Fapout

What's the easiest way? There is a thin bar connecting two sides of the car. Do I remove this? To get the stock exhaust off? I have my car jacked up right now and I'm a little confused.

Hondafan

Take the lower rear tie bar off.

ItalianBucwheat

Yes ya have to remove that bar. Comes off easy.....but ya gotta remove it in order to get the stock exhaust off. Something like six bolts.

speed4tu

I will be removing mine on Sat to install my new J's Racing N1.

Fapout

I'm installing my new tanabe. Should be fun! Just sprayed RustEater on the cat bolts. You should probably do that because they are really corroded! The hangars look a little tough to get out. Is there any easy way?

misternapps

spray wd-40 or liquid wrench on them at least 2 days prior. I sprayed thursday morning, night, and friday morning and then installed on friday afternoon. The cat bolts were tight but came off after a few 'spirited' pushes. Make sure that whatever exhaust you get sits low enough so that it doesnt rub against the bumper,the one i installed melted the exhaust because INVIDIA sucks... the exhaust sounds awsome and looks cool, but they should have given new hangers and/or angled the part that connects to the anger PROPERLY.. guess it doesnt really matter any more tho... car is crashed.

RedY2KS2k

tapout2000 and misternapps give excellent advice: spray Liquid Wrench, Kroil, PB Blaster, Rust Eater, etc. several times over a couple of days (or at least overnight) if you can. These things really do work. I feel that WD40 isn't as good a penetrant as the other products, but is better than nothing.

ItalianBucwheat

yeah a little wd-40 works fine...the hangers can suck helps if ya have a few different automotive type crow bar screw driver thingies.......Air compressor and air gun make the cat job a breeze.

Fapout

yeah, i'm taking it over to a friends house tomorrow morning to do all the work with an impact wrench. It would be nice if we had a lift but I guess a jack will do.