Hi there, just ordered a borla cat-back for my car that is supposed to be here Wednesday (woot!), and I'm wondering if ramps are going to be enough to get the over-the-axle pipes on? My floor jack $hit the bed so I don't even have the option of putting it up on jack stands 'till I can get a new one this weekend.

Thanks!

 

You'll like the borla cat-back! Unfortunately the rams by itself will not work, you will need to drop the axle down in order to get the O/A pipes out. To make it easier I usually unbolt the rear shocks to drop the axle a little farther if its done on jackstands. Hope this helps.

 

That does help, thanks! Do the bolts for the shocks have a torque spec?

 

I just recently had my Borla Catbacks installed. Best exhaust mod imo.

As far as install though, the OTA pipes were deemed to be the major PITA. So, jacks and/or ramps would not do it. It wasn't worth the pain to me. So I had my trusted shop install it for under 80 bucks. Done in an hour or so.

This is what I recommend.

I usually work on all that kind of stuff on my own...but this time, with not having a lift, it wasn't worth it.

 

The OTA's are a pain because they are so long, but if you aren't going to keep them just whack off half of them with a sawzall.

 

I would advise against that. You never know when you will need to go back to stock. I just took them to my trusted shop and I was done in under an hour. All my stock components were in one piece and unscathed.

 

Yes, jack stands are fine. I've never used a lift. I installed my supercharger, catback a and long tubes on jack stands and used my cherry picker to raise te engine while doing the headers install. Currently I have my mid pipe and stock driveshaft removed while my DSS shaft is on its way, sitting on jack stands.

 

Did you do the OTA pipes though? I heard those are a royal pita to get beyond the solid axle.

 

The OTA on these aren't too bad. Jack stands are the way to go. These are a lot simpler than the 79-04 cars that had the mufflers under the chassis.