suggestion on exhahust tip extension, or cut outs on OBXT rear bumper

[xt2005bonbon]

I have an interesting issue. Bought a lowered OBXT a while ago. The car has Stromung mufflers which were probably designed for Legacies. As a result, I suffer from bumper melting . I think it is actually no longer melting anymore, but it won't pass MD safety inspection until I find a way to either extend the exhaust tips or place some sheet metals between the tips and the car frame. Any suggestions on fairly inexpensive exhaust tips I could use?

 

My plan is to temporarily put them on to pass inspection, and then find a way to place some kind of thin sheet metal plate above the tips to avoid exhaust in the cabin (if any). That'd be the long term solution. The guy there was afraid I was getting exhaust fumes in the cabin. That's why it won't pass.

 

Here is a 'poor' picture I quickly took of my car last week. I'll try to provide a better picture if needed.

 

Sorry for the title misspelling. my bad.

 

http://legacygt.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=184093&d=1401562044

[JmP6889928]

Post a close up photo of the tips and location. Might have a cool idea for you.

[Max Capacity]

here are my Dynamax tips. They are the 12" ones but are a touch long.

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x40/92Si/DSCN5942_zps3626e717.jpg' alt='DSCN5942_zps3626e717.jpg'>

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x40/92Si/DSCN5307_zps3f1e02e7.jpg

 

The Spec has tips from the Speed Shop out of a catalog.

[xt2005bonbon]

Not bad. Your bumper has already cut outs. I don't .

Also, I have a quad tip exhaust set up. I'll post a better picture soon.

[xt2005bonbon]

Bump to my old thread

 

Here are some other pictures I took a while ago. I'll take some other ones.

 

What I have in mind so far is to lower the mufflers a bit. They sit way too close to the body frame and bumper. No wonder why it's been melting pretty good..

 

 

Edit: forgot to mention that I did pass inspection last year . I added some thin sheet metal between the exhaust tips and the body frame. Quite ugly though .

[SBT]

These were made specifically for the LGT since the OBXT has the turn-down, un-tipped stock placement. Never understood why Subaru didn't add a through-bumper cut-out for the OBXT like they did for the LGT.

 

IP&T and several others offer extended exhaust hangers. BarManBean has cut-out the bumper on his OBXT so you might want to reach out to him and see what he has done and uses for his. IIRC, I use the Turn-in Concept (TIC) standard PU hangers, that I bought from IP&T. Hangs tight, and doesn't move at all.

[xt2005bonbon]

Well, at least the EDM and JDM Outbacks did get through-bumper cut-outs. A fellow forum member from France gave me the following info:

 

P/N according to opposedforces.com : 57704ag060

 

224 usd on partsouq.com

 

 

 

 

 

That is how his bumper looks like:

http://img110.xooimage.com/files/a/0/d/sans-titre-4c605b6.jpg

 

So tempted to just buy one..

 

 

I'll show you soon a profile picture of the rear of my car. You'll see how the tips point up. I believe I really need longer hangers. I'll check with what BMB did as well.

[bigleben]

Japanparts have the rear conversion kit including the bumper beam and all the hardware to make it work on an USDM outback. Scooby2.5 wrote a thread about the conversion, might want to read it.