I’ve heard lots of bad things about cheaper downpipes on low S13’s and 14’s and how they become the lowest part on the car, bottoming out on everything.
I was just wondering what some of you guys with decently low cars run for an aftermarket downpipe and how it works for you?
i don’t think my DP is the lowest part on my car.
thats a helpfull post…
i belive greddy makes an oval downpipe that you will pay out the ass for, or you could just be a man and run a normal downpipe and let it oval itself out!!! :E
If it doesnt fit the way you want it just cut it and weld it.
Get a decent Flex pipe and make the road oval it. It happened to my old exhaust
i had no prob with my down pipe. after i really lowered my car, i took my exhaust off from the rear axle back from it hitting the ground and grinding it off the road so i just got a new cat back and raised the car up by maybe 1/8" and i have never had aprob since. well i hope this helps out at least a little
the lowest part on my exh system is my test pipe, and man does it ever get roughed up, the flange is almost flat at one point. but the flex ‘mesh’ on the d.p doesnt go unscarred either.
A Bunch of companies make them … DMAX , HPI , MoonFace,
My 180s is low and I dont remember dinging my exhaust much at all this summer … it is all how you drive as well
My 180s is low and I dont remember dinging my exhaust much at all this summer … it is all how you drive as well[/quote]
i think it’s really because of the DP rubber bracket not lining up properly with the frame mount, kinda stretched…
also driving industrial calgary roads home from work with mountains of asphalt formed in the middle of the lanes because of semi’s :roll: anything to get home faster during rush hour.
Usually the lowest part is the tires.
Search on Zilvia Louren. There was a thread about this like this week. Something about downpipes for a slammed car…
Yup, the consensus was to buy something cheap and hammer it flat. Make sure you have a flex piece too.
or you can buy one like the ones I posted that are made that way by design as I dont think hammering with do any thing but dent it up and make it very restrictive.
thats a helpfull post…
i belive greddy makes an oval downpipe that you will pay out the ass for, or you could just be a man and run a normal downpipe and let it oval itself out!!! :E[/quote]
what i meant is don’t worry about the DP. it won’t be the lowest part. unless you cruise over raised manholes directly underneath (which i’ve seen alot of in Calgary), you don’t have anything to worry about. i usually try to get a tire over the highest part of a small mound like that though, so my DP doesn’t have one scratch on it.
my DP is also a de-cat version, so it’s one pipe thru to the exhaust.