PDA

View Full Version : possibly new tips???

VanishingImage
10-21-2005, 07:05 PM
Thought Id throw this topic up..... Some of you know that I have the Hooker Euro style tips and they stick out kind of far and Im kind of getting tired/sick of them. Well I got some exhaust tips for free,yes FREE at work today. Should I put them on? Oh and see if you reconize them;) :D ....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/VanishingImage/newtips.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/VanishingImage/newtips2.jpg
rabidpanda69
10-21-2005, 07:21 PM
Looks like the GP tips. Got a pic of the back of your car?
VanishingImage
10-21-2005, 07:24 PM
best close up I have right now,its just the one side but it would be the same for the other as well.......

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/247000-247999/247177_131_full.jpg
ga5speed02
10-21-2005, 07:26 PM
free tips, do it dude :D they are nice, it will clean up and smooth out the back end
JoeyK
10-21-2005, 09:04 PM
Someone on GAOC has already put Those very same GP tips on thier GA. Can't recall who it was though.:(
Gigante
10-21-2005, 09:06 PM
I had someone photochop a pic of them on my car a while ago. I still want to put them on when i get my new exhaust. I think they would look sweet
VanishingImage
10-21-2005, 09:31 PM
Originally posted by JoeyK
Someone on GAOC has already put Those very same GP tips on thier GA. Can't recall who it was though.:(

yea on a stock bodied 99+ GA,looked ok,didn't look quite right,but I think these will look good in the cut-outs in my Andy's rear bumper,hell I get people telling me" thats a sweet Grand Prix" and of course I tell them its a Grand Am but I figured if people think its a GP,might as well put GP stuff on it:lol:
XoticGA
10-21-2005, 09:54 PM
I like those a lot better! :D
Lythium
10-21-2005, 11:29 PM
umm, I like the ones you have on, mucho better.
SilverGA2001
10-21-2005, 11:40 PM
I've always thought those GP tips looked like pig snouts. I'm not fond of pig snouts.
JoeyK
10-22-2005, 08:08 AM
I've thought that before too but hey, to each thier own. I also think they'd look kinda cool if you'd file a "V' groove, both top & bottom between the circular openings so it'd look more like a double barrel shotgun. Again- that'd be cool, I am very fond of shotguns:D
nightingale
10-23-2005, 01:32 PM
Originally posted by Lythium
umm, I like the ones you have on, mucho better.

copy that!
Big Joe
10-23-2005, 02:05 PM
I like the ones that are on there now better myself
RickHigginsHtbr
10-23-2005, 05:18 PM
I like Joey's shotgun take on them, cause I'm not too crazy about pig snouts either.
urweak
10-23-2005, 07:16 PM
what size are the tips? 2.25 or 2.5?
Rennation
10-23-2005, 08:45 PM
dont like them as much as ur current...you should ebay the gp tips, get some nice polished ones, and then your set
Tommy00GT1
10-24-2005, 08:02 AM
Has anyone bought those stainless steel replacement tips that are on the G.M. Parts website ? If so, how do they install ? Do you simply put them over the existing (corroded) tips ?
The pic of the replacements doesn't give the impression of any screws on them; just wondering how they are held in place if in fact they do simply slide over the existing tips.....

Tommy
InsaneSkippy
10-24-2005, 09:32 AM
Originally posted by Tommy00GT1
Has anyone bought those stainless steel replacement tips that are on the G.M. Parts website ? If so, how do they install ? Do you simply put them over the existing (corroded) tips ?
The pic of the replacements doesn't give the impression of any screws on them; just wondering how they are held in place if in fact they do simply slide over the existing tips.....

Tommy I'd think that they would be welded on.. You'd have to take them to a muffler shop and have them tkae off your exsisting ones and they'll weld on the new ones.
XoticGA
10-24-2005, 11:39 AM
Tommy:

Save your money and get an SLP or Borla :evil2: :D
SilverGA2001
10-24-2005, 12:55 PM
Originally posted by InsaneSkippy
I'd think that they would be welded on.. You'd have to take them to a muffler shop and have them tkae off your exsisting ones and they'll weld on the new ones.

The site says no cutting or welding is involved. It also says that they slip over your existing tips.

Probably won't know how they mount until someone has one. The part numbers do say they come with mounting hardware.


Tommy:

Save your money and get an SLP or Borla

$127 bucks vs the 460-shipping for the SLP and the 690ish for the Borla?

Tommy, if you're looking for tips only, and no change in sound, I'm sure you can find much better options elsewhere. Magnaflow makes a nice line of tips IMO. They'll be expensive as well, and need to be welded on, but some of them are really hot looking. :)

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopdisplaycategories02.asp?zone=main&id=267

The rolled round duals would be about 130 for both required on a GAGT. :)
XoticGA
10-24-2005, 01:04 PM
Originally posted by SilverGA2001
The site says no cutting or welding is involved. It also says that they slip over your existing tips.

Probably won't know how they mount until someone has one. The part numbers do say they come with mounting hardware.




$127 bucks vs the 460-shipping for the SLP and the 690ish for the Borla?

Tommy, if you're looking for tips only, and no change in sound, I'm sure you can find much better options elsewhere. Magnaflow makes a nice line of tips IMO. They'll be expensive as well, and need to be welded on, but some of them are really hot looking. :)

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopdisplaycategories02.asp?zone=main&id=267

The rolled round duals would be about 130 for both required on a GAGT. :)

I meant literally, 'save your money' Why get just tips for 60ish bucks when you could get a whole new set up.. I hate being teased with things... :shrug:
SilverGA2001
10-24-2005, 01:50 PM
Many don't like exhaust. Most my neighbors in fact.
Tommy00GT1
10-24-2005, 02:23 PM
Hi Trish, Kyle, and Matt... Many thanks !!! I am going to that link now and read up on that...
My tips are clean, but they don't have that "stainless steel" shinyness to them. The previous owner didn't clean them, dammit.
So I had to compromise a bit; either have black, ugly tips....or clean but non-shiny tips. I had no choice but to wire brush them, so it obviously took some of that nice shine out..

Thanks for the comments; I'll browse around that link and read up about the tips and/or a whole new cat back exhaust.

Tommy
VanishingImage
10-24-2005, 07:15 PM
still pondering,not quite sure,I mean it doesn't cost much to have tips welded on around here,30 bucks or so. If I don't like them I'll just have the ones I have now set back farther behind the bumper so they sit more flush.
VanishingImage
10-24-2005, 07:17 PM
oh and as for those Nicer GP tips that GM offers,HA,125 employee price! per tip! Anyways,these tips are slip ons with clamps. We do the change at the dealership,we use pipe cutters(the blade thing that you spin around and squeeze down) then slip the new tips over the stock piping and then use high strength exhaust clamps.
DontPassTheFence
10-24-2005, 08:53 PM
id say modify the GP tips just a bit to make them look even better, tha see how it works with your car. nothing says sexy like custom part :D
Mike94SE
10-24-2005, 09:07 PM
matt,

http://dontpassthefence.org/bb_forums/index.php

I really hate you (though an a serious note, nice GAOTW win!)
Tommy00GT1
10-25-2005, 08:32 AM
Hi Ryan... thanks for mentioning that; it helps me quite a bit..
Ouch, that damn price though !!!!!

Tommy
DontPassTheFence
10-25-2005, 08:33 AM
Originally posted by Mike94SE
matt,

http://dontpassthefence.org/bb_forums/index.php

I really hate you (though an a serious note, nice GAOTW win!)

OFFTOPIC :offtopic:

the forums are dead, I know I know!! jeez, im still trying to rebuild the database! If I cant rebuild it Im scrapping these forums and going with a better system.. phpbb sucks asssss!

end offtopic
Cronk152
10-25-2005, 09:29 PM
Originally posted by Tommy00GT1
Hi Trish, Kyle, and Matt... Many thanks !!! I am going to that link now and read up on that...
My tips are clean, but they don't have that "stainless steel" shinyness to them. The previous owner didn't clean them, dammit.
So I had to compromise a bit; either have black, ugly tips....or clean but non-shiny tips. I had no choice but to wire brush them, so it obviously took some of that nice shine out..

Thanks for the comments; I'll browse around that link and read up about the tips and/or a whole new cat back exhaust.

Tommy

I had the same problem, but i wired them, then used decreasing grits of sandpaper, then metal polish, then NVR-DULL. and here's how it turned out after a day of work.