Just picked up my 2008 Bullitt on friday (had another thread about that... should have pictures up tomorrow if someone who is waiting sees this.)

The driver's exhaust tip is about 25mm/1" below the top of the cutout, the passenger side is about 15mm/9/16" from the top of the cutout, and further inboard.

I was going to loosen the intermediate pipe and axle back clamps, have a buddy hold the muffler as close as we can get it to look like the other one, then retighten the clamps.

Seems though, there are indexing rivets in the over the axle pipes. Does this mean I won't be able to rotate the muffler? I guess I can grind out the accompanying notch in the axle back pipe.

Thanks in advance for your help

James

 

OK, I went out and loosened the intermediate pipe and tailpipe clamps, rotated the drivers side intermediate pipe as it was angled further than its companion, attempted to move the tip into position without doing any other work... no good. At least the muffler sat level.

Took the muffler off, got out the hot wrench, heated up a spot on the rear hanger and moved it to where I figured it should be. Kind of a guess. From the rear it needed to go left and down. I tightened the bend at the front of the hanger, and then heated the hanger closer to the muffler and tilted it counterclockwise. I allowed the hanger to cool in the wind outside; hopefully it's not too ductile now. Quenched it a bit later.

Snapped it all back together, and I can no longer tell if the tip is actually any different than the other one or if it's just my brain remembering it being off from the first time I saw the car in the showroom. I don't think I can make any more improvement.
So, if you're thinking of taking a torch to your $40k car you haven't even made a payment on yet, let 'er rip. Results are good.

 

Nothing worse than mis-aligned exhaust tips...my '01 Vette came from the factory like that and I wasn't satisfied until my local dealer fixed the problem...and they did. Since most other cars will see our derrière after we blow by them, it's important that tips look professionally lined up. Good job!

 

My stock tips were mis-aligned as well. My Pypes Violators were totally mis-aligned out of the box. I used a MAP gas torch to heat and bend the hangers. Ford, where Quality is Job #1.