Hi All

purchased the redback system thats on ebay, and should be here tommorow. Put the car on the ramps tonite to have a quick look at whats involved... :shock:

fyi...i have very little mechanical knowhow (as probably has been evident) and just by looking i was a little daunted.
Has anyone replaced the stock system with the redback? Can anyone give me a bit o direction, as i would like to do it myself, but am also aware of my capabilities. I was told it isnt too hard, but am a little worried about how to get the old one out. From there i wouldnt think it is too hard.

Cheers

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any ideas? i really wanna fit it over the next coupla days...

i dont know of anyone who has installed the redback system themselves..

Take it to a muffler place.. wouldnt cost much to have them do it..

hm, seems to be the way it might have to go. dang it

cheers

All you have to do is un-bolt the old bolt in the new. I would spray the bolts with penetrating lube a few times before trying to break them loose. It will make it a little easier on you. There is a flange just infront of the rear suspension that you will have to unbolt and the bolts hold the current system to the cat. The rest is just sliding the current system of the exhaust hangers. Then re-install the new the same way the old came off. You will also have to unscrew the 02 sensor and screw it back into the new system but that is easy to. There is nothing complicated about it at all, just a bolt in swap. No need to get worried about it, and surely no need to have some shop do it. You don't even need that many tools, just a few sockets and wrenches.

ah k. doesnt sound too bad, cant hurt to have a go i spose.

cheers

All you have to do is un-bolt the old bolt in the new. I would spray the bolts with penetrating lube a few times before trying to break them loose. It will make it a little easier on you. There is a flange just infront of the rear suspension that you will have to unbolt and the bolts hold the current system to the cat. The rest is just sliding the current system of the exhaust hangers. Then re-install the new the same way the old came off. You will also have to unscrew the 02 sensor and screw it back into the new system but that is easy to. There is nothing complicated about it at all, just a bolt in swap. No need to get worried about it, and surely no need to have some shop do it. You don't even need that many tools, just a few sockets and wrenches.

There is no need to unscrew the O2 sensor, you don't need to touch the CAT front end, all you do is unbolt the CAT back and direct swap. it's tricky to get enough strength to loosen the bolts that's all, unless you can jack up the car a lot... *work safe, don't get under the car with just jacks, need jack stands at least.

ive got it backed up on ramps, and have got (just) enough room to get under. scary enough for me being under there with it on ramps, let alone jackin it.
i reckon i might know someone with a hoist, but hes usually fairly busy, so if worse comes to worse, ill just leave it and try and get a hold of him.

cheers again

Well on the Us cars there is O2 sensor after the cat to send the Ecu signals to make sure the Cat is working. I don't see why the Aus cars wouldn't have that too. Thats the one I was talking about removing.

Is this just as easy to do on a TR?

I have installed numerous cat-back systems on cars here in the US. All are just a matter of un-bolting the old and bolting in the new. Even Full Turbo back exhausts aren't hard. Theres nothing complex about an exhaust system. :cool:

OK, ive got the rear muffler on, and am awaiting to get some nuts to screw it on. Has anyone had problems with it coming to close to the rear bumper? I noticed it ends up pretty damn close, and may cause some melting, anyone had this?

Yeah piece of piss mate. Did it just the other day and I wouldn't have a clue how to do anything on a car so that should re-assure you. The only problem is the one off ebay, some times is too long in the mid section. check this by lining it up with the old mid section first. I learnt the hard way and had to put the old mid section on with the redback muffler while I organise to get a 3 inch section cut and welded from my mid section. Real Pain in the a$$. But actually doing the job is easy.And also, no need to worry about o2 sensors on oz models.

yup, too long. tis goin in to exhaust place wed to have it trimmed, and a little bit of shiny stuff on the end too.... :)

my rear bumber has been cut to fit the exhuast