Why buy exhaust mounts when you can make your own?
10-28-2009, 09:31 PM
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Why buy exhaust mounts when you can make your own?
So I recently lost a exhaust mount on the freeway, ask nuhawk, I showed up at his door, and have been using a zip-tie as a temp-fix.
Well today I got the brilliant idea to go to Home Depot and get a thin strip of metal and bend it into shape.
I'd say it's pretty good for 1.26.
Well today I got the brilliant idea to go to Home Depot and get a thin strip of metal and bend it into shape.
I'd say it's pretty good for 1.26.
10-28-2009, 09:54 PM
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Are you gonna trim it or leave it like that? 
And what did you put inside it between the metal and the carbon can? Hopefully not nothing-it'll chew up the carbon. I asked in your other post-why not just get a new one from two brothers so it matches? How much could one possibly cost? I mean I'm all for being cheap but...
Anyway I guess if you trim it on top and wet sand and polish it it'll probably match the other side ok. Again doesn't seem worth the time compared to just buying a new one?
And what did you put inside it between the metal and the carbon can? Hopefully not nothing-it'll chew up the carbon. I asked in your other post-why not just get a new one from two brothers so it matches? How much could one possibly cost? I mean I'm all for being cheap but...Anyway I guess if you trim it on top and wet sand and polish it it'll probably match the other side ok. Again doesn't seem worth the time compared to just buying a new one?
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10-28-2009, 10:12 PM
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Are you gonna trim it or leave it like that? And what did you put inside it between the metal and the carbon can? Hopefully not nothing-it'll chew up the carbon. I asked in your other post-why not just get a new one from two brothers so it matches? How much could one possibly cost? I mean I'm all for being cheap but...
Anyway I guess if you trim it on top and wet sand and polish it it'll probably match the other side ok. Again doesn't seem worth the time compared to just buying a new one?
And what did you put inside it between the metal and the carbon can? Hopefully not nothing-it'll chew up the carbon. I asked in your other post-why not just get a new one from two brothers so it matches? How much could one possibly cost? I mean I'm all for being cheap but...Anyway I guess if you trim it on top and wet sand and polish it it'll probably match the other side ok. Again doesn't seem worth the time compared to just buying a new one?
I shall also be painting it black so it doesn't look so ugly.
11-05-2009, 03:03 AM
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I also made my own mounts. A bit different to yours though. Mine took about a week to make by hand, and are now integral with the sub-frame.
When I had my custom pipes made up the exhaust guy told me the biggest job would be making the mounts. I told him I had them done already. I dropped the bike off to him and went to pick it up a few days later when he had the pipes done.
He commented on the quality of the mounts and asked who made them for me. When I told him I made them myself he asked if I had used a milling machine. He was quite surprised when I told him I had made them by hand, using a piece of a Toyota Hilux drag link for the tube, and pieces of flat steel for the rest.
The idea was to make them as neat and as unobtrusive as possible, so that they didn't stand out. Lots of work, but worth the effort I think.
When I had my custom pipes made up the exhaust guy told me the biggest job would be making the mounts. I told him I had them done already. I dropped the bike off to him and went to pick it up a few days later when he had the pipes done.
He commented on the quality of the mounts and asked who made them for me. When I told him I made them myself he asked if I had used a milling machine. He was quite surprised when I told him I had made them by hand, using a piece of a Toyota Hilux drag link for the tube, and pieces of flat steel for the rest.
The idea was to make them as neat and as unobtrusive as possible, so that they didn't stand out. Lots of work, but worth the effort I think.
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