Well I have had a crappy exhaust not for awhile now and I always blamed it on my collector gaskets. That all changed today when i found this raging hole in my I-pipe right before it enters the muffler. It seems that the modified hanger had fatigued and ripped a hole in the I-pipe. I did not install this exahust (this was 4 years ago when I knew nothing about these cars) but now I see what a horrible job they did. They didn't even use the hangers that came with it, but instead cut them off and welded these on instead. I found this when I was trying to keep the rear springs from rattling today (completely different annoyance). Should I just patch that hole. It is more of a tear. The hole is about 1" long and .5" wide. Upon further review they also didn't install the cat-back right. It sits 7" to far forwad and the bend doesn't even go over the axle So they just put a big dent in it to make it fit. What idiots. I am so glad that I do all the work on my car now. Does anyone know if I can just order a new I-pipe from Hooker. I really don't want to buy a whole new cat back.

 

They don't sell the I-pipe alone to the best of my knowledge. But, if you talk to them, they may be willing to make an extra pipe the next time they make a run for their cat-back, if you're willing to pre-pay and wait until they make the run. Some people have done that for their 2055 y-pipe.

 

just weld the hole closed.....2 min done and done

 

Well that is the last resort because the pipe is all mangles and it not quite 3" because fo that.

 

get the dynomax chepo from jegs if you dont want to spend a lot, its like 150? or you can just mig weld that crap, easiest way...