i am installing my apexi n1 on my 1999 civic si and i am having trouble getting the silencer out of the rear section? any advice on how to go about doing this? thanks

 

you unscrew the nut and bolt and wiggle it out! not that hard. wd-40 that **** if u have to!

 

ive tried multiple amounts of wd-40 and if tried prying it out and sliding it out and the stupid thing still will not budge, any other help would be greatly appreciated.....thanks again

btw, what should i wiggle it out with? i cant really get anything to stay on the silencer part while i try to pull it out?


[Modified by Hype-aaaRRRR, 6:33 PM 3/28/2003]

 

try heating up the tip of the exhaust to make it expand.

 

are u sure its not welded on? lol

it might have gotten bent from hitting the floor during dips and is pinched in?

 

i finally got it off late last night after driving it around for about an hour. i still had to pull hard as crap to get it out and it finally budged enough to get a good grip on it and get it out. it turns out that some idiot at ups must have saw the silencer out of the muffler section and thought that it broke out or fell out, so there is packaging tape all around the silencer which was holding the silencer inside the muffler along w/ the bolt which i had already taken off. so screw the ups dude or whoever did the tape thing. oh well, its all good now.

 

Apexi sells a silencer remover tool. I bought mine shortly after finding out how hard it was to try and remove it. Its in the Apexi catalog, so if you have a local shop that sells apexi stuff ask them about ordering one. They're not expencive.

 

Mine has an area where you can grab it with a pair pliers...i just grab that **** and YANK...of course mine isnt real apex'i

 

lol.. You should have an allen bit for the screw and washer that holds the silencer in place. For the 2+ yeads I've had my N1 catback on my SI, I've never used the silencer. Keep it off. It just eliminates the gains and sounds better. Keep the silencer in your trunk just in case 5-O bust *****..