Dual Exhaust
#1
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This might have been covered before, but I'm new, so I apologize.
Just got a 2005 3 in May and I love it.
I am looking into putting dual exhaust on it, but I want to keep the stock bumper guard and try to keep the back of the car looking as stock as possible...minus the extra exhaust pipe or course.
Any suggestions? I have looked all over and I can't find just the bumper cover, or even a back bumper that looks pretty close to stock with space for dual exhausts.
Any help/input would be appreciated.
Thanks guys.
Just got a 2005 3 in May and I love it.
I am looking into putting dual exhaust on it, but I want to keep the stock bumper guard and try to keep the back of the car looking as stock as possible...minus the extra exhaust pipe or course.
Any suggestions? I have looked all over and I can't find just the bumper cover, or even a back bumper that looks pretty close to stock with space for dual exhausts.
Any help/input would be appreciated.
Thanks guys.
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I think he is doing it for style
My main concern was making the bumper cover look as though it wasn't just hacked away at with a sawzall.
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Besides scraping, I would worry about melting too.
My dual exhaust on my last car used to melt into the bumper when it came to close after a long right or hard driving...so I was hoping to keep the same hole on the left b/c it gets the neccesary clearance, and just make a symetrical one on the right.
Also, the car is already low in the back, dropping the exhaust another 2-3 inches would make city driving nearly impossible....and I live in the city.
My dual exhaust on my last car used to melt into the bumper when it came to close after a long right or hard driving...so I was hoping to keep the same hole on the left b/c it gets the neccesary clearance, and just make a symetrical one on the right.
Also, the car is already low in the back, dropping the exhaust another 2-3 inches would make city driving nearly impossible....and I live in the city.
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Dual exhaust is primarily for torque and power gains. It would be more efficient to use a dual exhaust than the Y pipe for those with engine that has a V type configuration. Well for the sake of style, I bet you won't mind the additional cost for added components.
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there's this one.
![](https://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5879/6306mycaredit0ji.jpg)
![](http://thehollywoodextra.com/mazda/mazda3big3.jpg)
This one
![](https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e180/UnCo77/c99dab36.jpg)
Incidentally the car in that first post of the last thread I linked is the one I was trying to show you, but the finished pics aren't working anymore. I'm sure if you PM'd you he'd send you a picture of his setup. Oh, here are some from when he painted them black.
![](https://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5879/6306mycaredit0ji.jpg)
![](http://thehollywoodextra.com/mazda/mazda3big3.jpg)
This one
![](https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e180/UnCo77/c99dab36.jpg)
Incidentally the car in that first post of the last thread I linked is the one I was trying to show you, but the finished pics aren't working anymore. I'm sure if you PM'd you he'd send you a picture of his setup. Oh, here are some from when he painted them black.