So we all know the CMS tips look pathetic. Decided to try "bolt-ons" OVER the stock tips.

I noticed a lot of them out there that could fit a 2 7/8" pipe and that lets them slide over the stock tips (which are roughly 2 3/4"), while being able to bolt onto a small 1.75+" pipe.
I picked up some of these from Advance Auto since they had a 25% off coupon.

https://i.imgur.com/M3xfamFl.png



Got them home and realized the 2 7/8" diameter doesn't 'go all the way through'. It drops to like 2" at the internal resonator part.

Said, screw it for $15 and grabbed the Dremel. Cut the perforated resonator just behind the tapered part inside the tips. then hammered out the tapered part towards the bolt-on side, leaving just the outer wall and the rear tapered ring.





Without the resonator part the tips can slide all the way up until they touch the stock tips

My one 'before and after' (with the non-cut tip just hanging over the stock one)





Probably should have gotten the slanted ones but these were cheaper as an experiment goes (The 'EX-1013' ones are the slanted version of these.)






And then I gave it a bath and took one more





So if the clamps hold tight this will be a pretty decent mod. Love the look. Really great from behind. I should have taken a better picture but didn't think about it until backed into the garage again!

They look great nice work...I think I'll pickup a set for my 2016

Night an day difference. I was toying getting a Borla just to replace the stock tips.

nice! I was thinking of replacing my jcw intergrated tips for floating tips like this

Old school carcrafting is a joy to see nowadays.
ISAMIN

this is great, thank you!

My only issue with using these aftermarket tips in the past is the finish is not high quality and they will corrode and rust after a year or so.

Looks great though

Yeah this is very true. I am good about maintaining and polishing ect, but even if the outer part stays good I could see the tapered ring inside just rusting away. We shall see!

Especially with having cut part of it out, you gave it a place to let rust get started faster than it would have. Love the ingenuity, though.

Yeah. I do wonder how much that insulation stuff might hold water. It was only a perforated pipe with some screen and then all that fiberglass stuff packed in. They could fill with water either way really.

the flow of exhaust gases should keep them empty and dry by creating that low pressure zone across it

Small update.

Using the 3 'clamps' that are on the tips, I just couldn't get them to sit best since the stock CM pipes are slightly angled in relation to the tip.

I used a longer (in this case, allen head) bolt so that one of the three mounting points could be longer. I put this toward the top so that it would help angle the tips downward at the rear and sit nicer.

Can sort of see the bolt back there. Just used a second nut as a lock nut.



finally took a better rear shot of em

really like the look !

Just wanted to say thanks for the tip on the tips man!
Picked some up cheap at a flea market, gutted them today during some free time at work. I'll be installing them later this week.
Cheers.

Cool. Keep us updated. Mine didnt last long. Got so dirty so quickly (as they do) and since they were cheap they never really cleaned up well and eventually started to get some rust at the seams.

Granted, some cheap tips are certainly better than others. Need stainless instead of just chrome.

Yeah, I figure they'l go black and sooty in no time. These said Stainless steel on the package but knowing there are different grades of SS time will tell.
At this point anything is better than the puiney stock tips.

Thanks again.

Looks great. I wonder if they would look even more "factory/OEM" if the inner shiny part was painted flat black?