Okay, took my GMPP Touring Catback to work with me the other night, and I got it all installed. It sounds completely amazing and I love it. Anywho, here's how it went.

Got her pulled into the garage


Gettin' jacked up...


Where I put the jackstands up front...


Getting those nuts off was something of an adventure, I was glad I had penetrating oil, otherwise it might have been really tough...


Dropped that part down...


I forgot to bring my pneumatic zipwheel with me, so I resorted to a hacksaw.


And that's the position it ended up in after the back half slid out.


New shiny stuff...


Front is up in position...


That wheel is the right rear, to clarify.


Almost done... I love my springs, btw...


The back end...


And thats that, folks.




Ended up taking me about 2.5 hours, the overwhelming majority of that was cutting through the pipe without power tools, it literally took 10 minutes to get the new catback on.

Hope that helps someone, if not, well I had fun anyway

 

good write up....now we need videos!!

 

Looks good, I want to order my GMPP cat back soon.

 

If I had a videocam I would

 

why did you need to cut threw the old exhaust?

i just got that same exhaust system in the mail yesterday, but i'm waiting on my header and dp to arive before i install it

 

it won't come out in one piece unless you feel like dropping the suspension in the rear.

 

hm good to know, glade i have a sawzall =+)

sound pretty nice does it? mine looks nice sitting in my room.

 

It sounds great dude, I keep finding stupid excuses to go drive it around every half hour, waste of gas, but totally fun.

 

lol rock man, i'm excited. it sucks seeing the gigantic box sitting in my room, all i can do is pick up the muffler and yell VROOM down it.

 

Good write up & I to did mine last night in about 45 minutes but I have air tools & a sawsaz The hardest time I had was getting it jacked up as I had the front up on stands & when I jacked the drivers rear the front drivers side front wanted to lift off the stand.
So I dropped the front & jacked the rear first but then it was a bitch to get the front up as I only had short strokes to pump the jack.

The 45 minutes was after I got it on stands so with the time to get it on stands I's say 1.5 hours.

I love the sound now, How about you?

 

If you notice in one of pictures, the piece of wood. I carry that around with me at all times, because just that tiny bit of extra clearance makes it SO much easier to jack the car, as even with a lowpro jack, it's kind of a bitch.

I found just jacking up the entire left side made it quite easy.

The sound is incredible. It literally purrs at idle, and it's mellow when normal driving, but boy does she get naughty when you open it up. Definately not too quiet, as some people have said.

And ZERO crackle or ricey tones.

I love it.

 

Told ya the touring was the best of both worlds heheh

 

Oh so you got the touring well I thought you got the sport as I did & you think the touring gets nasty loud you should hear the sport

 

so u need to cut off the old exhaust to put on ur new gmpp? is it hard to do..ive never put on an exhaust before.. what do u suggest i do?

 

Were you under that car without Jack stands? cause It looks like you have them supporting the Exhaust and not the car.

 

Of course not. Jackstands front and rear, jack is just there for extra safety. The third jackstand is under the exhaust to keep it from hanging on its own weight.

I'm not stupid

 

So you only jacked up the driver's side? Nice job, looks great.

 

Nice exhaust, does our car come with those spring perches like that or did you install those with the springs? I never paid any attention to it while I was under mine and its snowing now so im not looking lol thanks

 

Perches are like that already, and yep, only jacked up the drivers side. No reason to put the otherside up as well.

 

Kool, cause I've Seen a Jack fail. it aint pretty.

 

looks like my install, nice i love mine.

 

I've been a diesel/hydralic/structural mechanic for almost 4 years now, I'm extremely aware of the various hazards of these kinds of things Safety is always the priority.

 

deadly. I just put mine on last weekend...sounds fantastic, just puts a smile on my face. i cut it before AND after the axle, i didnt feel like meneuvering it around to get it out. the thing that took the longest was was jacking, but i used a hydraulic floor jack and jacked up the back end. I think in total it took maybe an hour tops but i was at my dad's work with all the fancy tooling. definately worth the money, and soooo easy to put on.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UZL47Orsh0

 

haha same here! I cant wait to get it put on!!

good write up too, btw