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Originally Posted by BrandonSS I installed mine this past weekend as well. How did you manage to get yours aligned so well? I tried and tried and my passenger side

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Old 04-19-2014, 08:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I installed mine this past weekend as well. How did you manage to get yours aligned so well? I tried and tried and my passenger side is too far towards center. The exhaust hanger barely reaches. I also had to wedge radiator hose between my crossmember and exhaust to keep it from banging. I tried the jack up the Y pipe method and tighten down and it just wouldnt change. Plus if it moves much the mid pipes hit the sway bar...

I also had one hell of a time getting the Y pipe onto the cats. The flange holes on the Y pipe were too narrow and a little off rotation so it took some persuasion. Install was a pain in the butt and it's still not perfect

Overall it sounds great. A little quieter than I had hoped but definitely no drone at any legal cruising speed and it does get louder under throttle.
This is when a friend, or brother in my case, comes in handy. From what ive heard, its quiet in the beginning and then its gets a bit louder when the exhaust "breaks in".
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This is when a friend, or brother in my case, comes in handy. From what ive heard, its quiet in the beginning and then its gets a bit louder when the exhaust "breaks in".
My wife held them centered but centering just wasn't possible. The passenger side barely reached the exhaust hanger before I even began tightening the mid pipes or the muffler sections. Its gonna take some persuasion to center it so at some point i'll have to have a shop take the appropriate actions needed.

I bought my ark used with a couple months of use through it so I think its as broken in as it will get. In the future i'll probably add some resonated test pipes or I've been considering ordering some shorter polished vibrant resonators and having a shop replace the long ones in the y pipe assembly.

For now I'm happy but there is a little left desired. After searching my problems arent at all uncommon with Ark.
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