After getting home from the meet today I couldn't resist the niggling bit of the install I had left out completing.. The bottom pipes on the HDI FMIC kits run under the car and as such are a bit of a pain to get sitting neat and high enough off the deck! On my 05 car there are 2 studs for bolting the bottom factory cross brace to..not bolts/nuts they also sit right on the bend path for the FMIC pipe.. causing all sorts of positioning and potential puncture nightmares.
Various instructions on several forums by Harvey Smith(RIP) and other people that have fitted these kits mention turning the bolts round, however on my car there are no bolts but studs..
Taking an angle grinder to these to shorten them down to the height of the nut on them was the only solution, ...(partially deaf now!)
Before.. not good!
After pipes adjusted.. much better!
The exhaust at the back is most certainly lower.. and never gets hit.. so feeling a lot better about the overall fit of the thing now.
Engine splash tray re-fitted
