mandrel bent colorado trucking awsome

yeah i guess then again i could throw all style out the window and turn it into a tractor throw some overkill tyers on have the end result of .... yep sweet fa try style you might like it

You have obviously missed my point,

What is the advantages of getting stainless when you see bugger all of the exhaust system, it hangs under the vehicle and gets covered in bleep e. Therefore the bling factor is negligible.

Is it longer life??
Apart from the bling factor why did you chose Stainless??

why do 100% of trucks have them.... i go to rainbow its my 1st 4wd and like all of us we want ours all to be diff and so on and mine is i know your thinking only of the bad points but open upp to the positve thinking wont hurt

So just because "100% of trucks"have them it must be good.

Is it a 1", 2", 2.5", 2.75"or a 3"system??

You are raving on about it being a fantastic system yet you have given no info other than it is stainless.

How about giving some real info so others can make sort of a informed decision about it.

eg, Cost, where it was purchased, Dyno results before and after install etc

Stainless = nil rust so supposedly longer life ,, The 'bling' factor will disapear fairly quickly once driven on the beach.

Shaneo86. From experience adding an extra will not add $ to the resale of your vehicle. Most car yards take off the add on's to sell a car. Every $ you put into your car is dollars spent and not saved.

Put the extras on so you use the car how you want to, after that someone else gets them for a bargain. Cheers tony

Nutta. We will give Shane a break! He can put what he wants on his car. People will always point out that money can be better spent - Thats all part of a Forum.

Also when you claim a performance increase you should back it up with proven figures, if not I may as well go down and put a Hyclone with water injection etc on my car :-). They all claim increase in performance when it is only an imaginary one. Hey but thats good for some :-). Cheers Tony

I am not real happy with the sump protection on my rodeo I will be looking at upgrading it pretty soon.

The fuel tank does have a nice protective sheet though :-)

If you go for a TJM winch bar a cradle/mount is required , it stretches back to 1/2 inch infront of the sump plug , is 5mm thick steel plate ,,, sump guards dont come much stronger than that.

no connection blah blah blah ,,

A word or warning we were told by holden they they do not cover any warrantee if the air bags deploy while using a winch bar.

I would assume that is winching or snatching.

I think I would just carry a set of maxtrax

D200Dug. I did a 3" lift on my Rodeo. I have not come close to hitting the sump or anything under vehicle after that. I got my Winch and winch bar when I purchased my Rodeo in 2007. They said nothing then about any Airbag Issues as they were happy to install them. Makes you wonder. Cheers Tony

2" lift kit going in tomorrow

I bought mine from Zupps in Brisbane and they gave me the warning when I asked about the winch bar.

I was not really wanting a winch so opted for the diff lockers.

I would rather not get into trouble than have to get out of it :-)

D200Dug. I went the Snake Racing 3" kit because the Lift did not rely on just jacking up the torsion bars. Its a great lift Cheers Tony.

Methinks much hulaballoo about nothing , winching and snatching is an extension exercise ,,, airbag deployment is a compression ,,

I am not sure of the brand we are just copying a successful conversion done on a rodeo that works full time on fraser island. If it works it works :-)

I think the problems with the air bags is sudden application of G forces rather than compression.

Snatch or sudden release of a winch cable may be the problem, I am not sure just repeating what I was told.

I am guessing that there is a .0001% of it happening in the real world.

Ahhhhhh , the days of tripple chromed dipsticks and racing air in the tires , hacksaw lowered springs and purple velour interiors , "dont bother knocking if its rocking " LOL.

Axle - I see you know all the talk - you must have walked the walk :-) Cheers Tony

What's a mandrel bent?

There is nothing wrong with being pleased with what you have .

However some figures to back up your supposed gains make it believable.
There is also nothing wrong with a bit of jocular criticism.

as i said I had mine done and got nothing like his claims

Therefore we think that noise does not equate to horsepower.

The cost of S/S is about $1700 plus fitting for a 100 series.

My one cost $1080 fitted and dynoed 3 times.

The difference plus a bit more bought the chip where the real horsepower comes from.

Beezlebub He presumably means a mandrel bent exhaust which is a pipe bent on a machine which retains the inside diameter around the bends by inserting coils and stretching the pipe around them rather than compressing it as in a normal pipe bender.

S/S also does not stretch like this as well as mild steel and therefore can be weakened by doing so depending on the degree of hardness in the steel.

All in all a waste of money as in 6 months it will be covered in Chit and gone blue or black with use anyway.

Amazing how some posters reflect their user names.

No offence intended of course.