Exhaust Tips

[rpoffen]

Getting the stock system off was a pain, the rear nuts back by the muffler were really gd stuck, I had a 3ft bar on them and it was still difficult. I dunno wtf. One of the studs started spinning in its place because of how much force was necessary to turn them… so I’m gunna have to cut that one. Just dropped the middle pipe and passenger muffler as one piece for the time being.

I guess the splines in the pipe went bye bye but I’ll confront that if I ever put the stock setup back on.

Did you liberally spray penetrating oil on them at least the day before?
Mine were no trouble at all.

 

[FriboRage]

A few hours before, with multiple applications in those few hours... but they werent rusted or corroded or anything, they were nice and clean so I wasnt that worried about it. Actually, the really rusted, ugly nuts on the front end at the converters had me way more worried and were actually not all that much effort lol.

Anyways, I took the driver muffler off, left the passenger muffler on, and just dropped the thing as one piece that way. It was heavy and awkward but doable. I'll just have to confront that spun stud if Im ever going to need to deal with it.

I ended up doing the wrap on the muffler outlets to close the gap on the stock tips... muffler wrap enough to fill the gap but not rub on the walls of the bumper cover, hose clamp on the back to tighten it down, and a saddle exhaust clamp butted up against it as backing, just snugged up enough to not move.

I cant comment on how much it did or didnt fix cause I never heard it without, but I can say that I have no drone as it is.

Thanks everyone (especially Buzzrush) everyone's been a huge help here so far.

 

[adamharsma]

I didnt like the stainless steel look so I found a set of Sebring oval tips, black, for my MBRP. Fit like a glove.

What size tip like these would fit stock exhaust.

Thanks
Adam

 

[menacestinger]

Hi, read all 61 pages but might've missed it. Planning on installing some tips to eliminate some drone.
Just wondering a few things to make sure

How do you take off the OEM fake tips from the bumper?
and when trimming the OEM bumper it is alright for it to be touching the aftermarket tips as long as they are dual wall correct? Or should i play it safe and trim enough so that it doesn;t touch the exhaust tips at all.

Thanks

 

[Ric 'Ochet]

Hi, read all 61 pages but might've missed it. Planning on installing some tips to eliminate some drone.
Just wondering a few things to make sure

How do you take off the OEM fake tips from the bumper?
and when trimming the OEM bumper it is alright for it to be touching the aftermarket tips as long as they are dual wall correct? Or should i play it safe and trim enough so that it doesn;t touch the exhaust tips at all.

Thanks

OEM come out easy,

As for the trimming, I trimmed only to get it in the hole, mine are dual walled..having a space could possibly rattle I would think.

 

[G-988289]

OEM come out easy,

As for the trimming, I trimmed only to get it in the hole, mine are dual walled..having a space could possibly rattle I would think.

Sounds good thanks

Also just curious what exhaust do you have?

Looked around and contemplated borla or mbrp for awhile but now I’m thinking of settling towards straight piping it from the primary’s. Shit will be raspy and rowdy but that’s my style

 

[menacestinger]

OEM come out easy,

As for the trimming, I trimmed only to get it in the hole, mine are dual walled..having a space could possibly rattle I would think.

Sounds good thanks

Also just cruious what exhaust do you have?

Looked around and contemplated borla or mbrp for a while but now I'm thinking of sttling towards straight piping it from the primaries. Shit will be raspy and rowdy but thats my style

 

[Ric 'Ochet]

Sounds good thanks

Also just cruious what exhaust do you have?

Looked around and contemplated borla or mbrp for a while but now I'm thinking of sttling towards straight piping it from the primaries. Shit will be raspy and rowdy but thats my style

MBRP…aggressive enough and the way Kia should have made it IMO

 

[AYip31]

Hi, read all 61 pages but might've missed it. Planning on installing some tips to eliminate some drone.
Just wondering a few things to make sure

How do you take off the OEM fake tips from the bumper?
and when trimming the OEM bumper it is alright for it to be touching the aftermarket tips as long as they are dual wall correct? Or should i play it safe and trim enough so that it doesn;t touch the exhaust tips at all.

Thanks

2 screws holding each fake tips. Exhaust would have to be dropped in order to reach them.
I went with oval tips. So no clue about how much to trim
IMO the Stinger looks better with oval tips. It fits with the curves of that booty.

 

[menacestinger]

2 screws holding each fake tips. Exhaust would have to be dropped in order to reach them.
I went with oval tips. So no clue about how much to trim
IMO the Stinger looks better with oval tips. It fits with the curves of that booty.

are they the exact same size as the OEM ones? so it doesn't touch any of the diffuser

 

[AYip31]

are they the exact same size as the OEM ones? so it doesn't touch any of the diffuser

As long as the exhaust is lines up correctly, it doesn’t touch.
If your keeping the oem exhaust, then you would need 51x105 oval

 

[menacestinger]

As long as the exhaust is lines up correctly, it doesn’t touch.
If your keeping the oem exhaust, then you would need 51x105 oval

I actually already have a muffler delete from a couple months ago. I had the shop line it up so it’s dual exit through the inner fake tip(s)

Not really sure how I should go about it now since the pipes aren’t centered. Thinking either redo the pipes or weld h tips at the end to connect to the after market tips.

 

[trainheavy]

2 screws holding each fake tips. Exhaust would have to be dropped in order to reach them.
I went with oval tips. So no clue about how much to trim
IMO the Stinger looks better with oval tips. It fits with the curves of that booty.

I'm looking to just powder coat the chrome exhaust tips gloss black. I have to drop the entire exhaust/muffler just to get the tips, correct?

 

[AYip31]

I'm looking to just powder coat the chrome exhaust tips gloss black. I have to drop the entire exhaust/muffler just to get the tips, correct?

Yep

 

[westcoastGT]

Just need to pull off the diffuser , they are attached to it , no need to remove the exhaust , they are NOT attached to it .

 

[cncBilly]

I'm looking to just powder coat the chrome exhaust tips gloss black. I have to drop the entire exhaust/muffler just to get the tips, correct?

Wrong! You do not have to drop the exhaust.

 

[trainheavy]

Wrong! You do not have to drop the exhaust.

Yeah I saw from westcoastGT above that you can access by removing the diffuser. A YouTube video I saw shows that’s a little tedious as well.

 

[SKStinger]

Watch this video before attempting the diffuser removal. He also very clearly explains how it is much easier to drop the exhaust to access the tips than to remove the diffuser. Jeff explains both methods:

 

[StingertimeNC]

Good Video. should be helpful to lots of folks.

 

[trainheavy]

Did anyone end up finding any options for those with a muffler delete and only have a single pipe running to each exhaust exit?