It pays dividends to buy some pre bent tubes and fabricate your own. Mandrel bending cannot be done without specialized tooling.

 

where do you think I can buy some prebent tubes? Do you think I aughta just take it down to a muffler shop and let them do it?

 

Depends how good you are at welding, Chris. You can get to the muffler(s) and tailpipe easily by taking off the box (4 bolts and a friend...it doesn't weigh much). The cat(s) are under the cab and much harder to get to. If you are willing to leave it stock from the collectors to the cats it will save a lot of work.

You can by mandrel-bent pipe from lots of places, including summit. You just have to cut and weld.

Dave

 

If you aren't really good at welding and running pipe, you should let a shop do it. With your truck you won't notice any difference from a mandrel bend.

I don't think you will gain anything from going to a 2 1/2" pipe. If anything I think you will just loose some bottom end.

 

I'm about 90% in agreement with Iluciano...After fooling with mine for a while I took it in to West Coast Muffler in Concord and they did a terrific job in about 3 hours. However, it was sort of fun to at least try it myself.

I might add that, in the long run, it will probably cost you LESS to take it to a good muffler shop.

Have fun!!

Dave

 

Ok thanks guys next weekend ill just go ahead and take it to a muffler shop. Thanks, Chris