# Stuffing a front mount onto my 05 STi - done!

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**Created:** [March 19, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stuffing-a-front-mount-onto-my-05-sti-done/26104 "2007-03-19T11:04:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stuffing-a-front-mount-onto-my-05-sti-done/26104/88 "2007-04-03T06:26:52Z")

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Nice, thanks guys. Here is the exhaust we did:

The old downpipe, nice, but too small for me:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/bosal.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/bosal.jpg)

And here’s the cat we got rid of:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/cat2.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/cat2.jpg)

Here’s a shot of the inside:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/cat1.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/cat1.jpg)

And Another:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/cat3.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/cat3.jpg)

So we threw the car u on mikes awesome lift:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/lift.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/lift.jpg)

And put this guy on there, Perrin 3" catless downpipe:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/perrin1.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/perrin1.jpg)

It has a nice separated wastegate pipe:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/perrin2.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/perrin2.jpg)

And its not bad looking:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/perrin3.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/perrin3.jpg)

We decided to mate this up with my 2.75" catback:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/catback1.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/catback1.jpg)

Luckily, the flanges matched up great:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/flange1.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/flange1.jpg)

We just used 2 gaskets, to give us a little bit of room in there:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/flange2.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/flange2.jpg)

After adding some new hardware, it doesnt leak at all, and fits perfect!:  
 ![http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/flange3.jpg](http://www.rit.edu/~mamcmp/perrin/flange3.jpg)

Thanks again mike, for everything!

–mark

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