PRL frontpipe, and fk8 woes...

[NMRod]

So I had some time off work today to install my frontpipe, everything looked great out of the box and even included the needed hardware haha! I used the middle of the car jack point and it worked fine with my 30$ small craftsman jack. I do think if I could have found my jack pad i can jack from the very front of the side and still get a stand in there. There are a million fasteners holding the gaurds under the car...why didnt they overbuild the tranny this way idfk. The hanger was easy to get off with a single screw driver, and once the heat shield was unbolted and repositioned the old pipe comes out pretty easy. The new goes in just as easy, overall its a fairly simple install, just time consuming with all the clips and stuff.

Now that I have had a chance to drive it a bit I can say the car is ever so slightly louder, can hear the turbo a bit more. Power wise its hard to tell if there was any gain as it was hotter outside than when i usually get to drive the car, about 70* vs 40*, will update when I get to do some late night drives. Overall im happy, would only do this mod if paired or planning to pair with downpipe.

The bad: durring the install I noticed the bolt on the support bracket right where the downpipe meets the frontpipe was missing the nut...also when taking off the plastic gaurd under the car one of the back bolts was missing and upon further investigation I found that it had been snapped off actually in the hole and had a lil rust on it. WTF honda, I should prolly stop looking for things wrong but its becoming more clear that honda is really dropping the ball on their quality.

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[Tim818]

The bad: durring the install I noticed the bolt on the support bracket right where the downpipe meets the frontpipe was missing the nut...also when taking off the plastic gaurd under the car one of the back bolts was missing and upon further investigation I found that it had been snapped off actually in the hole and had a lil rust on it. WTF honda, I should prolly stop looking for things wrong but its becoming more clear that honda is really dropping the ball on their quality.

This makes me a bit nervous after reading this part because sometimes when I go drive my CTR I would hear tiny metal parts falling off my car......

 

[NMRod]

Ya that sucls if true but the way you word it gave me a good laugh

 

[TheBigG]

This makes me a bit nervous after reading this part because sometimes when I go drive my CTR I would hear tiny metal parts falling off my car......

Yaa! Me too! So weird!

 

[KingsR1213]

I hear the front pipe rubs w/o upgraded rear motor mount, might want to check after a month.

 

[NMRod]

Ill definatly check it I asked prl about that when I made the purchase and said I should have no rub without a new mount.

 

[slowride]

Yaa! Me too! So weird!

Wait, what? You are hearing metallic sounding bits falling off the car?

 

[NMRod]

At this rate maybe its a good thing production numbers are low or it'd be damn near raining fk8s.

 

[NMRod]

The little metal pieces you hear falling off are actually small rocks being kicked up by the tires and hitting that metal plate under the car, happens to me when turning sometimes

 

[TheBigG]

The little metal pieces you hear falling off are actually small rocks being kicked up by the tires and hitting that metal plate under the car, happens to me when turning sometimes

Ya, but it sounds like no other car I had or tested...

 

[JLOracing]

The bad: durring the install I noticed the bolt on the support bracket right where the downpipe meets the frontpipe was missing the nut...also when taking off the plastic gaurd under the car one of the back bolts was missing and upon further investigation I found that it had been snapped off actually in the hole and had a lil rust on it. WTF honda, I should prolly stop looking for things wrong but its becoming more clear that honda is really dropping the ball on their quality.

if you still have the stock downpipe, the support bracket bolt threads into the downpipe flange and does not use a nut

 

[GenXCTR]

This makes me a bit nervous after reading this part because sometimes when I go drive my CTR I would hear tiny metal parts falling off my car......

Omg, I feel the same way! I'm on a driveways at work that are very smooth, but I hear metal tings and such like pieces are falling off. very worrisome, especially after this story.

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