$5 Adjustable Exhaust Tuck Mod (in under an hour)

I couldn't take staring at my low hanging stock exhaust tips any longer so last week I took matters into my own hands. Here are the steps I took:

 

1. Go to your local auto parts store and purchase 4 metal hose clamps. I went with 1-3/4" to 2-3/4" for a total cost of $5.28

 

 

 

 

2. Grab the appropriate tools. I used the stock jack (only hand turning, no handle attachment) with a piece of foam on top (to protect the mufflers), a socket wrench, and a screw driver.

 

 

 

3. Gently jack one of the mufflers up until it reaches the desired height, then jack it slightly higher. Be sure not to lift it to the point where the body of the car is being raised or the exhaust tip is touching the bumper cutout.

 

 

 

4. Find the two rubber exhaust hangers for the muffler that is jacked up. Take the metal hose clamps and place them over the rubber exhaust hangers. Be sure to center them leaving the tightening bolt/screw accessible. Tighten the metal exhaust hangers until they are snug.

 

 

 

 

5. Slowly lower the jack. Check the exhaust tip height. If the tip is too high jack the muffler back up and loosen the metal hose clamps until it is low enough. If the the tip is too low jack the muffler back up and tighten the metal hose clamps until it is high enough.

 

 

6. Repeat steps 3-5 for the other side.

 

 

That's it.

 

 

Here are some pictures of before / during / after for you to see the results.

 

Before:

 

 

 

During (notice the difference in height between the left (raised) and right (stock)):

 

 

 

After:

 

 

 

 

 

It would obviously be easier (and probably better for the exhaust) if you could jack up both sides at the same time. I only had one jack so I did them one at a time. I have not experienced any exhaust leakage or bumper melt in the 4 day since I installed this mod but this is your standard YMMV, don't do this unless you accept all responsibility, etc., mod. Hope this helps out others who are in the droopy saggy exhaust department.

 

If anyone has cheap ideas of how to remedy my bike rack incident (see picture above with missing chunk of license plate pocket) I'd be glad to hear them as the $375 the auto body shop wants would be much better spent on performance upgrades.

damn not a bad mod for $5

I like, I was never a fan of how low the exhaust hung. it's a mod more for you since most people prob wouldn't know. I have some hose clamps laying around i'm gonna do it

Hum.... something i never noticed before that i will probably notice all the time now! Thanks a lot!!!

Haha, theres a free mod

Move the exhaust hangers to the middle hole - the split

Haha, theres a free mod

Move the exhaust hangers to the middle hole - the split

 

I tried the free version first but it was a PITA to get my rubber hangers off and I was not totally satisfied with the results. Although it raised the tips up they did not hang evenly and were still a little too low for my taste. For free it's a great mod and the reason I even though to do this but for $5, and in my case less effort, doing it this way made it completely adjustable and more easily returned to stock if need be.

Looks good!!! Can also be done with large back zip ties...

 

On the broken trunk - you may be able to source a piece somewhere. Or there's alot that can be done at home with bondo, matched spraypaint (paintscratch.com), spray clear, etc. Google on DIY auto paint repair.

Great idea, I think I might do this today!

Lol. I've been saying this for years.

Did this today and extremely happy with the results. Thanks for the write up!

wow, it makes a big difference, sweet mod.

i did this before with my spt exhaust but with out using the jack. it did not work i guess i need to use a jack must try again

like it going to try it, adding it so whenever someone posts it will remind my lazy @$$ to do it...

Wonder how this would work after shaving exhaust cutouts with my.. Stromung.. Hmm.. Might have to try this.

if the tips are to close to the bumper, would it melt?

I've done this a while back. Moved my hangers to the middle part of the hanger and then used hose clamps on it. It tucked my GMS crapback up pretty good. Though it rattles now since I sucked it up so much. Oh well, what doesn't rattle with this car.

Hum.... something i never noticed before that i will probably notice all the time now! Thanks a lot!!!

 

+1

Looks great.

 

Would probably be pretty easy to evenly raise the cans by using a 2x4 on top of the jack and the jack centered of the car, just to insure its a uniform adjustment.

 

Thanks for the suggestion!

With the stock cans I stuck them through the middle slot of the mounts, but my new Borla exhaust fixed the OEM gap using the correct holes, but not enough for my liking. I didn't need a jack either, the tips came up as I tightened the clamps.

 

Here are pictures of my stock, stock using middle hole in mounts, and Borla using hose clamps...

I did this, it burned my bumper

I did this, it burned my bumper

 

how close did you get it? and what exhaust did you have?

Looks good!

anyone melt a bumper yet?

Nope. Mine has about a 1/4" gap between the tip and the bumper. But the Borla also has thick rolled tips that don't get as hot as a single-wall tip.

Great engineering! Problem solved, and under budget!