Ok, finally got a picture of the dent in the over axle pipe of my hooker catback for those who wanted to see...

 

Ouch, did that come like that? Or did u do it? If it came like that id take it back, not worth having a defected product, that sucks man.

 

holy crap....you play DDR!!!!!

 

whered u buy it from , id call them up and complain about that.

 

Sorry but that playstation deal is too distracting. I cant stop laughing thinking about someone dancing around on that thing to play some street fighter. LOL Oh yeah the dent sux and seems all to common.

 

Ok, someone else said their system had this same dent, and it looks kinda like it was made that way.... I don't think I'm gonna do anything about it. I can't get a good pic of it to show how small it is, all the angles either make it look really really nasty or not even there. And there's no way you can play any game besides DDR on that pad, it's impossible... I tried GT2, I was done after about 5 seconds

 

That dent is for clearance. Nothing wrong with it. Sometimes they put it there for extra clearance for the panhard bar.

 

Its just seems like crap from this angle, and the way the light is hitting it, but it might be true like someone said to have them put that on there on purpose, its just looks unprofessional looking on that pic.

 

Mine came with a dent to. When I had it installed they told me they would have to dent that pipe and then they told me that it was already dented and they didn't have to touch it. That tiny dent isn't a real big deal, especially with a 305.

 

umm that dent isnt suposed to be there. my pipe didnt come with that at all. i had no dents in any of my pipes. and that dent isnt for clearence or anything, thats probably a screw up by the shipping company. id call hooker and tell them about it.

 

Yeah, I don't think that dent is supposed to be there.

 

im pretty sure mine came with that. and when i had it installed it was in the right spot so it would have some extra clearance.

 

dude that sux


not normal

 

mine was just like that.

 

I dont think that dent will do a whole lot. If you have a 305 it will still sound good, but i would take the pipe back anyway. just because its not what you payed for.

 

i just got mine bout 3 weeks ago from jegs
had the same dent
who gives a ****, throw it on, not gonna make a difference, mines sounds GREAT!!!!!!

 

Mine came with a dent also. So, I'm guessing that they're supposed to be there, or something is hitting every single pipe in the fab process.

 

That is ridiculous. They would not manufacture a pipe and then dent it, that's just absurd. A performance exhaust is made to bend around obstacles, not dent itself and reduce flow to fit.

 

thats weird people with the same product, some have dents and some do not; very weird. the only way to find out is to call them, they know for sure, hopefully