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Acree · 08-26-2013, 04:44 PM

I installed the exhaust this weekend sans test pipe. The look is stellar, the sound is very understated, and I squeal like a school girl inside walking to the car. Overall, I am very pleased with the fit, finish, and quality.

Installation Note for the Ark Grip Exhaust
This is assuming the test pipe is not being installed, or has already been bolted up into place, the stock exhaust has already been removed and the hangers have already been transferred. These are the steps we took to insure perfect tip alignment.

1) On the ground, bolt the mid-pipe with the resonator and the curved piece together with the nuts simply hand tight.
2) On the ground, bolt the passenger side tip onto the driver side tip, again leaving the bolts hand tight.
3) Slide the mid-pipe assembly into place by rehanging the hanger and bolting the front flange up to the test pipe or cat leaving the bolts again hand tight.
4) Grab a buddy and slide the rear section up under the car with both of you on your backs with the assembly on your chest. One of you hold up the majority of the weight while the other slides either the passenger side or driver side hangers in place. Then slide the other hangers in place. Then place the bolts and gasket between the left tip pipe and the curved pipe, again hand tight.
5) Starting at the front most midpipe to cat/test-pipe flange, starting bolting down everything making sure you have the gaskets in place.
6) Tighten down the mid-pipe to curved-pipe flange.
7) With one person under the car and one person eye-balling the tips, line up the driver side tip FIRST. While holding the tip in the exact center, tell your buddy to tighten down the curved pipe to driver side tip flange. This means the very last flange that goes to the passenger side tip is still loose!
Note: we measured exactly 1" from the tip wall to the bumper on the left, top, and right of both tips when properly aligned.
8) Repeating step 7, have one person align the passenger side tip while the other person tightens the very last flange. Measure for 1" clearance around both tips and visually check the "poke" on each tip and insure they are equal.

Hope these help someone out there! I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but this is how we did it over the weekend in my buddy's garage.

08-26-2013, 04:44 PM	#15
Acree Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 13 CSB BRZ Ltd Location: United States Posts: 1,035 Thanks: 147 Thanked 530 Times in 286 Posts Mentioned: 39 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I installed the exhaust this weekend sans test pipe. The look is stellar, the sound is very understated, and I squeal like a school girl inside walking to the car. Overall, I am very pleased with the fit, finish, and quality. Installation Note for the Ark Grip Exhaust This is assuming the test pipe is not being installed, or has already been bolted up into place, the stock exhaust has already been removed and the hangers have already been transferred. These are the steps we took to insure perfect tip alignment. 1) On the ground, bolt the mid-pipe with the resonator and the curved piece together with the nuts simply hand tight. 2) On the ground, bolt the passenger side tip onto the driver side tip, again leaving the bolts hand tight. 3) Slide the mid-pipe assembly into place by rehanging the hanger and bolting the front flange up to the test pipe or cat leaving the bolts again hand tight. 4) Grab a buddy and slide the rear section up under the car with both of you on your backs with the assembly on your chest. One of you hold up the majority of the weight while the other slides either the passenger side or driver side hangers in place. Then slide the other hangers in place. Then place the bolts and gasket between the left tip pipe and the curved pipe, again hand tight. 5) Starting at the front most midpipe to cat/test-pipe flange, starting bolting down everything making sure you have the gaskets in place. 6) Tighten down the mid-pipe to curved-pipe flange. 7) With one person under the car and one person eye-balling the tips, line up the driver side tip FIRST. While holding the tip in the exact center, tell your buddy to tighten down the curved pipe to driver side tip flange. This means the very last flange that goes to the passenger side tip is still loose! Note: we measured exactly 1" from the tip wall to the bumper on the left, top, and right of both tips when properly aligned. 8) Repeating step 7, have one person align the passenger side tip while the other person tightens the very last flange. Measure for 1" clearance around both tips and visually check the "poke" on each tip and insure they are equal. Hope these help someone out there! I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but this is how we did it over the weekend in my buddy's garage.