Extreme 3" catback

[Smoothbodyman]

Well my new exhaust system has arrived from Extreme Motorsports and for the most part I am pretty happy with it. The welds all look very clean and the overall construction is very nice. The tip is a bit rice at 4" but is still fairly tastefull (I wish someone made a dual tip system). Only complaint are some unfinished cuts on the hanger rods that look like they were cut with a sawzall and have some very sharp edges on the that will have to be chamfered. And also the packaging was a bit shabby with everything just thrown in a box flying around in it. This caused a dent on the tip. Also the stepdown to the cat flange is included not welded up which isnt too much of a pain for me but for others without a welder it may be. I am just waiting for the 2 1/2" downpipe and will put it all on and let everyone know how it works.

Craig
90 tsi awd

[Smoothbodyman]

Well I put it in yesterday and hmmm lets see where should I start. To begin with I had to spend some time chamfering all the hangers so that they wouldnt chew up the rubber mounts. Then I had to take a hammer and dolly (good thing I'm a bodyman) and beat the tip back into shape. Then I start looking at the neck down flange piece that connects to the cat and it sure didnt look like a 2 1/2" piece (I have a 2 1/2" test pipe and downpipe) so I measured it and sure enough it was only 2". Hmmm. So then while trying to bolt it up after cutting a 4 inch section of pipe off to fit the neck down and weld it I noticed that the flange on the neck down was welded at an angle relative to the exhaust pipe which ends up pointing the downpipe towards the driveshaft. I looked at the factory piece and this flange is not at any angle. So in order to get out of my work before they closed I was forced to tie a piece of coat hanger wire to pull it from the driveshaft in order to make it home. So what I will eventually have to do is cut the flange off and re weld it back on properly. This all seems like alot of work to be involved when putting in a "bolt on" system that costs 500 dollars. I would highly recomend putting the extra 50 bucks on the thermal at this point.

[DiamondsR4EVR]

Thats not the first bad review I've heard on an Extreme exh. system. Some of these shops is like playing russing roulette. A few I've never had any trouble with is Road Race, Buschur and TRE.

Jesse
99 GSX

[Smoothbodyman]

Its the First one I have ever seen between here, my regional digest, the national digest, and the review site. I have read many bad things on the buschur system and thats why I got this one. The only good thing I can cay about it at this point is that is uses all the factory hangers and doesnt hang very low. I will be contacting them directly soon about these issues.