Swiftvision

Getting a Tanabe super racing medelium exhaust on Friday and was told I needed new bolts to install. Is this true? What bolts are needed?

ninegrand

spry the hell out of em with liquid wrench the night before and you shouldn't have much prob.

If they are very rusty and look like hell it might be cheap insurance though.

EriS2k

post pics when Finished!

I'm about to order the same one!

flow

The old bolts can still be used .
My car is a MY00 and i changed the exhaust last month and i used all the old bolt .
But see u have some WD40 or something .

energetic

This is relative to a question that I have. Are the bolts on the catalyst fixed? Or they can be removed?

spider2k

the bolts on the catalytic converter are pressed in but they can still be replaced.

when i put my exhaust on 2 of the 3 had to be literally broken so i tapped them out of the flange and replaced them with a standard bolt/washer/lockwasher/nut combo.

energetic

Was it hard to tapped them out? You used a lot of force to hammer them out you mean?

Scorpion

Same here, broke 2 of 3 when I did mine. They take a little force to knock out, but nothing a nice 5lbs hammer can't take care of .

ol' dood

From personal experience, safety-wire the new/old nuts to the exhaust system. The vibration/tone makes the nuts back off even with lock-washers.

energetic

Thanks mate. For the record, I have finished the instalation.