This post is more about my experience with the "Ebay Exhaust" rather than how to do the actual install (I'll get to that later). If you are looking for a budget friendly cat-back exhaust, this brandless beast is one option for you. Found on either Amazon or Ebay, you can get it with a burn tip finish or not. I'm not really big into the rainbow look, so I stuck with the stainless steel finish. Buying on Ebay will save you nearly $30, making the total come to $187. Not bad at all. What you get is a nice deep, low growl that sounds very nice. The exhaust comes with silencers, but I removed them. Just don't expect any whp out of this- this is solely for the sound.
This exhaust comes in four parts and comes with gaskets and bolts (the stock is three parts total). Installation is simple in theory- unbolt the old exhaust, bolt on the new exhaust. Ha, not so simple. Without the proper tools, don't expect those nuts to come off anytime soon. I soaked the bolts in PB Blast over the course of two weeks to no avail. During the removal of the stock exhaust, a hacksaw and propane torch were used to loosen the nuts, a socket wrench was stripped, and two bolt heads broke off. It took about four hours under jack stands. If you have $100 to spare, just have a shop do it for you and save yourself the trouble.
The fitment, as you can see, is a little off as the left muffler is too far to the right. The hangers on the left muffler are at a different angle and too short to make it hang correctly, so I will need to have someone fix that for me. I have not heard the exhaust knocking into the tow bar, but I'm it does seem to have a little swing when driving.
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