Stainless works chambered exhaust alignment issues

[CyberSpeedSS]

Hello, I have the stainless works chambered catback exhaust for my ss camaro and i am running into an alignment issue at the cats. apparently my left lead pipe that comes off the cat converter is lower than the right leaving that area of the system at a unsafe position. here, the cat is pushed too far to the left and up against the frame and it rubs up against the heat shield and frame causing a rattle when driving down the road. The factory exhaust system on this vehicle has a 21” center distance between lead pipes and the Stainless Works system I purchased, is only capable of 23 ¼”. Basic math, at least for me, dictates that the increase in overall width would result in shifting the position of the catalytic converters further to the outside of the vehicle. It is at this point that the lead pipes have to be rotated to lower the converters to prevent them from coming in contact with both the frame and heat shield. For my vehicle, this installation leaves the left converter at an unsafe distance below the frame. I have consulted numerous times with stainless works and they have suggested roataing the x pipe, rotating cats, but none have helped. i have asked them to send me two new lead pipes and an x pipe just to see if maybe we got pipes that were cut incorrectly. they still have yet to answer that part of my question. also, when asked about the measurement as stated above they responded that "I honestly don't know what the measurement of our system is" HELLO, HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW? anyway, if someone smarter than the people at stainless works can PLEASE help me in resolving this issues without sending the system back (really dont want to send this good sounding system back) it would be GREATLY appreciated. thank you!

[mike25]

Best bet is to have the replace it..maybe could dent the pipe a bit..but shouldnt have to..if you talked to a desk person..they wouldnt have a clue what the measurements, and not many will..they simply follow facotry bends to an extent and make sure its fits, then mass produce them. Im sure stainless will make good on it if you call them, which is the only way to fix it short of denting the pipe or doing your own cutting/ welding.

[shadow09]

Yeah stainless works should replace it under warranty. As long as you didn't try to bend any piping yourself or weld the pieces together.

[CyberSpeedSS]

I have called them numerous times asking if i could just send back the two lead pipes and x pipe and have them send me a replacement. everything else on the system is good. also, i have not cut or bent any tubing. on tuesday ill call again and if we dont get anywhere i guess ill send it back and get something else.

[CyberSpeedSS]

Yeah i feel your pain. they finally decided to ship us two new lead pipes and another x pipe to see if maybe we got some ones that were cut wrong. unfortunately that did not solve the issue that we were having, so we called them up and said that we wanted to ship it back. so now we have kooks exhaust on there and everything lined up perfectly! the measurements matched the stock system and it sounds exactly like stainless works; maybe a little louder. kooks' system included fewer pieces to the system which probably limited the amount of flex. also has nice rounded tips instead of the "cut-your-fingers" tips stainless works gives you. all in all kooks is a 150% better system; it does cost a couple hundred dollars more, but you know, you get what you pay for and this system is worth every penny!

[Dexgto]

I dont know how you were putting it together but i had no issues putting mine together on jack stands, but the left lead pipe was shorter then the right i just adjusted it accordingly and had no problems idk