Scott-EP

buy the cheapest harbor freight stick welder you can and do it that way. i have welded tons of exhaust with a stick welder

sunboost

just keep shopping around, i got my exhaust done for 200 bucks, 2.5 inch mandrel bent

my5tikaljoker

weld everything together.

jinxy

yes, with gas and a tungsten electrode instead of using the rod for the electrode. no, its not harder it just takes a long time

ghettocrxsi

You need to weld your exhaust, imagine driving down the street and a clamp comes undone and bam there goes your muffler.

WTF

your a stupid little girl.

theres no way the clamps just come off, they crimp the pipe a little, theres more of a chance it will leak then come off, i pretty much made this post to see if anyone would produce pictures of some janky ---- they did, so i could get ideas for my riggery

91ls

jb weld anyone?

klyph

I don't have any pics, but I have seen entire exhausts clamped together. I say run it, if you have any problems, it can always be welded later.

Darkelvis

slip-fit piping+clamps+muffler cement around the area where the pipe is slipped over=golden

veracity

unless you use some kind of exhaust cement or maybe jbweld to back up the clamps don't do it. built my own 2.5" header-back exhaust and only used 2 clamps (the rest welded) but somehow blew the pipes apart playing around and thought i was going to throw it into my buddy's windshield. they do squeeze the piping down which makes it even more fun to try to slip the pipes back together after they blow (of course miles from home). but you have to know someone who can atleast stumble through the welding process. use your clamps to get all the pipes and angles where they need to be, tighten em down good so they won't twist, and pull it all out and lay some beads on it. doesn't matter if you use stick or wire. or you could pull it all out, borrow someone's truck and drive it to someone who only has to spend 20-30 minutes welding it up. probably save you alot of $$