The time has come to finally get rid of the exhaust on the car. I knew the final exhaust wouldn't last due to how rusted out and ugly the rear tips were, but I didn't think I would be replacing everything from the headers back. I found a deal on a Raven exhaust from the headers back. They should be dropped off this Sunday along with my e46 M3. So, in preparation for the new exhaust after the headers I started to remove it.
The final exhaust was a bit of a bear to remove since the bolts were difficult to remove. The top portion of the clamps where the bolt connects to just spun around. It is also not very easy to get a set of pliers in there. Instead I decided to get my Dremel and start cutting bolts. The first half worked out well, but not the second half. Eventually I got the exhaust off by literally ripping it off. It was that rusted out. Probably took about a hour to remove.
I decided to just toss it since I think I might have to actually pay someone to take this piece of crap off my hands.
The second half the exhaust from the headers to what would have been the final exhaust. I really should have just started here because it took of about 15 minutes to remove after the front was on jack stands. Bolts and nuts were actually 9/16", not metric at all. I knew they were newer since they weren't rusty, but finding out they were metric makes me sad. The cats have a few rust holes, but overall isn't horrible. Hopefully I can get a bit of money for it.
Please note, I'm not revving it above 3k.
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