Someone Stole my Tip?! Pics.. lol
#16
10-19-2009 | 07:20 PM
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Not necessarily. It took me < 5 minutes to cut off both my pipes with something like this:
Except the one I used was a smaller hand-held version and still did a terrific job. Had to install my own tips, so I rented the tool from Advance Auto Parts and did it in their own parking lot. I think this is what they used (hand-held version---couldn't find a pic of one). It has a bunch of little pizza-cutter blades attached to each link and they tighten around the pipe as you tighten the wrench, cutting it.
As far as dumping the exhaust, if you do it after the mufflers the only sound difference would be the resonance from the tips. That, and it will be louder inside the cab. I'd say put new tips on there and hope for the best. If it happens again, get another shock sensor and mount it to one of your hangars.
Except the one I used was a smaller hand-held version and still did a terrific job. Had to install my own tips, so I rented the tool from Advance Auto Parts and did it in their own parking lot. I think this is what they used (hand-held version---couldn't find a pic of one). It has a bunch of little pizza-cutter blades attached to each link and they tighten around the pipe as you tighten the wrench, cutting it.
As far as dumping the exhaust, if you do it after the mufflers the only sound difference would be the resonance from the tips. That, and it will be louder inside the cab. I'd say put new tips on there and hope for the best. If it happens again, get another shock sensor and mount it to one of your hangars.
you can see where they started the cut and the saw jumped around a bit....
#18
10-19-2009 | 07:37 PM
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We use one like this at work all the time:
Last edited by mblouir; 10-19-2009 at 07:52 PM.
#20
10-19-2009 | 08:06 PM
Looks exactly like the one my bud used to trim down my rear cat delete pipes.
#21
10-19-2009 | 09:08 PM
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I don't think anyone stole your tip. To me it looks like the tip was multi piece construction. I would think it was laser or most likely friction welded together and that one of the manufacturer's welds has failed. Look at the discoloration at the rear of the taper. It looks like a heat effected zone to me. I also think the cut is too perfect and symetrical to have been done by anything other than a machine in a factory.
I bet if you take a really good look at the other side, you will find a seam right where your "cut" line is located.
I bet if you take a really good look at the other side, you will find a seam right where your "cut" line is located.
#22
10-19-2009 | 09:13 PM
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I don't think anyone stole your tip. To me it looks like the tip was multi piece construction. I would think it was laser or most likely friction welded together and that one of the manufacturer's welds has failed. Look at the discoloration at the rear of the taper. It looks like a heat effected zone to me. I also think the cut is too perfect and symetrical to have been done by anything other than a machine in a factory.
I bet if you take a really good look at the other side, you will find a seam right where your "cut" line is located.
I bet if you take a really good look at the other side, you will find a seam right where your "cut" line is located.
#25
10-19-2009 | 09:30 PM
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I don't think anyone stole your tip. To me it looks like the tip was multi piece construction. I would think it was laser or most likely friction welded together and that one of the manufacturer's welds has failed. Look at the discoloration at the rear of the taper. It looks like a heat effected zone to me. I also think the cut is too perfect and symetrical to have been done by anything other than a machine in a factory.
I bet if you take a really good look at the other side, you will find a seam right where your "cut" line is located.
I bet if you take a really good look at the other side, you will find a seam right where your "cut" line is located.
#26
10-19-2009 | 09:38 PM
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lol guys.. I get it, those welds are obviously horrible.. but you get what you pay for.. aside from them looking so bad, what do you think they used to weld them together in the first place that's causing the welds to rust up like this?? The piping is supposedly aluminized while the tips, muffler, and x-pipe are SS, so I'm assuming their melting points are a little different and the sloppiness was partly result of such?
I think Bent6 might be onto something.. I was wondering the same thing about those "burn" marks near the flange of the "cut".. unless someone is carrying around a lightsaber, I can't imagine what would have left the break looking soo clean.. I haven't take a good look at the 2nd tip, but is it likely that the tips were in fact 2 pieces from Magnaflow and that my tip simply fell apart? lol
I think Bent6 might be onto something.. I was wondering the same thing about those "burn" marks near the flange of the "cut".. unless someone is carrying around a lightsaber, I can't imagine what would have left the break looking soo clean.. I haven't take a good look at the 2nd tip, but is it likely that the tips were in fact 2 pieces from Magnaflow and that my tip simply fell apart? lol
#27
10-19-2009 | 09:45 PM
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10-20-2009 | 07:41 AM
