Wow! You have really nice large tips.

Just kidding. I really love the look. Did you have a local muffler shop fab them? That would look great on my car.

LongBoard

 

It's not quite a "muffler shop"...more like one of THE local Detroit exhaust builders

 

I hope that didn't dent the vehicle behind you!

Glad that the flying tip didn't cause a traffic accident. For want of a more aesthetically-pleasing exhaust tip...

 

At least a Mini can duck a chrome tip...that's easy to spot...sure beats the frickn' gravels that's beaned my windshield out of nowhere :impatient

 

gravel!?

i was heading up to CT a few weeks back following my friends and a BOULDER of a rock came off his tire and left a 1in crater in my windshield that spread quicker than a girls leg on prom night

 

I'll have to rememeber that one.

Sorry to hear about the tips. I bet a local service station would tack those into place for....oh less than $20. Theres a local conoco service station that would do it almost for free. He's a really nice guy.

 

Legs? I've been on a secret mission lately and was up too late last night...

 

Nice, SId. Maybe this thread should be renamed to "Show me your tips!"

 

Those black ones look hot!!!! what exhaust are you running with?

 

A slightly modified Borla Race...16" glass pack resonator and twin 3" custom DTM tips

 

MISFITOY pushes the threshold again!

 

Went right over your collective heads...eh? Look closely...

 

My Outmotoring tips have been on for a couple months with no problem, installed per the instructions.

BTW and not to be a know-it-all, star washers are used to provide good electrical contact at a fastener, not to keep it from coming loose. Nylocs are the best if it's not too hot. Loctite can also be removed by heat. A keps nut (flanged and grooved underneath) is pretty good. All metal lock nuts are available and can withstand heat. Split lock washer do next to nothing as they are a flat washer when torqued down.

DD

 

Nice rim! Love the shape.

LongBoard

 

That's a fine set of hips! Took me a while to catch on.

Any chance I can get a set of tips like yours for getting it?

And thanks to everyone else for hints on how to install the things properly. If only I'd known beforehand. Right now I'm sporting a set of classy 1" steel tips. Hey, at least I'm not pretending to have more than I got. If I do anything to replace the stock tips, I think it'll be with a full aftermarket cat-back.

Oh, and for those that mentioned it, I don't think the tip that fell off actually bounced off of the front of the car behind me. At the very least no one stopped to threaten me. Probably a good thing - I hate to think what a new Porsche bumper costs..

 

Reminds me of a prom night comment someone else made somewhere, Sid

 

Put my OEM chrome tips on today at lunch... took about 10 mins, 3mm allen wrench and used some blue locktite....

Didn't use the bracket though... that thing is pretty much useless... just took off the old tips, loosen up the new screws a bit, put a few drop of the blue loctite on the upper threads, shoved the tips on the exhaust pipe and allen wrenched then down as hard as I could.

I read somewhere that loctite start curing as fast as 1 hour to 24 hours max, depending on weather conditions...

I will check them out over the next few days to make sure they are all good.. wish I had a tac welder...