IT'S DONE! ARK grip exhaust on a G37 vert!!!
03-05-2012, 11:00 PM
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I could have sworn that Poe offered his car up in a thread a long time ago. That's why I haven't offered until you started it all up again.
03-06-2012, 06:37 PM
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just spoke to alex on the phone. i'll be going down there most likely sometime this week to help them test fit the exhaust on my car. i just need to schedule half a day off at work since they don't open on weekends.
will definitely take lots of pictures and let you guys know how it goes. alex says they'll be taking lots of pictures and videos as well.
will definitely take lots of pictures and let you guys know how it goes. alex says they'll be taking lots of pictures and videos as well.
03-07-2012, 06:16 PM
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03-07-2012, 08:40 PM
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alright... i promised an update and here it is.
first of all, the guys at ark are awesome. every one of them. alex wasn't there when i was there but everybody else was very cool and friendly. thanks for the hospitality!
so... it turns out that fitment is not 100% perfect. i was not as lucky as jubbliepuff was with his install. the biggest problem was that part of the exhaust hits a brace under the car. i can't really describe it well with words, so here are some pictures.
https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/1154...20g37?h=50247f
i'm not sure if sharing my dropbox gallery will work or if i'm even supposed to be doing that, but let me know if the pictures don't work.
so the problem is in IMG_1049. that black brace that the pipes go over. once tightened, the pipes actually hit that black brace, as you can see in IMG_1050.
ark's solution was to drop the brace down a couple mm using spacers, as you can see in IMG_1054. once that was done, there was no more contact with the pipes.
another minor issue i saw was that the exhaust tips don't sit on the correct position on the cutouts in the rear bumper. it's hard to tell on the pictures but both exhaust tips sit too closely to the center. however, the right tip is farther off (closer to the center) than the left tip. check out pics IMG_1060 and IMG_1061. i'm sure this is barely visible when the car is on the ground and you're looking down on it... but still, the issue exists.
and, yes... if you're wondering, that is the OWNER of ark performance working on my car.
first of all, the guys at ark are awesome. every one of them. alex wasn't there when i was there but everybody else was very cool and friendly. thanks for the hospitality!
so... it turns out that fitment is not 100% perfect. i was not as lucky as jubbliepuff was with his install. the biggest problem was that part of the exhaust hits a brace under the car. i can't really describe it well with words, so here are some pictures.
https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/1154...20g37?h=50247f
i'm not sure if sharing my dropbox gallery will work or if i'm even supposed to be doing that, but let me know if the pictures don't work.
so the problem is in IMG_1049. that black brace that the pipes go over. once tightened, the pipes actually hit that black brace, as you can see in IMG_1050.
ark's solution was to drop the brace down a couple mm using spacers, as you can see in IMG_1054. once that was done, there was no more contact with the pipes.
another minor issue i saw was that the exhaust tips don't sit on the correct position on the cutouts in the rear bumper. it's hard to tell on the pictures but both exhaust tips sit too closely to the center. however, the right tip is farther off (closer to the center) than the left tip. check out pics IMG_1060 and IMG_1061. i'm sure this is barely visible when the car is on the ground and you're looking down on it... but still, the issue exists.
and, yes... if you're wondering, that is the OWNER of ark performance working on my car.
03-07-2012, 11:37 PM
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When I brought my Vert in for fitment it was pretty obvious that it didn't fit and hit the bracing...
I got rid of the Vert, but I hope they can get some of their planning together to get a fit session. I offered it up and it wasn't utilized.
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I got rid of the Vert, but I hope they can get some of their planning together to get a fit session. I offered it up and it wasn't utilized.
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