Thread: "Side pipes"..

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Originally Posted by rspears

Wow! I feel really special being singled out!! Thanks, Georgie!

Your welcome Rodgey!!!!
ps,,,,looks like your car in your avitar has "lakster" pipes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hmmmm,,,,don't those get hot?????

Originally Posted by 1bad32

Your welcome Rodgey!!!!
ps,,,,looks like your car in your avitar has "lakster" pipes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hmmmm,,,,don't those get hot?????

Yep, and I've said that every time I pull into a place where people are going to be looking at the car, or especially any time that there are small kids around I'm like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, worrying that someone's going to get burned and that I'm going to feel somewhat responsible, even if they should know better. The lake style pipes are a "defining feature" of my car, but they get hot enough to sizzle skin in ten to twenty seconds, and they will stay hot enough for a second to third degree burn for 15 to 20 minutes. We don't start the car when the grandkids are wandering around, or if they are going for a ride there is always an adult to "help" them in & out. I caution my wife on each exit to "...watch the pipes" (she loves being treated like a kid that way ), and mine are up 15" and end just before the door - a huge difference from side pipes that run beneath the door opening on a car with suicide doors. Even with all that "caution" it's just a matter time before someone cooks a leg, or worse. I think what bothered me most about your "...I'll be extree careful" statement is that it seemed (to me) to be quite arrogant, as if you're above caring what happens to anyone else. That may not be the case, and regardless I'll avoid any further comment on your thread from this point forward. You'll do what you want to do, as you should - it's your car. I believe that all of the collective comments about the inherent dangers were offered to ensure that you were considering the negatives before removing a perfectly good exhaust system that you paid good money for.