Starting with a colonoscopy.

Don't laugh. I can keep the garage at 50 degrees when it's 30 degrees outside:



Oops. How'd that fall off?






Test fit:


Tailpipe expander (this is the colonoscopy part):




Lightly tacked in place so I can make final adjustments. You want to just tack both first. Then stand back and inspect them:



Hopefully they won't look like this when I'm driving:



Looking good:








Looking kinda odd considering the position and angle:





Painted just on the off-chance that the welds develop minor surface rust (no rust on either car so far, and we're not starting now):











I'll make final adjustments later by raising the muffler and shifting it slightly to the driver's side. The passenger side tip wanted to be a little to the right, so I made the driver's side the same, then I'll shift the muffler over with spacers to compensate. It's not super-obvious, but I know it's off a bit.

These tips are staggered in length between the two outlets on each side, so there's a left and right. I saw similar tips on sonoma_zr2's car last year, and loved the look. They follow the contour of the rear bumper.

Call my crazy, but the tips actually affected the sound of the exhaust. For the better. The dual tips and the resulting 'u' bend, and larger opening (cutting off the squared off oem outlets) actually makes a difference in sound.

Remember the topic title? Getting it from both ends. Time to turn her around and get busy again. Pics of that work a little later.

On to the other end.

Time for a little cleaning and touchup to fix what all the polishing on the newly painted hood caused:









Anyone notice anything missing? End of an era, a trademark gone. ONE of them will be re-routed to a hidden location, as it's still quite effective and necessary:


The touchup under the hood needs to dry overnight before I finish the touchup on this, and punch the holes (then water-proof it):


Yup, in that recent topic, it was requested that I add some color to this 3D raised emblem. So I did.



Tomorrow.......I'll finish up the hood insulator and re-routing half the old 'removed' trademark, then move on to trying to fit in the latest in the performance buildup on the front of the car.


As far as I know, Bob. I've only seen them on 96 and newer so far.

Here's the hood insulator back in place:





I'll be working on the Zilla for another 4 hours or so, then it's time to do some stuff to the SLE.

S1 are low-end torquers. In comparison, the S2 is a high-end passer. Very generic description, but that's the difference. Also keep in mind while the gear ratio is the same, I shift 500-800 rpm's lower in each gear. Short legs, but great off the line.

My goal is 13's and I will hit that this year. Then I'll stop working on that one and start in on the 95 in earnest.

Anyway, here's a couple daylight shots of the tips. I think I need to raise the muffler slightly. Should I, or leave it be?

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looks really good, I cant really see the muffler so I dont see any reason to raise it but then again Im not a real tech guy.

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1994 Bonneville SSEi

Stereo: Jensen Cd Deck, two 12" 600 watt Visonik subs, 6X9 Kicker "KS SERIES" 3-Way 300 Watts (for now)
Mods: 180* T-stat, Red wire loom, and Red painted strut bar.
Interior: Blue CD Neon, Chrome racing pedals, Custom painted dash
Exterior: Tinted Taillight

Sweet! Really loving that insulator emblem. Wish I could do 1/10th of the stuff that you can do!

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2019 Lexus ES350
Previously Owned: 2004 SE, 1995 SE

lol I loved the emblem so much I already started making my own cardboard stencil to do it to my own...course it wont be nearly as nice but Ill still try

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1994 Bonneville SSEi

Stereo: Jensen Cd Deck, two 12" 600 watt Visonik subs, 6X9 Kicker "KS SERIES" 3-Way 300 Watts (for now)
Mods: 180* T-stat, Red wire loom, and Red painted strut bar.
Interior: Blue CD Neon, Chrome racing pedals, Custom painted dash
Exterior: Tinted Taillight

I built some tips for my 92 SSE out of some GrandAM GT tips from a junk yard. They turned out alright, but the sound was tremendously different. The dual tips gave it a much better burble.

Yours look fantastic.

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02 SSEi-Turning money into tire smoke, very efficiently.

Very nice tips! And yeah, I say raise em a bit.

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SC is me spinach!
Dark Bronzemist 2001 SSEi
Intense PCM, Intense FWI, Intense modular 3.40" pulley, 1.9 Yella Terra roller rockers, LS6 Medium Load valve springs, Magnaflow mufflers, hi-flo cat, exhaust tips.

"gets it from both ends"

Just like the owner???? LOL

Looks good Bill too bad I couldn't get my 95 near that decent of shape.

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1995 SSEi - Traded to Adam Marcum
1998 SLE - Traded for my Dodge
2003 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie - Sold
1996 Audi A6 Quattro
I used to be cool......Then I traded my Bonne's.

Those tips look VERY nice...which brings me to my question....

What tips are they and where can I find them!!? Those would look gorgeous on my 03.

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2003 Granite Metallic SSEi - 180,000 miles – All factory options
Essentials: rebuilt trans. w/ INTENSE shift kit | INTENSE FWI | INTENSE PCM | INTENSE drilled 180 t-stat | Aeroforce scan gauge
Goodyear Assurance TripleTreds | Energy Suspension endlinks
Exterior: cleared corners, cleared tails, red calipers, dual chrome exhaust tips
Interior: GXP steering wheel