Anyone use flexpipe?

[DoubleDingo]

how about this? bend your flex pipe to the needed shape and length, run down to the local exhaust shop, have them make you a pipe that size, bent and length, expand it to fit over your current pipe or make it fit inside, I reccomend, over the lead pup and inside the tail. Take it home and get two clamps, and be done. it'll last for a long time.

Our local shop only charged me 280 to run pipes from the headers back 2-1/4 and install mufflers and tailpipes, 400 is alot.

I know getting cats aint cheap though they are a hundred a pop for new ones here, or gutted ones run 35 each.

400 is a lot. The shop I went to wanted to charge me $300 to run about 4 feet of pipe and add the muffler in its orginal spot. Single exhaust!

Some good ideas were mentioned here. I agree, stay away from the flex pipe.

 

[chengny]

I think they call it "bellows style" flex pipe. Similar to a corrugated expansion joint used in steam piping

 

[89Suburban]

There are many types of flex pipes available. If you can get it in stainless it would last longer. Take a look see here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=exh...ei=aa5bVP6SLseYyAT3lYBw&ved=0CF8QsAQ#imgdii=_

 

[Christian Nelson]

Stuff I used years ago burned through within 6 months, I used it to get through the transfer case cross member. I had it blow out twice, then I bought bent pipe, cut and shaped to fit like an "S" curve to fit just right. I was dumping from headers into this, then glass packs, and straight pipe all the way back. Of course, the headers rusted about a year after that. MAN, I hate salt being thrown on the ice!

I wouldn't reccomend for anything other than temporary, or to use as a template for forming solid pipe with.

I believe I was using the non stainless stuff.

 

[87ChevyR10]

I'll have to call around and see what quotes I get from surrounding shops. It can't be too much considering all I need are a pair of header pipes to connect the rest of the exhaust. Who knows, maybe I can find a shop that'll do the work w/o installing cats.

 

[350runner]

Cats? what are those? Lol

Sent from the dust in front of you!

 

[HotRodPC]

The only things I have taking a dump behind my cab is Dogs !!! No Cats at all.

I do like the idea of keeping a flex pipe as a tool for a template and take to an exhaust shop to make a solid pipe.

 

[Smith]

I used flex pipe like this http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...=google&utm_campaign=gpla&utm_content=5600049 on Honda Accord I had, worked for that car but then again its a little smoother idling and driving than truck. I wouldn't expect it to be a permanent solution and would intend to down the road get it fixed but its 8 bucks, why not give it a shot and wait until you can afford a full redone exhaust or to get the shop to run what you have?

 

[bucket]

I used flex pipe like this http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...=google&utm_campaign=gpla&utm_content=5600049 on Honda Accord I had, worked for that car but then again its a little smoother idling and driving than truck. I wouldn't expect it to be a permanent solution and would intend to down the road get it fixed but its 8 bucks, why not give it a shot and wait until you can afford a full redone exhaust or to get the shop to run what you have?

I used a section of that stuff once. I think it was a 2-foot piece that I cut in half and put on the car. It made it a few months before it broke, then I replaced it with the other half I had saved before. IIRC, it started leaking a few months later and I replaced the exhaust.

 

[Smith]

I used a section of that stuff once. I think it was a 2-foot piece that I cut in half and put on the car. It made it a few months before it broke, then I replaced it with the other half I had saved before. IIRC, it started leaking a few months later and I replaced the exhaust.

Yeah it by no means is a permanent solution but it may get him rolling down the road for a while. I did this in the winter time so it basicly had two Ohio winters it went through and lasted.

 

[87ChevyR10]

It's not like my current setup is failing; it's just not 100% right. The driver side exhaust angles off to the side while the passenger side is true as it should be. I dunno what the deal is with the crossmember pipes and why they didn't allow a proper install.

 

[Skweegle89]

Idk how it will hold up on a puckup, but it's used on every peterbuilt out of the factory and seems to hold up for several hundred thousand miles. I have never seen it used on a personal vehicle, but it's not like your out a bunch of money of it only lasts 6 months.


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[MadOgre]

Idk how it will hold up on a puckup, but it's used on every peterbuilt out of the factory and seems to hold up for several hundred thousand miles. I have never seen it used on a personal vehicle, but it's not like your out a bunch of money of it only lasts 6 months.


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Ya but the piece that goes from the turbo to the y always blows out on petes