Exhaust hanging low

hondarider203 · 01-27-2016, 10:55 AM

My search tool isn't working on my phone so if this has been covered please redirect me. 1988 club car ds I just put a 6" lift on it and it seems as though the exhaust is now the lowest part. Is there a way to move it or fix it?

smokindawg · 01-27-2016, 11:51 AM

I don't know what the exhaust looks like on that cart or how it mounts. There is always some way to make changes. Some easy, some take quite a bit of fab work.

Post a couple pictures of your setup and I'll give any ideas I come up with.

hondarider203 · 01-27-2016, 01:27 PM

Ya I thought about pictures after I posted. Have to wait till I get off work. Is that pipe hard to bend with ought kinking it?

hondarider203 · 01-27-2016, 05:00 PM

Any ideas

smokindawg · 01-27-2016, 06:08 PM

You have a few choices really.

Do you have a welder, a friend with a welder or access to a welder at all?

If you do then you can cut out a part of the exhaust and get pipe with a bend in it that will get your muffler up where it needs to be. If that makes sense.

You can cut the exhaust and have a different muffler welded in that more fits the lift.

Or you can cut the exhaust, find the diameter and then go to an auto parts and get some of the flex exhaust and a couple clamps and then mount the muffler where ever it needs to be.

hondarider203 · 01-27-2016, 08:43 PM

All I have is a stick welder I guess I'll give it a try

hondarider203 · 01-27-2016, 08:48 PM

I fell it may be a little thin I'm not the best of welders (self taught) about a year ago

smokindawg · 01-27-2016, 09:03 PM

While welding exhaust pipe with a stick welder is possible, it's hard to do. And once you start burning a hole it tends to grow.

If you plan to try it I'd find some exhaust pipe and practice a bit first. keep the amps low and don't stay in any one spot too long. Alternate spots you weld to keep the heat of the metal down.

hondarider203 · 01-27-2016, 09:09 PM

OK thanks for the tip I'm going to mess with it tomorrow see what I come up with

raydhd · 01-27-2016, 10:09 PM

Even easier is cut that pipe,remove a section and clamp in some sort of coupler found in almost in any auto parts store.Of course welding would be better.

01-27-2016, 10:55 AM	#1
hondarider203 Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Farmdale ohio Posts: 285	Exhaust hanging low My search tool isn't working on my phone so if this has been covered please redirect me. 1988 club car ds I just put a 6" lift on it and it seems as though the exhaust is now the lowest part. Is there a way to move it or fix it?

01-27-2016, 11:51 AM	#2
smokindawg Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,755	re: Exhaust hanging low I don't know what the exhaust looks like on that cart or how it mounts. There is always some way to make changes. Some easy, some take quite a bit of fab work. Post a couple pictures of your setup and I'll give any ideas I come up with.

01-27-2016, 01:27 PM	#3
hondarider203 Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Farmdale ohio Posts: 285	re: Exhaust hanging low Ya I thought about pictures after I posted. Have to wait till I get off work. Is that pipe hard to bend with ought kinking it?

01-27-2016, 06:08 PM	#5
smokindawg Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,755	re: Exhaust hanging low You have a few choices really. Do you have a welder, a friend with a welder or access to a welder at all? If you do then you can cut out a part of the exhaust and get pipe with a bend in it that will get your muffler up where it needs to be. If that makes sense. You can cut the exhaust and have a different muffler welded in that more fits the lift. Or you can cut the exhaust, find the diameter and then go to an auto parts and get some of the flex exhaust and a couple clamps and then mount the muffler where ever it needs to be.

01-27-2016, 08:43 PM	#6
hondarider203 Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Farmdale ohio Posts: 285	re: Exhaust hanging low All I have is a stick welder I guess I'll give it a try

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01-27-2016, 08:48 PM	#7
hondarider203 Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Farmdale ohio Posts: 285	re: Exhaust hanging low I fell it may be a little thin I'm not the best of welders (self taught) about a year ago

01-27-2016, 09:03 PM	#8
smokindawg Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,755	re: Exhaust hanging low While welding exhaust pipe with a stick welder is possible, it's hard to do. And once you start burning a hole it tends to grow. If you plan to try it I'd find some exhaust pipe and practice a bit first. keep the amps low and don't stay in any one spot too long. Alternate spots you weld to keep the heat of the metal down.

01-27-2016, 09:09 PM	#9
hondarider203 Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Farmdale ohio Posts: 285	re: Exhaust hanging low OK thanks for the tip I'm going to mess with it tomorrow see what I come up with

01-27-2016, 10:09 PM	#10
raydhd VC 460 CLONE GONE WILD Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Ray BY The Bay NJ Posts: 10,639	re: Exhaust hanging low Even easier is cut that pipe,remove a section and clamp in some sort of coupler found in almost in any auto parts store.Of course welding would be better.

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