Have you installed your own kit exhaust?
Hey rumblefish.....
Can you explain about the clearance issues ramps versus jackstands?
Are you referring to over the axle, specifically?
Also, did you weld yours together, or are the kits good enough that tehy can just be clamped?
Yes, over the axle clearance. When you lift your car up via floor jack, bumper jack...what happens? The car goes up first and the tires, axle stay on the ground. This increases the clearance between the body and axle/tire and the spring bends which is also a clearance changing item to consider.
IF you use car ramps, the whole set up changes very very little, near not at all. Also, I would certainly do this with a full tank of gas because the weight will make everything closer, tighter and harder to run the pipe. But if you don't do it and then fill up with gas, then 2 freinds, the clearance gets even tighter and if the pipe isn't run just right, it'll hit something.
I have welded up some kits to off the shelf pipe. The Jegs kit I put on my Duster didn't need to be welded, but that would be the best way to finish up. While I didn't smell any exhaust, water does seep out leaving black stripes from the carbon inside the pipes. Technical leak.
If you decide to weld it up and haven't had a lot of practice, weld as much as you can when your ready after a final fit and drop the pipes to get at the rest.