03-05-2012, 02:43 PM
Long winded story short, my long tube headers come down to the midpipe at a slightly off angle, and I haven't been able to get them to not rattle using the crappy ass eBay clamps. If you want to know more than that, I wrote the whole thing out here: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthr...p?t=605479, but it's neither exciting or particularly interesting.
What I need is a shop in NOVA, preferably near Fairfax or Ashburn, that is willing to do a little backyard engineering to make my midpipe fit the headers. Either by bending whats there to the right angle, or cutting and redoing the top part of the mid-pipe and clamping it up. Dropping the mid-pipe is (relatively) easy, and I've had resonators cut out and replaced with pipes for about $100 before. I can't see any reason this should take more than 2-2.5 shop hours so I'm not going to pay someone $400 for it.
Any suggestions or places you've had good experiences up here? Fanks.
What I need is a shop in NOVA, preferably near Fairfax or Ashburn, that is willing to do a little backyard engineering to make my midpipe fit the headers. Either by bending whats there to the right angle, or cutting and redoing the top part of the mid-pipe and clamping it up. Dropping the mid-pipe is (relatively) easy, and I've had resonators cut out and replaced with pipes for about $100 before. I can't see any reason this should take more than 2-2.5 shop hours so I'm not going to pay someone $400 for it.
Any suggestions or places you've had good experiences up here? Fanks.
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