Rick Simons
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This has to be one of the the best values in a cat-back for the S197. $258 shipped from Advance Auto Parts with my SpeedPerks discount. All stainless construction, chambered mufflers (similar to Flowmaster inside) and polished chrome-plated SS tips. It sounds a lot like the Flowmasters I took off, too. I replaced the system because I found that the driver's side muffler was coming apart inside, and that was causing the annoying intermittent buzz that I'd been trying to find the source of for over a year.
Installation took all of 25 minutes. The instructions call for disconnecting the tail pipes from the H pipe so you can slide the mufflers forward off of the hangers, but I was too lazy to raise the front of the car; instead I opted to just unbolt the hanger brackets from the frame.
The fit was good, other than having to tweak the pass side hanger hooks a little to get the tip centered in the valance. The supplied clamps are cheapo zinc plated, so I used a pair of SS clamps that I had lying around.
Installation took all of 25 minutes. The instructions call for disconnecting the tail pipes from the H pipe so you can slide the mufflers forward off of the hangers, but I was too lazy to raise the front of the car; instead I opted to just unbolt the hanger brackets from the frame.
The fit was good, other than having to tweak the pass side hanger hooks a little to get the tip centered in the valance. The supplied clamps are cheapo zinc plated, so I used a pair of SS clamps that I had lying around.
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