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sorry to but in, but didnt someone on this site also recomend heading to the intenational dealer and getting pipes from them, cheaper then then the bellows, but with out the donut?
Sorry, did some searching, the bellowed pipes are the international pipes,
I'm sitting here lookin at the bellowed pipes, making a shopping list for spring and one very long intimate weekend w/my truck, is there any issues of leaking where these mount to the manifolds? ALso, are there studs in the manifolds or are the up pipes bolted to the manifolds? I know I'm going to have to cut the bolts holding the uP pipes on cause I remember looking at them thinking oh boy, they're about gone. Unfortunately I can't remember if they were studs.
I'm sitting here lookin at the bellowed pipes, making a shopping list for spring and one very long intimate weekend w/my truck, is there any issues of leaking where these mount to the manifolds? ALso, are there studs in the manifolds or are the up pipes bolted to the manifolds? I know I'm going to have to cut the bolts holding the uP pipes on cause I remember looking at them thinking oh boy, they're about gone. Unfortunately I can't remember if they were studs.
No, they is not an issue at the manifold end of the up-pipe. It is almost a flared style kind of looking thing, but it does not leak. They are bolts, not studs, so the repair is easy in that respect. (when I did the first set (read earlier in the thread) I just tightened them a little more, and the old bolts snapped off and fell out - easy. Some of the up-pipe kits also include all hardware, which makes it really nice.
And I'm sure that you found out they are three times the cost of the donut style pipes.
They are worth the extra expense.
so far, found the bellows to be 300.00, havent shopped any harder then that yet. Was going to swing by the international service shop down the road here, but not just yet. Sadly, if it leaks, it will stay leaking for a bit, if you know what I mean