So I woke up this morning tired after working all day yesterday on my civic swapping out the motor. I was going to start on the civic again, but I seen my newly aquired hks hi power exhaust in the living room when I went to go get something from the kitchen. So I said f*ck it, I wanted to finish one project at a time. And since I got the wheels, hood, and intake on the G35 i figured I would get the exhaust out of the way.
For people who want to do it themselves its not hard at all. Some wd40, socket wrench with 12mm, 14mm, extension, regular 14mm wrench. If you have or can get ahold of air tools, it makes it a little faster.
I used the rhino lift to lift up the rear end. just put the roll up stands on the back of the car and roll yourself backwards up onto the stands. I was not on level ground so put bricks, weights on both front tires, infront and in back of the tires.
unbolt everthing, break all the bolt loose first before removing any of them, Its a must to make things easier, I wish I would have, cuz the bolt connecting the y-pipe to the mid section were very hard to break I had to be very creative to do this.
I'll finish this later I have to go to dinner right now, peace.
edit: 10:30pm
Ok I'm back from dinner.
Like I was saying, just break the bolt loose first. I say start at the mid connection point and break those first because they were the hardest for me to get loose.
What I did to get those bolt loose and the bolts on the cats loose. was use an open ended wrench that has the other side closed.Use the closed side on the bolt. angle it a little, then use your 2 ton jack and lift up the wrench with that. jack it up slowly til you hear the snap of the bolt starting to break loose. Thats one of the ways I got a couple of them to loose the other way was to use a 3 foot bar, to extend your socket wrench to add leverage to break the bolts loose. unless your hercules. or the easiest way. if you have a size 14mm socket for a air impact gun. I didn't have that size so I had to do it with these other techniques.
It will most likely be easier with the gun, but not everyone has access to air tools.
once you break the middle bolts loose then go after the end section of the exhaust, the muffler. break the bolts loose and take them off. spray the rubber mounts with wd40 and pull the hangers off. It makes it really easy when you spray wd40.
After I took that off I went after the mid section. I undid the bolt and pulled it apart. then go after the y-pipe. same thing undo the bolts and pull apart from the cats.
when putting on the new exhaust just work backwards, start from the cats backwards. dont tighten any of the bolts until everything is connected. once everything is on the hangers, and everything is bolted up loosely, then you can go and tighten all the bolts.
Turn on the car and quickly go to all the connection points. have someone else rev the car and put you hand around all the connection point to check for leaks. do it at EVERY connecting point.
if there are no leaks then roll the car off the stands. clean yourself and the work area. and drive it up and down the street pissing off all the neighbors, cuz you're flooring it.
I plan on going next week and will tighten the bolts again, since then metal will stretch and shrink with the heat and cool down. After that they should be settled.
Hopefully this helps anyone planning on doing the exhaust change themselves.
Oh on a side note, how much does it cost to have a shop put this exhaust on for you.
and how much do people sell their stock exhaust for.
For people who want to do it themselves its not hard at all. Some wd40, socket wrench with 12mm, 14mm, extension, regular 14mm wrench. If you have or can get ahold of air tools, it makes it a little faster.
I used the rhino lift to lift up the rear end. just put the roll up stands on the back of the car and roll yourself backwards up onto the stands. I was not on level ground so put bricks, weights on both front tires, infront and in back of the tires.
unbolt everthing, break all the bolt loose first before removing any of them, Its a must to make things easier, I wish I would have, cuz the bolt connecting the y-pipe to the mid section were very hard to break I had to be very creative to do this.
I'll finish this later I have to go to dinner right now, peace.
edit: 10:30pm
Ok I'm back from dinner.
Like I was saying, just break the bolt loose first. I say start at the mid connection point and break those first because they were the hardest for me to get loose.
What I did to get those bolt loose and the bolts on the cats loose. was use an open ended wrench that has the other side closed.Use the closed side on the bolt. angle it a little, then use your 2 ton jack and lift up the wrench with that. jack it up slowly til you hear the snap of the bolt starting to break loose. Thats one of the ways I got a couple of them to loose the other way was to use a 3 foot bar, to extend your socket wrench to add leverage to break the bolts loose. unless your hercules. or the easiest way. if you have a size 14mm socket for a air impact gun. I didn't have that size so I had to do it with these other techniques.
It will most likely be easier with the gun, but not everyone has access to air tools.
once you break the middle bolts loose then go after the end section of the exhaust, the muffler. break the bolts loose and take them off. spray the rubber mounts with wd40 and pull the hangers off. It makes it really easy when you spray wd40.
After I took that off I went after the mid section. I undid the bolt and pulled it apart. then go after the y-pipe. same thing undo the bolts and pull apart from the cats.
when putting on the new exhaust just work backwards, start from the cats backwards. dont tighten any of the bolts until everything is connected. once everything is on the hangers, and everything is bolted up loosely, then you can go and tighten all the bolts.
Turn on the car and quickly go to all the connection points. have someone else rev the car and put you hand around all the connection point to check for leaks. do it at EVERY connecting point.
if there are no leaks then roll the car off the stands. clean yourself and the work area. and drive it up and down the street pissing off all the neighbors, cuz you're flooring it.
I plan on going next week and will tighten the bolts again, since then metal will stretch and shrink with the heat and cool down. After that they should be settled.
Hopefully this helps anyone planning on doing the exhaust change themselves.
Oh on a side note, how much does it cost to have a shop put this exhaust on for you.
and how much do people sell their stock exhaust for.
Be sure to wipe down the polished components. That will help prevent unsightly marks during the initial burn-in of your exhaust set-up.
I was quite fortunate for the fact that I had a lift available for my HKS installation.
Looking forward to reading your review/comments. Enjoy!
I was quite fortunate for the fact that I had a lift available for my HKS installation.
Looking forward to reading your review/comments. Enjoy!
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LOLOriginally Posted by jdmeg21
I'll finish this later I have to go to dinner right now, peace.
pictures will be up tomorrow, I haven't taken any
and if anyone needs help changing out their exhaust let me know, I can help out, and if you don't have a spot to do it. You can come to rialto and I can help you change it at my girls house.
and if anyone needs help changing out their exhaust let me know, I can help out, and if you don't have a spot to do it. You can come to rialto and I can help you change it at my girls house.
^^everyone who gets hks is happy with the sound
ive never heard any complaints from hks owners. only comlpaints ive heard are from non-owners
i hope to soon join the hks club
ive never heard any complaints from hks owners. only comlpaints ive heard are from non-owners
i hope to soon join the hks club
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Im buying that exhaust real soon! lol It usually costs about $120 to install exhaust at a shop and the stock one usually sells for around the $200 area... Congrats man...POST PICS!
cuz the guy that was selling the exhaust said that if I gave him my stock exhaust he would put this one on for free. I said no, and that i could do it myself. After that he was kind of an ***. It was a good price and everything, but he was kind of arogant when I met him.
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Originally Posted by Tater
Congrats on the exhaust. Are you happy with the sound?
yes i am very happy with the sound, it reminds me of this bmw e46 m3 i heard one time. it was passing by me in a tunnel and had some wierd cone looking dual tip exhaust, the exhaust looked like crap but the sound was amazing.
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That sound ONLy gets better with time. Wait til' you have about 5000 miles on it...
