Need exhaust clamps, what kind?

[OnyxCobra]

I want to buy four nice stainless clamps for my Borla exhaust waiting to go on. Which kind do you think I should get? I have the first style on my Bassani now but I'm leaning towards the second ones since it seems like those would provide a better seal and hold. They're both around $10 a piece.

 

[ryclef331]

Do the ones you have now leak? If not, stick with what you know. If a one bolt band clamp can't seal what you have, you have a shitty fitting exhaust. A clamp is a clamp is a clamp.

 

[OnyxCobra]

I don't have any right now. The ones that came with the exhaust were the kind that actually dent the pipe down and I spent a lot of time getting it uncrimped, not to mention they were extremely rusty and bent and gross looking so I chucked them...

 

[Dysfunction]

I want to buy four nice stainless clamps for my Borla exhaust waiting to go on.

Pretty much says what he's doing...

My pypes xpipe came with the first style of clamp. I'm not a fan of em, then again i'm not a fan of pypes xpipe so that could be the problem. I'd personally get'r welded if ya can.

If not i've used regular U style clamps that seemed to clamp better then the aforementioned.

 

[JonBeast]

I just put a new catback on my car...and it came with the first clamps that you posted...and no matter how hard I tried to torque down the clamps, they wouldn't hold the pipes together. Bought some U clamps, and sealed it right up...

 

[OnyxCobra]

JB were you tightening them by hand? I did that with mine and one of them kept coming lose, then i put the impact on it and it didn't move after that lol. One thing i like about the second kind is that it's two bolts instead of one, also it would hold both pipes instead of just clamping one to the other. I don't want to use U clamps because it's made to be a slip fit to make removal easier.

 

[1bad95]

My slp came with the first style clamp and i like them. they sealed up and hold the pipes great. i put a pair of the 2nd style clamps on my wife titan a few weeks ago and dont like them much. the banding is very thin, unlike the band on the first style.

 

[OnyxCobra]

is the thin banding the only reason you didn't like them? Did they not work well?

 

[atlanticblue98]

the S197 comes OEM with the first style for the axleback. seemed to seal just fine when i put the GT axleback on

 

[1bad95]

they worked ok. the band formed to the pipes where they met. it is working, but i prefer the 1st style. i tihnk they hold tighter

 

[OnyxCobra]

hmmm I know the ones I have on the Bassani feel pretty beefy, like i said i had problems with one holding before but haven't had that problem lately.