StAtiXz6

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Curious to see who here has dealt with this before. There are threads stating that the ark exhaust does hang low. (which is what I'm currently experiencing). These threads don't seem to explain how to deal with this though. Has anyone changed the axel back on the Ark exhaust? is it possible?

The only method I can think of to create more clearance would be to angle the ark canisters further upwards (this will destroy the look of car) Or possibly cut the ark canisters off the rear and weld a different axel back on? If this was possible how does it affect the sound output?

Any guidance would be appreciated

micafd3s

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where are you scraping.. the canisters or axle back are not the low point...

chuckie311

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Yeah Im not scraping at all in the back..
Where the Y pipe is that's where I scrap..
I bought some exhaust wrap to wrap the crossmember and out it back in but I. Can't find the bolts and have yet to make it to a hardware store to pick up any

conkus805

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doesn't the ark have a x pipe? the resonators is where I scrape on my ark, I always take any steepish driveway at an angle to avoid the tips from scraping. I have never scraped the canisters though. it does hang low In the middle of the car, really my only complaint with the exhaust.

StAtiXz6

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for some reason i found the canisters to be the ones I end up scrapping. To be able to accommodate I went from a 285/30 to 285/35 to raise the rear by 1 inch. Its a bit to beefy for me in the rear and i can't drop lower now.

ttv36

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Yup it's the flex pipes before the X pipe that are the lowest part (at least on the sedan).

StAtiXz6

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dont to go off topic in regards to this. But the purpose in me asking this is theres a few aspects of this exhaust I would like to resolve.

1. Drone

2. canister height.

I was considering switching axel backs to a different axel back style. Currently ark is True Dual. The axel back I am considering is from a SINGLE IN , DUAL OUT configuration. The Canister style seems to be designed well enough to possible assist in the drone issue from the ark exhaust. But I'm Unsure. Anyone have any input to put into that theory?

The canister style would be tucked neatly under the bumper to avoid any complications of height.

conkus805

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if your having drone issues then maybe a longer resonator will help, but as far as the single in dual out muffler is concerned, if you have a sedan there is no way to fit something like that. maybe having some exhaust shop fab some axle backs that fit more snug to the underside of the car would be your best bet.

RadioFlyer

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I wore two holes in the actual mufflers. If you think it hangs low now, try driving cross country with the car loaded up! I don't have any problems with my tips scraping, but my flex joints are starting to fray from scraping over speed bumps.

I also had the thought of swapping out the rear canisters. I have a set of Manzo axleback mufflers that might fit. But at the moment, I'm just keeping it as is. I figured I would wait until these are totally gone before I change them over, so I haven't tried to see if another axleback would fit. As long as the Ark flanges are in the same place as stock, then it *should* work. If that's the case, you could swap them out with a TopSpeed axleback, or anything cheap off ebay, and it would sit higher than the Ark mufflers.