blackula 99

Can this exhaust be dropped in a home garage or does it have to be put on a lift to remove? Had it up on jackstands and its still causing me some grief....any suggestions? Thanx in advance

Bakerking31

A lift is highly recommended but it can be done on jack stands it just needs to be VERY high.

Toque

Don't risk damaging your car, or YOURSELF trying to do it at home. I have seen pictures of guys trying it at home and there is NO way I'm lifting my car that high in my garage.

Spend a little for the install and do it SAFELY !

See if there is anyone in your area with a lift you could borrow for an hour or so.

Toque

tremor1

I've heard you need to get the rear of the car 36" off the ground. Or use a sawzall

04MSZ06

The rear needs to be high - I tried installing a Z06 Ti exhaust and jacked the rear up so high, the front valance was bending. So I had a shop do it. Better safe than sorry

renegad44

Let a shop do it.

m6 c5

If you can get the rear bumper 30 inches off the ground then you can do it yourself.

TwoSmoke

I removed my stock exhaust and installed Ti in my home garage using a jack. Kind of spooky,but I did it with no problem. The *** end has to be 30 to 36 inches high. You also need to raise the front some so the nose doesn't hit the ground when you lift the rear up that high.

I raised the rear high enough to put jack stands under it at first. That way the car was high enough to get under safely. I removed all hardware to loosen the exhaust for removal. Then raised the car the rest of the way up and could work the old exhaust out and the new exhaust in, without having to get all the way under the car. I also had blocks under the tires just in case something did happen, the car would land on the blocks and/or the jack stands. But with everything already loose, I didn't have to get all the way under the car. Then I lowered it back down onto the jack stands and tightened everything up.

Not a hard job at all. Just have to be careful.

Vetteman Jack

100%. Not worth the risk when you can probably get it done for about $50 at a local muffler shop.

damilleniumboy

Come on man? The vette can be easily lifted a few feet high, and it is an easy swap. All it takes is 4 bolts to be undone, a little wiggling to get the muffles out and the new ones back on, and you will be on your way. It is easier than changing spark plugs!

Dude, I dropped the exhaust, transmission, and drive-line without the nose of the car even getting close to touching the floor. Get a set of ramps, jack-stands, strap the front wheels to the ramps, and raise the back of the car.

If you aren't too mechanically inclined, then what some of the forum members have sugested is the way to go. Pay $50 bucks or so to have them replaced.

4 KRUSIN

Don't cut them. Ti's can easily be sold on the forum and will fetch you a good $. It is very difficult to find someone to weld titanium, so cutting them virtually makes them worthless.

corvettezman

. Never cut Ti mufflers. They almost cannot be re-welded.

Pay the $50 to have it done safely at a muffler shop.
It will also make it easier to remove the 4 sway bar bolts while removing the setup, just make sure to install the sway bar back. don't ask how I know.

cdkcorvette7

with everyone else. If you have a way of safely getting the rear of your car three feet off the ground you can do it at home. Otherwise let a shop do it. The one-piece design of the stock unit is what necessitates the large clearance. A lot of aftermarket systems are a two-piece design; so you should only have this problem with the stock ones...

MarkGbe

i did it, but i did not like it, car was awfully high. If i had to do it again, i would take my car to a garage and pay them the $50 to remove / replace my catback.

OneBlueC5

$50 is plenty good insurance to not have the chance of your car falling on you from a nearly 3ft height.

Stay safe brother.

cali vette

I just a couple of weeks ago swapped out my stock exhaust with the Z06 Ti's, used a buddy's from the forum 4 post lift and it was still somewhat a challenge. The passenger side is a little trickier than the drivers side. With that said if you can find a lift it would certainly be a lot safer and I am sure a lot less difficult than using floor jacks and stands. Just my 02 cents.

Red89gt

Did my dad's c5 on a buddy's lift at his shop, I would not even attempt to do it on jack stands knowing what a pain it was in the air. Ended up just sawsall the stock exhaust and a lot of twisting to get the zo6 pipes installed. Agree, do not cut the ti exhaust.

robert123

I am assumming you have to lift azz end high to remove and install all catbacks, not just ti catbacks. Correct??? as long as they are 1 piece.

had2have-it

If you have experience and the right jacks, jack stands, and ramps you could do it. It's easy to get impatient and think I can do this it's only mufflers and "I know it'll work if I can just raise it another two inches". Then something moves and you are in a REAL jam. If you've done this type stuff before you should be able to do it again, but don't do it if you google or forum the proceedure more than once!

cdkcorvette7

Yes if they are one piece. A lot of aftermarket cat back systems are two-piece...