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3.0d Fake exhaust tips installed

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storminmike
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3.0d Fake exhaust tips installed

Post by storminmike » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:57 pm

Sorry no pictures but the results look like this
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa90 ... X51JPG.jpg

What I did want to share with you is how I did it...without a welder.

I wanted to put the tips on but seeing the many options people had chosen to hang them either off the bumper or welded to the back box. I spent ages in my head working out how to do it without a welder...the it dawned on me...use the blanking plates

Very carefully I cut oval slots in the blank plates and dremeled until they slid through. Using some flat repair plate (the stuff with holes in like meccano) I screwed tangs to the rear of the blanks, bent of course the provide internal support. The screws were very small headed and once countersunk..disappear

The tangs...2 short at the bottom with 90 degree bends facing up and one long one bent about 30 degrees fastened to the top pointing down were screwed to the tips

I can now clip them in or out at will and they're centered perfectly

storminmike
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Re: 3.0d Fake exhaust tips installed

Post by storminmike » Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:49 pm

For those who wanted to know which tips I chose then here is the ebay link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181128047876

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Re: 3.0d Fake exhaust tips installed

Post by Dave123 » Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:22 pm

Looks good mate


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Re: 3.0d Fake exhaust tips installed

Post by Scottys.m3 » Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:47 pm

Looks great wanna do mine :)

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Re: 3.0d Fake exhaust tips installed

Post by Fletch89 » Wed Aug 31, 2016 5:15 pm

[quote="storminmike"]
Sorry no pictures but the results look like this
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa90 ... X51JPG.jpg

What I did want to share with you is how I did it...without a welder.

I wanted to put the tips on but seeing the many options people had chosen to hang them either off the bumper or welded to the back box. I spent ages in my head working out how to do it without a welder...the it dawned on me...use the blanking plates

Very carefully I cut oval slots in the blank plates and dremeled until they slid through. Using some flat repair plate (the stuff with holes in like meccano) I screwed tangs to the rear of the blanks, bent of course the provide internal support. The screws were very small headed and once countersunk..disappear

The tangs...2 short at the bottom with 90 degree bends facing up and one long one bent about 30 degrees fastened to the top pointing down were screwed to the tips

I can now clip them in or out at will and they're centered perfectly
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These look great mate! Fancy doing the same on mine?!

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Re: 3.0d Fake exhaust tips installed

Post by Raj » Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:34 pm

Quality DIY.

Looks spot on.
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