Bad news...my Nippon Exhaust broke!
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Last night after driving home from work, I noticed that my right Nippon Exhaust was dipping down. I had noticed in the previous weeks that the right muffler casing was a bit lower and not sticking out as much as the left muffler casing. I jacked up the car and inspected the exhaust.
Turns out the metal hanger (closest to the tip) was loose. The weld area of the metal hanger to the muffler had broken loose. What happened? Bad welding/quality? Maybe the exhaust was abused on the way over to the US from Germany? I did notice that the box took a beating and the exhaust had a few scars on it upon arrival:
http://www.digicomp.cc/grandtouring/Nippon...nInstall006.jpg
http://www.digicomp.cc/grandtouring/Nippon...nInstall000.jpg
So, I took off the left exhaust in fear that the metal hanger would break completely and I am only running the right exhaust (good thing the exhaust consists of a bunch of parts).
I have only had the exhaust for a month...hopefully MG Racing will help me out.
Turns out the metal hanger (closest to the tip) was loose. The weld area of the metal hanger to the muffler had broken loose. What happened? Bad welding/quality? Maybe the exhaust was abused on the way over to the US from Germany? I did notice that the box took a beating and the exhaust had a few scars on it upon arrival:
http://www.digicomp.cc/grandtouring/Nippon...nInstall006.jpg
http://www.digicomp.cc/grandtouring/Nippon...nInstall000.jpg
So, I took off the left exhaust in fear that the metal hanger would break completely and I am only running the right exhaust (good thing the exhaust consists of a bunch of parts).
I have only had the exhaust for a month...hopefully MG Racing will help me out.
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Very disappointing...
I really don't want to weld on a brand new exhaust. Assuming MG Racing will give me credit or something, that would be great...but it will also be a pain.
What would you do?
I really don't want to weld on a brand new exhaust. Assuming MG Racing will give me credit or something, that would be great...but it will also be a pain.
What would you do?
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Ah, your killing me man. My box was beat up on deliver too, but I didn't have any muffler damage like in your pics. I haven't had any issues yet, but I'll be sure to check the state of my welds this evening.