Defective Port installed Borla exhaust - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

becauseracecar1 · 05-13-2014, 07:46 PM

I ordered my 2014 FRS with the port installed Borla exhaust(SET option). The exhaust seems to be defective as the exhaust tip on the passenger side is lower than the on the drivers side. I checked and it's nothing wrong with the attachments on the car, it's definitely manufactured with one side higher than the other. What do I do? Thanks!!
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mike the snake · 05-13-2014, 08:07 PM

If you can't figure out an easy way to fix that, any good muffler shop could fix that in short order.

becauseracecar1 · 05-13-2014, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mike the snake

If you can't figure out an easy way to fix that, any good muffler shop could fix that in short order.

Do you think I could get a warranty replacement for the exhaust? Thanks!!

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White64Goat · 05-13-2014, 08:19 PM

Doubtful..............

evan · 05-13-2014, 08:38 PM

It's not that big of a deal. Over time, parts of the car will become uneven. It's normal. Nobody really looks at the exhaust tips anyway. If you're OCD, I can make two suggestions:

-Paint the tips flat black
-Fiddle around with the exhaust hangers.

If it will make you feel better, I'll trade you one of the two catback exhausts that I have.

roddy · 05-13-2014, 09:09 PM

Any good exhaust shop should be able to "tweak" it for you. Sometimes production tolerances stack up against you. If you think yours looks bad, you should have seen my TRD cat-back when I first got it...

humfrz · 05-13-2014, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by becauseracecar1

I ordered my 2014 FRS with the port installed Borla exhaust(SET option). The exhaust seems to be defective as the exhaust tip on the passenger side is lower than the on the drivers side. I checked and it's nothing wrong with the attachments on the car, it's definitely manufactured with one side higher than the other. What do I do? Thanks!!
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DANG, becauseracecar, I reckon your OCD is in advanced stages....

Well, if meds don't help ..... as I see it, you have several options:

* just get over it.

* spray paint the stuff behind the tips flat black (lessons places for the eye to compare on).

* like mentioned, take it to a muffler shop and let Bubba bang on it.

* and .... the redneck way (takes three people).....one to place a long piece of water pipe inside the tail pipe to move it ..... one to heat up the back of the tail pipe with a torch ..... and one to stand back to see when they are straight.

humfrz

becauseracecar1 · 05-13-2014, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

DANG, becauseracecar, I reckon your OCD is in advanced stages....

Well, if meds don't help ..... as I see it, you have several options:

* just get over it.

* spray paint the stuff behind the tips flat black (lessons places for the eye to compare on).

* like mentioned, take it to a muffler shop and let Bubba bang on it.

* and .... the redneck way (takes three people).....one to place a long piece of water pipe inside the tail pipe to move it ..... one to heat up the back of the tail pipe with a torch ..... and one to stand back to see when they are straight.

humfrz

I know I'm a little ocd... Thanks for the advice, I'll take to a muffler shop

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kavanagh · 05-14-2014, 10:10 AM

Redneck engineering for the win @humfrz

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Sportsguy83 · 05-14-2014, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

* like mentioned, take it to a muffler shop and let Bubba bang on it.

humfrz

OrbitalEllipses · 05-14-2014, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Sportsguy83

Shoulda bought a Fox-body amirite?

Sportsguy83 · 05-14-2014, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Shoulda bought a Fox-body amirite?

@Foxtrot would know..

kavanagh · 05-14-2014, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sportsguy83

@Foxtrot would know..

Hahahahahaaa!

Foxtrot · 05-14-2014, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sportsguy83

@Foxtrot would know..

I used to own a foxbody mustang.

05-13-2014, 07:46 PM	#1
becauseracecar1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: Posts: 167 Thanks: 143 Thanked 52 Times in 35 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Defective Port installed Borla exhaust I ordered my 2014 FRS with the port installed Borla exhaust(SET option). The exhaust seems to be defective as the exhaust tip on the passenger side is lower than the on the drivers side. I checked and it's nothing wrong with the attachments on the car, it's definitely manufactured with one side higher than the other. What do I do? Thanks!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ 2014 Ultramarine Scion FR-S facebook.com/86motorsports

05-13-2014, 09:09 PM	#6
roddy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: '13 Ultramarine Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 2,243 Thanks: 1,476 Thanked 1,165 Times in 685 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Any good exhaust shop should be able to "tweak" it for you. Sometimes production tolerances stack up against you. If you think yours looks bad, you should have seen my TRD cat-back when I first got it... __________________ no man with a good car needs to be justified...

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evan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: fr-s Location: pdx Posts: 546 Thanks: 396 Thanked 202 Times in 129 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It's not that big of a deal. Over time, parts of the car will become uneven. It's normal. Nobody really looks at the exhaust tips anyway. If you're OCD, I can make two suggestions: -Paint the tips flat black -Fiddle around with the exhaust hangers. If it will make you feel better, I'll trade you one of the two catback exhausts that I have.

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