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Old 03-09-2013, 01:50 PM   #1
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Need an exhaust kit for my 68.5 swb truck. Bonus pic of my truck

Was wondering if you guys would have any recommendations on some pre bent exhaust kits. I'm tired of scraping my exhaust going over speed bumps so I was looking for something that would come from the headers and up into the frame. Then exit before the rear wheels. I have my own welder so all I would need is the tubing pre bent ...It would be for a swb.. Thanks. Here's a complimentary picture of my truck.
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Old 03-09-2013, 11:00 PM   #2
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Re: Need an exhaust kit for my 68.5 swb truck. Bonus pic of my truck

I went to my local exhaust shop and had them bend me five 45 deg angles an sell me 2 6ft sticks of 2.5 inch pipe. He even flared the ends for me. Brought em home and welded em up behind my headers and up inside the frame. Had less than a hundred bucks in the pipe, and my buddy did a good job on the welding. You just have to cut the pieces to angle and fit like you need em to.
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Old 03-09-2013, 11:01 PM   #3
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Re: Need an exhaust kit for my 68.5 swb truck. Bonus pic of my truck

PS, that truck looks tough, man! I dig it!!
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Old 03-11-2013, 12:07 PM   #4
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Re: Need an exhaust kit for my 68.5 swb truck. Bonus pic of my truck

Can't help with your exhaust, But i can tell you thats one fine looking truck, your roof art kinda sits the semi gloss off.
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Old 03-11-2013, 02:37 PM   #5
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Re: Need an exhaust kit for my 68.5 swb truck. Bonus pic of my truck

Isn't the roof ornament suposed to be sticking out of the grill?

I had a Garfield sticking out of my grill for awhile. Sheesh! Some people have no sense of humor. It was stuffed animal, not real cat for crying out loud!
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Old 03-11-2013, 03:13 PM   #6
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Re: Need an exhaust kit for my 68.5 swb truck. Bonus pic of my truck

The muffler shop I use works reasonable enough that I don't fight with exhaust pipes any more. They put the pipes up about like you are wanting when I had them done a couple of years ago even though it isn't a low truck. I had an almost new pair of mufflers and tail pipes that I had hung on the truck at home and then went to the muffler shop to have the pipes between the headers and the mufflers done.

With that truck you may end up having to build a new crossmember that is designed so that the pipes can run through it rather than under it. That is the main reason the pipes always drop below the frame level to begin with.
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