step on it... sweet!