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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 05:43 PM
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Ark Exhaust Installed w/Pics and some advice

My neighbor and I installed it last night in the garage, first time trying to do this so took a while, about 2 1/2 - 3 hours, had to do some adjustments today.
The left side like people say was hanging lower, but as you'll see in the pictures with 2 people, one adjusting height while other tightening bolts can get it about perfect.

Also the brace doesn't fit back on the middle without putting some washers for spacers, Ark said it's really not needed so ended up leaving it off and just putting the bolts back.

Had to go back and re-bolt also a 2nd time because I didn't use the washers correctly the first time...wahhh
It was supposed to be Big washer, insert, then big washer and finally little washer and nut for anyone that doesn't know in the future.

Loving the exhaust, sounds sooooo nice, videos on-line really don't do it justice, has such a nice base to it, and the look from behind is really unbeatable, I've already gotten many compliments on it.

I'll post a video of the sound later, not that you can't already find them, but still!

First a comparison picture, these first 2 pictures are before height adjustment.

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Of course we have to have the full under-body, this was today, I took it to make the adjustments to the heights and fix the washer issue.

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And finally after the height adjustment.

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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 06:11 PM
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Love that blue color! Exhaust looks awesome, bet it growls nice too. Thinking about adding intakes?

The tips look nice and even now, great job!

Any pics of your headlights?
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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jon23
Love that blue color! Exhaust looks awesome, bet it growls nice too. Thinking about adding intakes?

The tips look nice and even now, great job!

Any pics of your headlights?
Thanks! Definitely intake, most likely Stillen Gen 3 Long Tube, but not till prob Jan, then a tune.

I haven't reset the ECU yet either since the install of the exhaust. I know most people say you don't get any gain from just installing the cat back, but feels like I got a nice little boost on the low range.

There's a thread on here somewhere with pics of the lights

Still waiting on my IPL bumper to be done painting, they said should be by Monday, once that's on going to have a photographer friend take some pics and will post up.
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 12:18 AM
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Sound clip?
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Twysted37
Sound clip?
Here's a short clip from earlier taken with my iPad, again I had seen quite a few videos, the sound is nice in the video, but it's really something you have to hear and feel in person.
I'll try to do a 'Take Off' 'Drive By' Etc...later this weekend.

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ASAUggjX0f8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>

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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 11:19 AM
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Hangs really low what's the distance from ground to exhaust ? Be careful when going over speed bumps
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 12:15 PM
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That looks sexy!
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by daren_ipl
Hangs really low what's the distance from ground to exhaust ? Be careful when going over speed bumps
5 inches from the lowest point, will have to be more careful to be sure. I still wanted to put some sprints to drop it an inch and clear the wheel gap later so we'll see how that goes lol

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That looks sexy!
Agreed!
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 01:29 PM
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Congrats man, looks great! The ARK hangs so low, its crazy lol.
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by TwoThree
Congrats man, looks great! The ARK hangs so low, its crazy lol.
It really does, and I already was worried about dropping my car, but it does look good! Lucky Texas roads aren't to bad, so crossing my fingers no problems!
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Old Sep 16, 2012 | 10:54 PM
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That exhaust is SEX.
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 09:53 PM
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How did you adjust the height
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ReconKnight
How did you adjust the height
It was just a matter of one person holding the exhaust in place while the other person tightened the bolts starting from the back moving forward.
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 08:55 PM
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Thanks, for the tip, putting mine on this weekend
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ReconKnight
Thanks, for the tip, putting mine on this weekend
Nice, you're going to love it! Post pics after
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