short tubes

[mccomas]

Can someone post up some close shorty pics like the ones that I have below of my long tubes. I have not been happy with the long tubes due to how low they hang and being too close to my rear spring hanger. I think a shorty will give me better clearance. I just need to see something before I change. I just picked these up about 7 months back. I love everything about them but for any hard wheeling, they are just too close.

 

[phil21705]

so do you wanna see the ones u got there i am lookin for a setup just now wanna pay alot lol

phil

 

[mccomas]

someone has got to have some pics of short tubes installed....

 

[uglyangelracing]

Not sure where you bought those but Ive worked on alot of chevy trucks and those are for a 2 wheel drive. The 4x4 long tubes have more of a bend higher on the tube to allow the bottom to give clearance for the springs. I found this out when my friend gave me a free pair of headers for my truck off of his 2 wheel pickup and I tried useing them on a k5 blazer 4x4.

 

[Muddytazz]

my 4X4 hooker headers to the same thing on my burb, i ended up cutting the flange off the end of the header and just welding the pipe to the header.

 

[1-ton]

That is one clean under carriage you got. I do not have any pictures for you, but I prefer shortie headers to long tube myself because of the many clearance issues with things like starters, shock mounts, shackles, and a whole lot of other things. Since most 4X4s are not race cars, it does not matter if they get every ounce of performance out of the exhaust system.

 

[uglyangelracing]

with the pair he gave me I heated the tubes and applied gentle pressure to bend them slightly inwards.