Frankensteineken
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- MN
Anyone know of anyone that can mandrel bend exhaust in the Oceanside area? I need a downpipe made and don't have a welder to piece together my own.
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Mandrel bender in Oceanside?
- Thread starter Frankensteineken
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jeeperjohn
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- Temecula, CA
I hand made a downpipe for mine with prebent pieces. I might be able to hook you up, I'm in Temecula.
Frankensteineken
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- MN
Interesting. How did yours turn out? You have any pictures? Did you buy the mandrel pieces and weld them up?
I went to one exhaust shop with the pipe off the vehicle and asked him to make me one up in 2 1/2", and he gave me the run around and told me it would never work and then quoted me $200 to make it.
Let me know.
I went to one exhaust shop with the pipe off the vehicle and asked him to make me one up in 2 1/2", and he gave me the run around and told me it would never work and then quoted me $200 to make it.
Let me know.
jeeperjohn
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- Temecula, CA
I bought prebent 90* sections and cut them up and welded them together. I put a section of flexible pipe in the straight section just in front of the cat. Where the pipe bends down around the bellhousing I cut a pie shaped piece out of each side and made a really tight 90* and then welded pieces back into it to complete it. I may be able to post some pics tomorrow.
jeeperjohn
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- Location
- Temecula, CA
If you have a 96-up the stock piece is big enough. I would just replace the section that is kinked just under the mounting flange.
Frankensteineken
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- MN
My downpipe was in prettybad shape so I ended up buying one from autozone. The factory kink isn't there, but it's crush bent so I would still like to get something else on there.
jeeperjohn
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- Temecula, CA
PM me if you want to fab up a custom piece.Frankensteineken said:
- Location
- Lakeside, CA
You should consider a Borla Header, very nice mandrel bends, no kinks, no crush. Oh, no cracks, downside is the price, about 5 bills. 
I bought the autozone one, but also took some 90* and straights to remake it the way I wanted it.
Plasma cutter to cut the pipe and a cheap mig with .23 wire and co2 for shielding. It was my first exhauast project and it came out ok. I will just tear it off next time Im in the rocks.
KH
Plasma cutter to cut the pipe and a cheap mig with .23 wire and co2 for shielding. It was my first exhauast project and it came out ok. I will just tear it off next time Im in the rocks.
KH
Frankensteineken
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- MN
Jeeper John, PM inbound.
I don't think so on the Borla. I got the APN header, just didn't want to drop $500 on a header. It would be nice if someone offered a mandrel bent downpipe to work with the stock manifold of short aftermarket headers.
I don't think so on the Borla. I got the APN header, just didn't want to drop $500 on a header. It would be nice if someone offered a mandrel bent downpipe to work with the stock manifold of short aftermarket headers.
