Miata Mailing List: February 1998, Message #153
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From: 	Tony Schreiber <dune@technocraft.com>

Subject: Re: Tailpipe fell off my '96!

Date: 	Mon, 2 Feb 1998 09:46:53 +0000



> I get out to check the exhaust and find the end pipe (from muffler to rear

> of car) hanging down a few inches....what the!?

> So I gave it a couple twists and off it came.  You can easily see that it

> rusted where the pipe meets the muffler.  Anyone else had this happen?  My



Yeah, on Saturday. But not quite the same thing. I had a custom exhaust

put on about a year ago. Pretty good job and I got a big fat tip to put on

the back <http://www.technocraft.com/~dune/miata/pix/backside.jpg> Anyway,

I'm driving around on Saturday and I pull into the parking lot and this

truck comes up beside and says "Hey, your tip fell off!" So I thanked him

and cursed and went back to where he said he saw it fall off and there it

was on the side of the street. So when I got home later, I see flaring,

rusting end of my tailpipe... ;(   I took my dremel out and cut off the

end pieces and now have an almost stock looking tail pipe...



It's not short because what happened was the tip is double-walled and it

broke in the front where the inner and outer cylinder meet. And it seems

that all the weight of that outer cylinder (the crome heavy part) is on

that little seam that rusted thru. ;) And that tip was $50!



Team Need-a-new-tip



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