midpipe broke

[jonbig]

i was driving the other day and all of the sudden my msp started souding CRAZY loud, so i pulled over and behold BOTH of the bolts that hold my MAM 2 1/2 inch catless midpipe were gone! its sounds like ass! what can i do? will any old bolts from lowes do the trick? or do i need to order some more?

 

[jonbig]

bump!

 

[Mr. Win]

not any ole bolt try and get some strong ones in brass this way the heat wont fuse the bolt to the nut or midpipe. I noticed advanced had grade 10 bolts those would work as well. last thing you want is same thing happening again.

 

[RyanJayG]

stainless hardware is the way to go

 

[wicked]

stainless hardware is the way to go

stainless is good,because it doesn't corrode,rust,or fuse together,but it doesn't have a very high tinsel strenth,something like grade 5.

 

[RyanJayG]

most stuff in a car is grade 5 anyways... grade 8 is overkill... especially for stuff non-load bearing like an exhaust

 

[Mr. Win]

thus why i use 10! aircraft grade baby

 

[RyanJayG]

are you talking about grade 10.9 for metric bolts? cause that is pretty much just the equivalent of grade 8.... there is no grade 10... if you bought that its a marketing ploy. and I work with a bunch of aircraft mechanics

 

[Mr. Win]

nah it was 10... i did have some bolts that were 10.9.