Unfortunately where I'm at, I have called all around town and can't find a single shop that does mandrel bends here. My exhausts are crush-bent, but it doesn't bother me too much... :-)
Ricky On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Robert K. Kuhn wrote: > On 07:20 AM 08/14/02 -0500, Ricky Crow said... > > >Go to a muffler shop and have them custom-bend a 2.25" exhaust for you > >from scratch. I've done this one 2 of my cars and have been VERY happy > >with the results. It looks stock out the back (I had them install a > >dual-tip finisher on the end), and with their "turbo muffler" that they > >installed, the sound is nice and low, and not loud. > > > >Ricky > > > > > > > > > >On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > (* snip *) > > > Just be sure that if they have to bend the pipes that they mandrel bend > them. Most of your better shoppes do but I have heard of a few that > don't. They either bend the pipes or they go out and weld in a bunch of > elbows. :^P > > But I agree with Ricky. That's what I did and basically have done with a > lot of my past vehicles. > > The end result is that you get a *custom* job that fits for about half the > cost of the direct bolt on kits that are out there. I also like my exhaust > systems to be welded rather than clamped. Clamps work if you're on a very > tight budget but they look ugly and I've seen too many of them eventually > fall off. > > > Robert K. Kuhn > CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) > > 1990 Honda CRXsi (http://drive.to/jiggy) > ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla) > > Mount Laguna Cruise (San Diego County) - September 2, 2002 > http://www.crx.org/southcal/events.html > > To see who all is coming: > <http://www.crx.org/southcal/rsvp.htm>http://www.crx.org/southcal/rsvp.html > > >
