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09-14-2010, 06:19 PM
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Pipe Bent..Help Quick
ok so I have had my exhaust for over 2 weeks now and finally have the time to put it on myself instead of forking out $200 to have it done. well I got it up on my ramps and got the pipes cut and all the stock crap out and now I got the AMT exhaust lined up and go to slide it over the stock piping and it wont go over because a portion of it is bent inwards.
 now for some help. I got the rest of the night to get the exhaust on and completed because I got school early and work after and I am surely not driving around with pipes already cut. can someone help me out and give me some tips on how to bend it back. I dont care if i over expand it a bit because when i tighten the clamps it will shrinkit back down. i have tried everything to my knowledge and am truly ticked off the flowmasters would ship their products out like this. thanks in advance.
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09-14-2010, 06:29 PM
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Back on the dino-juice
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Have you got an Autozone close by? The have an exhaust pipe expander on their loan-a-tool list.
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09-14-2010, 06:48 PM
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if it is just a burr and you know a plumber he would have a pipe reamer
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09-14-2010, 08:46 PM
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Bent inward? You have pics?
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09-14-2010, 08:55 PM
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09-14-2010, 08:58 PM
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Should be an easy fix. Get a piece of pipe as close to the I.D. as your exhaust pipe. It does not have to be the same size but the closer the better. , slip it in your exhaust pipe. Now tap on your exhaust pipe where it is bent. The inside pipe will act as a mandrel and yours will straighten out fairly easily.
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09-14-2010, 10:08 PM
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well thanks for the posts. I bit the bullet and paid $25 to rent it at autozone
 .but it worked like a charm and the beast sounds like it woke up. I love it, the injen and flowmaster sound so well together.
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09-14-2010, 11:04 PM
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that should be a refundable deposit, no?
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09-14-2010, 11:04 PM
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Back on the dino-juice
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Now get the expander back to Autozone and get that money back.
Glad it worked out for you.
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09-15-2010, 04:25 AM
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More then meets the eye!
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Just get an ajustable wrench, clamp it on the bend, and slowly work the bend out. Simple
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09-15-2010, 07:37 PM
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My Flowmasters were also D shaped (both of them). It didn't look like they'd been damaged - both in exactly the same place etc. I've heard of a number of complaints about the same thing so it looks like Flowmaster sends them out like that. Wasn't too hard to fix and it was the ONLY complaint I had.
I love the sound combined with the INJEN intake!!
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