Before i install the system onto my car i have two questions.

This is directly from slp's website.

"Have mandrel bent 409 stainless steel, 3" diameter intermediate pipes and 304 stainless steel high luster tailpipes with round angle-cut ends. "


Ok when i got the system for some reason my grandfather felt like putting a magnet to each pipe and the muffler.
The magnet did not stick to the muffler nor the two tail pipes; my grandfather says that means they are stainless steel.

My one question is that the magnet did stick to the over axle pipe and i-pipe, does that mean its not stainless? or just a different type of stainless?

Can anyone verify this by putting a magnet to each pipe on their slp catback system, i just thought the whole system was suppose to stainless, thanks

also note in the pic the odd ball color of the i-pipe.

 

Second question, did anyone elses i-pipe look like this, with the little bend of the lip at the end?

 

IIRC magnets don't stick to SS. That would raise some questions with it being attracted to the I-pipe and OVTP (over the axle pipe). I am not sure if there is a type of SS that magnets will be attracted to. Call SLP and ask them what's up.

 

anyone else want to chime in?

 

Magnets won't stick to good stainless. Cheapy stainless is a blend of metals, an da magnet will stick, but with less hold. That lip looks to me like a damaged spot. I wouldn't like that flat spot in the over the axle pipe.

 

i will try the magnet thing tomorrow and you are goin to have to fix that little dent in the pipe. it looks like some one droped it.

 

Magnets stick to some grades of stainless, not others. I haven't done it to my system to see what is what though.

 

yeah pay 400 bucks for the system, 40 dollar shipping in a big old box with all these foam pads and there is a bend like in the lip

o well i will figure a way to fix it.

 

i paid $350 for mine

 

really where? i see it at almost every site for 400 bucks, o well;
any way didnt any one do the magnet test?

 

i dont have a magnet

i got the exhaust from thunderracing a while ago. it was when the price just went up to $400 but TR still had it listed for $350.

 

Hey 87B4Z,

Just so you know, it "than" not "then" in your avatar.

 

thanks for the help guys, i am just going to install it and just enjoy it.

dmair5_0 actually its a sig. pic not an avatar.

 

Oops, my bad! Thanks for straightening the not so technical people out!

 

Md,
You can use an adjustable wrench to reround that tube. Just open it a little wider than the thickness of the metal, slip on, and pry it back into shape. Given a few minutes like that, you should have it close enough to get them to fit together. I'll grab a magnet and stick it places for you tomorrow....

 

thanks

apparently those two parts are not the best quality ss, thats why the magnet does stick.

 

Md,
I took a small, weak magnet out to see what I could get to happen. It stuck to the header flanges, the headers, the y-pipe, the intermediate pipe, and the tailpipes. The only thing that the magnet did not stick to was the muffler. I didn't try the over the axle pipe.

 

thanks for the help, i guess its just not the best quality in the world stainless steel. hey at least they have the lifetime warranty.
any problems i will send anything back that doesnt last.