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DIY: Level out your exhaust

Drivers side: Before SAM_4854.jpg Passenger side: Before Unacceptable for my OCD SAM_4855.jpg Tools required: ratchet with 12mm socket and extension SAM_4856.jpg Unbolt hanger bracket that needs spacing so you can

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Old 09-16-2011, 04:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default DIY: Level out your exhaust

Drivers side: Before
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Passenger side: Before Unacceptable for my OCD
SAM_4855.jpg
Tools required: ratchet with 12mm socket and extension
SAM_4856.jpg
Unbolt hanger bracket that needs spacing so you can level out the tips
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Remove hanger bracket
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Take to your local steel fab shop, (if you have one) tell them you need a spacer made for however off your exhaust is. (mine was 1/4") I chose to use stainless steel bc it was a small piece and only cost me $30.00 to make, plus it was going to be under the car and exposed to the weather. You could use aluminum and powder coat it but would probably spend more doing so. if you have a weird measurement you may need to have multiple spacers of different thicknesses and stack them or do both sides to get just right. I guess in this sense I was lucky. Some people try to bend the hangers on the exhaust itself, but could end up with less then desirable results. The way the exhaust on the 370 is setup this seems the most logical way to correct it. No floor jack or removal of exhaust required. (smarter not harder right?)
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Took a couple hours to fab up,(picked up the next day) here is the result:
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It looks real good to me!
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Bolt the hanger bracket back up with the spacer inserted
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Drivers side: after
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Passenger side: after, much better
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Now I can sleep knowing my exhaust is not uneven
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