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I gave flux core wire a try because this is stainless and it is now abundantly clear that this year i've got to get a tig. I gotta make some covers anyways but here's them waiting on the hangers and new mufflers. These did help with the noise a bit. I'm hoping the magnaflow resonators I've got coming will do the last bit of taming to the sound I need.

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Here you can see the pipes going to the side exhaust. i'm going to add 2 magnaflow round mufflers where those long straight sections are, as well, to tame the sound a bit more.


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here's the upclose of one side and yeah i did through the floor subframe connectors (that's those beefy 2" box frames welded in the interior with the outriggers going to the sills).

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Thanks guys, here's the full shot of the whole shabang before i stick the magnaflow mufflers in.

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the magnaflows really toned down the harshness of the exhaust note. its not quiet now but it did seem to take the edge off in a big way. i think my truck is now louder than this thing :D Also, i didn't lose any ground clearance so that's cool. win win. In other not so awesome news I think my diff has to much backlash causing a thunk when i go from reverse to forward gears or if i'm not super smooth when i shift. so that's annoying.

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The clunk is very common on irs cars and is most likely from slack in the cv axles. I put brand new Ford axles in mine and after a little while it started clunking again.
 
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I think i solved the thunk. the rear diff mount bolts were a little loose. haven't taken it for a drive yet but the thunk is gone on jackstands. if it happens again i'll throw some loctite on them bolts. stupid rain keeping me from playing right now.
 
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working on designing the covers for the exhaust and rockers. i'm pretty sold on using some angle aluminum to achieve the clean look but im thinking i may need to make something more robust to handle the wind at high speeds.

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not yet. I'm trying to come up with a better way to secure to to the door and eliminate creaking but i'll keep that in mind.
oh but ya know what i do need? something nice to plug that hole left by the manual crank i won't be using.
 

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