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hey guys, how big are the piping for the LX's? 2 inch? Will a bigger piping axleback bolt right in? or would i need some kind of extender?

 
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The mufflers are the same, so it will bolt up. But performance wise, if you keep the small pipe upstream, there is no point to increasing it downstream, the bottle neck is already created. Anything that says it fits will fit- you dont have to worry about the pipes not lining up because they will- just one will have a larger diameter then the other.

 
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the piping for the axleback is 60mm. will that fit right on? because its suppose to come as a whole cat-back system, but the guy is only selling the exhaust.

 
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you have an ex?

 
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wut axleback is it?? is it an espelir axelback?? if it is, i saw it on honda-tech for sale for pretty cheap. the only thing is, u gotta modify the piping either on the axleback or b-pipe to make it fit

 
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yeah i got an EX. but its not for my car, its for the other EM2 i have at my house, the white 05 LX. but since the piping size was diff, i was wondering if i had to modify it because normally the espelir exhaust is a whole catback w. a wider piping. Man... if i had to modify the axleback, might as well just put it on my own.. lol

so in conclusion, i have to modify the piping because the stock piping is smaller than the piping for the axleback?

 
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no u dont have to modify piping for size. u have to modify it to bolt up to the stock b-pipe cause it mounts differently, compared to the espelir b-pipe

 
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oh..the catback exhausts and the stock piping mounts differently? danggit. Its was made for an LX btw, so i was hoping it would just bolt right up to the stock LX piping... makes me want to just swap exhausts now..

 
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It should match up. The bolt holes might need to be drilled a littler larger if they are in different spots, but I'm thinking they are the same.

 
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no, they won't match up. my friend bought the same espelir exhaust, and he tried putting just the axleback on the stock b-pipe, and it didn't fit at all. the flanges for the b-pipe and axleback are in different locations

 
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ohhh i see what your'e getting at. Its not the piping/length of the exhaust but rather the place where it bolts up. grr i would hate to hack it off to make it fit =\

 
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yeah, thats wut i meant

 
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Yeah, I dont know why the companies that sell axle-backs cant just agree on a standard so that you dont have to hack the pipe and weld a new flange on just to use it.

 
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yo qijian, ive been iming this guy on honda-tech, and he says he has the b-pipe for the espelir for another $40 so $90 for the whole exhaust

 
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ohh your'e talking to the same dude? hmm is that all i need to bolt on the exhaust? because its not going to be for my car, since it doesnt fit EX's. is the b pipe the whole thing after the headers?

 
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yeah it is for lx, so it should fit other lx/dx

 
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but seeing such a nice exhaust go onto another car AT MY HOUSE will make me jealous because i dont even have such a nice exhaust. plus im buying it for her >.<..gotta think about it. hmm should i just weld it, or buy it....hmm....

 
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stock FTW...especially because i got a mod exhaust ticket haha...i have to say my car is faster with the stock exhaust than my custom straight pipe...i've raced my friends corolla as a comparison and i barely edged him out with the straight pipe and now i take his car out much better with the stock exhaust and ghetto intake lol

 
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just buy the whole thing, its still way way cheaper then buying new

 
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thats true. so with the b pipe and axleback, it'll just bolt right up to the LX headers?

 
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yeah