My Quicksilver exhaust seems to stick out the back of the car about a 1/2" more when it is hot than when it is cold. When I park after driving, it sticks out about a 1/2" more than it does then when I come out and have a look after about 30 minutes. I have checked if it is sliding around by pushing gently but firmly on the tip and nothing. I've had it installed for over a month now. I haven't noticed any performance problems. I was just worndering if this is normal.

Here's some pictures.

Hot (notice the dirt that is visible)
https://home.attbi.com/~owenrlin/mini/images/hot.jpg

Cold (notice the dirt is not visible now)
https://home.attbi.com/~owenrlin/mini/images/cold.jpg

I'm curious what y'all have to say.
Owen

>>My Quicksilver exhaust seems to stick out the back of the car about a 1/2" more when it is hot than when it is cold.

Ok, let me be the first to say that absolutely NO BONER JOKES ARE ALLOWED. :lol:

That's really interesting! Maybe the metal just expands that much. (shrug)

-Jim

>>Ok, let me be the first to say that absolutely NO BONER JOKES ARE ALLOWED. :wink:

>>That's really interesting! Maybe the metal just expands that much. (shrug)

That's the only theory I have. I'm no metal worker, but it just seems like quite a bit of expansion.

My thought would be don't worry about it. Metal expands as it heats up. I've noticed the same phenomenon with my Magnaflow. As long as I don't have any vibrations or sensation that the system is loose I'm going to ignore this finding. Just my two cents...

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...lbum04/cjk.jpg
His, Chile Red all over/ Hers, Electric Blue and Union Jack on top.

Mine gets longer when it's hot too ...

>>Mine gets longer when it's hot too ...

Hey! We already said no boner jokes! :lol:

Stainless expands about .67 inches over a 10' length when its hot.


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Cheese

It's perfectly normal. Metal expands when hot.

R

How did you even notice this?

>>How did you even notice this?

I'm very observant. :smile: That dirt in the picture is what did it. I'd clean the tip off, then there would be dirt all of the sudden.