But Meineke wanted a fortune, plus, they didn't like my questionable emmissions compliance
So I went to Harbor Freight and got a MIG Flux welder for around $89 plus tax. It comes with a spool of flux wire suitable for welding mild steel.


Next, I went to O'Reillys and got some 3.5" slash cut chrome tips. These are made to bolt/clamp to 2.5" pipe but my homemade system is 3" all the way back. I put the end of the tip in my 3" and then took a black sharpie and traced a line around the perimeter for a cut point.
Then I took out the $37 Harbor Freight Reciprocating saw and cut off the ends.


I used my floor jack to suspend the muffler and tips at the desired height. Then I took the tips and, using a straight edge, I brought the top end of the tips parallel to the bottom lip of the bumper cover, then started welding. After that, I welded a support on each side, using the stock exhaust hanger/isolators.

Here's what it looked like before,

Here's what it looks like now...

 

Gotta love Harbor Freight. The fab job looks good.

 

looks good

 

Thank you sir. I'm thinking about swapping to another set of tips like these...

I've got to buy them, cut off the small pipe and adapt the inlet to a 3" so I can weld them on..

 

That does look good. I'm getting tired of my SLP tips being uneven and I might have to steal your idea.

 

nice, clean work.