Last year I purchased a complete cat-back exhaust from a Gen 2 parts car cause it was a good deal. It consisted of the X-pipe, 2.5" tubing, and two LMS XpansionX stainless steel mufflers w/ tips all welded together in one piece, cut at the cat piping.
It was supposed to be a drop in replacement to my exhaust. I was thinking since it came from a Mark 8 (gen2), it will fit my Mark 8 (gen1), but it didn't happen like that. When I got to my exhaust shop we discovered that the pipe after the X did not lay correctly in the trench below the driveshaft, the mufflers were too close together, and the muffler tips were designed for a Gen 2 so they didn't fit in my bumper cutouts.
I was so pissed off. At myself, that is. That was my punishment for buying used parts for my prized possession. But, now what could I do? Have them weld the original exhaust back on? I couldn't. I ended up leaving the pipe outside the trench (lost about an inch and a half of ground clearance), and welding two new pipes before the mufflers so they were placed under the exhaust tips.
The result? Vibrations, drone, losing ground clearance, and having my mufflers stick out like sore thumbs in the back. The rear view doesn't look too good because the mufflers are so low and the tips don't fit in the cutouts.
So what should I do? The X is the only thing that works in the whole setup. Should I replace everything after the X? What should I replace it with? I'm trying to avoid drone/vibration. Keeping the price down is a priority as well.
I'll tell you what I really do like though... some guy on here has these beautiful polished Mustang LX type tailpipes sticking out the rear of his Gen1 LSC. It's beautiful. I can't find the pictures, does anyone know what car I'm talking about?
It was supposed to be a drop in replacement to my exhaust. I was thinking since it came from a Mark 8 (gen2), it will fit my Mark 8 (gen1), but it didn't happen like that. When I got to my exhaust shop we discovered that the pipe after the X did not lay correctly in the trench below the driveshaft, the mufflers were too close together, and the muffler tips were designed for a Gen 2 so they didn't fit in my bumper cutouts.
I was so pissed off. At myself, that is. That was my punishment for buying used parts for my prized possession. But, now what could I do? Have them weld the original exhaust back on? I couldn't. I ended up leaving the pipe outside the trench (lost about an inch and a half of ground clearance), and welding two new pipes before the mufflers so they were placed under the exhaust tips.
The result? Vibrations, drone, losing ground clearance, and having my mufflers stick out like sore thumbs in the back. The rear view doesn't look too good because the mufflers are so low and the tips don't fit in the cutouts.
So what should I do? The X is the only thing that works in the whole setup. Should I replace everything after the X? What should I replace it with? I'm trying to avoid drone/vibration. Keeping the price down is a priority as well.
I'll tell you what I really do like though... some guy on here has these beautiful polished Mustang LX type tailpipes sticking out the rear of his Gen1 LSC. It's beautiful. I can't find the pictures, does anyone know what car I'm talking about?
