pipe mounting help

civic freak · #1 12-30-2003, 06:46 PM

ok i found this sweet pipe that i want to mount but its metal and i dont want to glue it in case i have to return the car or chrome it, oh yeah its a big ricer pipe so it drags the ground is there anyway i can fix that? thanx

oh yeah BC if i send you my car along with $15 could you paint it for me? ill also pay postage.

Joey · #2 12-30-2003, 07:32 PM

I'd need more exact information before I could lay out an exact plan for that, but I would suggest that you mount it by screw,if that's at all possible - I'm new to the structures of these things, I'm just assuming that there's something you can drill into.

On the subject of dragging: I came across a similar situation with my 1:18th C5 Corvette (rest in peace). I had an actual muffler attached to the pipe, so this wasn't really an option for me, but if you cut the ends at equal (but inverse) angles, then you could point the pipe upward past the body and cut some ground clearance at the same time. Two birds with one stone, I would say, since I like that mounting style.

civic freak · #3 12-30-2003, 10:09 PM

2 questions, what kind of exact information and can you explain that in laymans terms im only in 7th grade. if this is what you need it is an Acura Rsx with no body kit or anything else its a completly stock body

Joey · #4 12-30-2003, 10:46 PM

Really what I'd need is the size of the pipe and where you wanted to put it, but that's not all taht important.

Basically, you'd hold the pipe at an angle and Dremel off the bottom part of it straight. That way, the part that would be scraping the ground before is just flat (not realistic but no one's going to be looking at it from the bottom).

Then, in order to keep it from looking like a collection pipe (and more realistic, since real cars would ruin their mufflers by not doing this) cut part of the top off, so that it's flat in relation to the rear bumper.

See if any of this helps. I'm on AIM at Maranello720R if you want to talk more directly.

micro kid · #5 12-31-2003, 12:51 AM

(off topic) hey civic freak im in 7th grade too and i have mounted a 68 L88 Corvette body (waiting on cash for ****ing velcro) you can do more than you think you can.