This is for a 99 4.0
Front pipe question: Are there any other options for the front pipe other than the walker garbage? I think I saw something like an "eastern exhaust" on rock auto, but that looked even cheaper. All I see on amazon are reviews where the pipe breaks at the weld where the hanger goes in over the cross member. I really need a new cat and the local shop welded the downpipe to the cat the last time it broke in that area. Now, I have the outlet of the cat rigged with a sleeve and it's all barely hanging together. I really need to replace everything to do it right.
Second question: has anyone ever added a hanger around the muffler/cat area? Between my 99, 96 and wife's 99 I've had a break between the cat and muffler no less than 3 times over the years. This results in the muffler banging off the drive shaft and having to tie it up to get home. It seems like a HORRIBLE design to have the stretch between the crossmember hanger and the tailpipe hanger supported by NOTHING. That's probably one of the reasons the walker pipes are breaking at the crossmember hanger weld (trying to support all that sh!t). Please post any info, this is my next project after splicing all the hatch wires (if nothing else comes up after/before then!)
Front pipe question: Are there any other options for the front pipe other than the walker garbage? I think I saw something like an "eastern exhaust" on rock auto, but that looked even cheaper. All I see on amazon are reviews where the pipe breaks at the weld where the hanger goes in over the cross member. I really need a new cat and the local shop welded the downpipe to the cat the last time it broke in that area. Now, I have the outlet of the cat rigged with a sleeve and it's all barely hanging together. I really need to replace everything to do it right.
Second question: has anyone ever added a hanger around the muffler/cat area? Between my 99, 96 and wife's 99 I've had a break between the cat and muffler no less than 3 times over the years. This results in the muffler banging off the drive shaft and having to tie it up to get home. It seems like a HORRIBLE design to have the stretch between the crossmember hanger and the tailpipe hanger supported by NOTHING. That's probably one of the reasons the walker pipes are breaking at the crossmember hanger weld (trying to support all that sh!t). Please post any info, this is my next project after splicing all the hatch wires (if nothing else comes up after/before then!)