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Originally Posted by HotLeopardMama
I have cracks in the weld where the piping connects to the canister. Womp womp. :-\
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Ugh. I finally got mine up on a lift at a non-dealer where I could get under the car and look at it... what we found isn't pretty:
It looks like it's not even a weld that's torn-- it looks like the whole flange that the pipe section welds to has ripped apart.
If that shit's going to tear to bits every time the kink in the piping that goes under the diff/axles rubs then I'm going to need to switch to the non-resonated midpipe. The ground clearance on that bit of pipe that hooks under the rear suspension is so stupidly bad-- I'm lowered less than an inch from stock ride height and have plenty of clearance everywhere else on the car even for the worst California bumps / ramps / drainage depressions, but there are a few spots around town where I literally can't avoid rubbing that pipe elbow even when I'm doing half a mile per hour slipping the clutch in first gear... silly design. It's a real shame, because I love everything else about this system and the resonated setup is great for a DD sound-wise.