The pic above is the custom exhaust I had done last summer. The guy who did it was highly recommended, yet ever since I had it done I've thought it looked strange. It hangs way down below the gas tank and you can clearly see that part of the pipe from behind the car. I figured maybe it's dangerous to have it too close to the gas tank, so that's why he made it like that.

But after seeing the picture below, now I don't know for sure. Why couldn't mine have looked like this?...sure would've looked a lot cleaner.






[Modified by Hondanut, 1:54 PM 1/20/2003]

 

all customs jobs arent the same....it all depends on who does it...either way i think both are good....
BTW is it me or u have serious front right tire camber problems


[Modified by JDM EF9, 5:25 PM 1/18/2003]

 

that crx is 3" mandrel... you shouldnt have a problem.

 

No camber issues yet...just a poor pic.


So, I'm guessing he couldn't bend it like the other one because it wasn't mandrel bends?

 

that 2nd pic is from speed-craft.com isnt it

 

Yeah, looks like it is. I just pulled it off of H-T.

 

yeah that is a really good company. i bought my intercooled turbo kit from them for my 2000 cavalier Z24. took me from a 15.1 to 13.2 but that car is gone now

 

when i got a huge dent in my greddy (chrome) muffler, i just got some hi temp black paint and painted the muffler, and now you dont notice anything, just looks kinda like the black hks sport exhaust muffler.
just a thought, it would be much less noticable

 

Yeah, that black paint is a good idea. What kind did you get?

 

when i painted my header cover i used high heat manifold paint (flat black)
works really well and makes it look nice too
the brand i used was Canadian Tire brand stuff...so i don't know what other kinds are out there

 

mines black....all that bling looks nasty to me...id rather not be out w/my ss polish every 2 days to keep it shiny....
~~~~~~not a great pic but i love showin off my rear sway bar thats welded to the frame...and big pipes....for n/a...

 

That exhuast setup is rea nice how much did you pay?

 

Cant the exhaust come straight out the right side instead of having those extra bends????

 

Why yes, it can

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=273284

 

You really think so? I paid $225, which included install for my own (bought somewhere else) muffler and cat.

 

looks kinda like mine is that the turbo n1 or regular?

 

Don't know...top one's mine.

 

can some one please post a picture of what a crx exhs like and where the bends happen ??
im trying to figure out how many mandrel bent U-pipes i need for a complete mandrel bent cat back exh

 

My 5 Zigen Axle back exhaust peice runs out of the right side. I don't care about how my car looks with the cut in the drives side.

If anything, people will notice that it's on the right, and think, "Hmm.... I wonder what's up there.."

 

5 Zigen is made that way, right?

 

i like the second one

 

the second pic of the exhaust is also crooked.

some idiot exhaust shop couldn't even get the muffler aligned straight.

unless the owner was on drugs and wanted it crooked on purpose, which makes no sense.

 

Thanks for the replies, but no one has really answered my question yet-

Is the reason mine doesn't look like the 2nd pic because there's no way to due that without a mandrel bending machine?

 

Its the JDM Slant

 

Looks like the muffler guy that did your exhaust got a little sloppy at the end. The piping went to far to the rear of the car, then he brought it back a little to compensate for the length of your muffler. See how smooth the second cars piping is, there no "extra" bends or curves anywhere, looks like it was done using U-bends, very nice job on it.