Frankly, I don't have much faith in kits, per se, as I have in new parts
that actually work. I had an issue with the bolt-together exhaust system
that I made worse by applying liberal applications of a BFH and some liquid
cooling (poorly veiled reference to a previous thread). I opted to put the
remains of the exhaust system in the back seat and go see a professional. I
ended up with an entirely new exhaust system -- cat, muffler and the entire
pipe -- for $200 out-the-door. My exhaust has no seams in it that can come
apart, but the down side is that it takes a torch or saw to make any more
repairs or changes. The upside is it has nowhere to leak.





"Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message
news:20040114230804.10654.00000069@mb-m13.aol.com...
> I had all new pipe and muffler (did not want loud) on my cj-8 from the cat
> back, told him "Cash"
>
> $75
>
> I don't understand the value of a kit? Would you really gain that much?
>
> I live in the south, called a rural Muffler man, paid cash, no problems in
a
> year.
>
>
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
>

 

Frankly, I don't have much faith in kits, per se, as I have in new parts
that actually work. I had an issue with the bolt-together exhaust system
that I made worse by applying liberal applications of a BFH and some liquid
cooling (poorly veiled reference to a previous thread). I opted to put the
remains of the exhaust system in the back seat and go see a professional. I
ended up with an entirely new exhaust system -- cat, muffler and the entire
pipe -- for $200 out-the-door. My exhaust has no seams in it that can come
apart, but the down side is that it takes a torch or saw to make any more
repairs or changes. The upside is it has nowhere to leak.





"Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message
news:20040114230804.10654.00000069@mb-m13.aol.com...
> I had all new pipe and muffler (did not want loud) on my cj-8 from the cat
> back, told him "Cash"
>
> $75
>
> I don't understand the value of a kit? Would you really gain that much?
>
> I live in the south, called a rural Muffler man, paid cash, no problems in
a
> year.
>
>
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
>

 

Frankly, I don't have much faith in kits, per se, as I have in new parts
that actually work. I had an issue with the bolt-together exhaust system
that I made worse by applying liberal applications of a BFH and some liquid
cooling (poorly veiled reference to a previous thread). I opted to put the
remains of the exhaust system in the back seat and go see a professional. I
ended up with an entirely new exhaust system -- cat, muffler and the entire
pipe -- for $200 out-the-door. My exhaust has no seams in it that can come
apart, but the down side is that it takes a torch or saw to make any more
repairs or changes. The upside is it has nowhere to leak.





"Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message
news:20040114230804.10654.00000069@mb-m13.aol.com...
> I had all new pipe and muffler (did not want loud) on my cj-8 from the cat
> back, told him "Cash"
>
> $75
>
> I don't understand the value of a kit? Would you really gain that much?
>
> I live in the south, called a rural Muffler man, paid cash, no problems in
a
> year.
>
>
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
>