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69-72 · 04-09-2010, 08:52 PM

Has anyone dealt with http://www.autoaccessoriesgarage.com before?

I was looking for a place to buy a HeartThrob set of pipes for my Blazer and came across them.

The price is about the same as the other online stores and LMC

but you get free shipping and if you sign up for their newsletter they send you a 10% coupon code

Comes to $196.00 shipped for new pipes without mufflers

http://www.autoaccessoriesgarage.com...et-Blazer-1972

71jimmy · 04-09-2010, 09:22 PM

I have not used them, not quite at the point for exhaust on mine. But please post up info, pics of your install. Really insterested to know how well it goes into place etc. Sounds like a good deal.

bman021 · 04-09-2010, 10:58 PM

I'm ordering one of flowmaster's u-fit kit for my project. I'm going with the 3" kit

http://www.summitracing.com/search/B.../?autoview=SKU

rads42 · 04-13-2010, 09:35 AM

I have never dealt with those guys but I can tell you that I installed the heartthrob kit from LMC last weekend and I wasn't overly impressed. The drivers side went on without a hitch but the passenger side was not as smooth. The extension pipe that the muffler attaches to was on a slightly upward angle (which could not be changed or it would contact the transfer case) which would cause the muffler to contact the cross member. I had to take the pipe to Meineke to have a offest jog bent in to it. when I brought it down the guy said the pipe was such poor quality that he didn't want to bend it because he thought it would split. It was only after I agreed that if it split I'd pay for a whole new one from his stock that he agreed to do it. So they bent it and it didn't split (also didn't charge me to do it, Thanks Meineke!) and I was able to complete the install. I should also mention my Blazer is bone stock so this wasn't a problem I caused. The exhaust would have gone on as it came out of the box but there is NO way it wouldn't have rattled against the t-case or the crossmember or both as it was. If you wind up getting a system I'd be intetested to hear how your install goes.

**lks dcvn** · 04-13-2010, 10:02 AM

^ have any pix of it installed - I was going to get the same kit - but might consider something else if it is going to be a PITA...

69-72 · 04-13-2010, 12:47 PM

The manufacturer has pictures on their website

http://www.heartthrobexhaustinc.com/4159M.html

**lks dcvn** · 04-13-2010, 01:12 PM

I have seen those - but wanted to see pix of the one not installed by the vendor and see if the pipes were different in some spots...

pound41 · 04-13-2010, 08:28 PM

I have installed 3 heartthrob exhaust kits on my 3 blazers that I have had. Still have 2 without any problem. The passengerside on all 3 has been a straight shot through the hole by the frame, transfercase hole. Biggest pita for me was holding up the tailpipe to caculate the amount to cut off. The last kit I installed was 06 still looks pretty new. Sorry yours didn't workout. I am about ready to replace the first one I ever put on, No holes just rusty looking
Good Luck

TomJohnston · 07-15-2010, 09:59 AM

Well, I hate to say it but I had a bad experience with them. The truck is a longbed, 350/TH350. I got the stock system (side exit). So the driver's side was pretty easy at the engine, but I couldn't get the first two pipes to match up quite right. The passenger side was a mess. The first pipe was touching the starter and the brake line and again the first two pipes didn't line up quite right. So some of this was no doubt my problem but I took it to my mechanic and he said it "Is this a one size fits all system?" I said no it's designed for the '70, and he scratched his head and said it wasn't very well designed at all. So in the end he put about 3 hrs of labor into it and charged me $240 to fix it. So between the $280 I spent on the system (direct from Heartthrob) and what I gave my mechanic (but he's a nice guy, I'd give him that out of the kindness of my heart

) I could have taken it to a shop and had a custom system put on.

Poo.

69-72 · 07-15-2010, 02:23 PM

I have had the pipes on for about a month now. Installation was fairly straight forward. There was an error on the instructions about the orientation of the mufflers and how the pipes fit in them. And on the tailpipe at the rear one side extends out a good length and the other side is a bit short. Not sure that is my fault or not.

There was a huge difference in power for me. I was going from a dual 2" which measured about 1 3/4 id. Still louder then I would like but sounds ok. I didn't use their mufflers, I had some Dynomax mufflers on it before that are supposed to be the quietest and best flowing of the turbos out there.

04-09-2010, 08:52 PM	#1
69-72 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: 204 Posts: 903	Good deal on exhaust Has anyone dealt with http://www.autoaccessoriesgarage.com before? I was looking for a place to buy a HeartThrob set of pipes for my Blazer and came across them. The price is about the same as the other online stores and LMC but you get free shipping and if you sign up for their newsletter they send you a 10% coupon code Comes to $196.00 shipped for new pipes without mufflers http://www.autoaccessoriesgarage.com...et-Blazer-1972 __________________ 1969 Chevy Custom Camper 3/4 ton Rust free survivor 1972 Chevy Blazer CST 4x4 Almost Rust free survivor 1972 GMC Jimmy 2wd Undergoing surgery Last edited by 69-72; 04-09-2010 at 08:52 PM.

04-09-2010, 09:22 PM	#2
71jimmy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,083	Re: Good deal on exhaust I have not used them, not quite at the point for exhaust on mine. But please post up info, pics of your install. Really insterested to know how well it goes into place etc. Sounds like a good deal. __________________ '71 Jimmy, 350, SM465, NP205, 2in Tuff Country lift, 33s on rallies, TBI, softtop and hardtop "If life was fair you'd be able to afford one of each and a garage large enough to house them all." Last edited by 71jimmy; 04-09-2010 at 09:22 PM.

04-09-2010, 10:58 PM	#3
bman021 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Quitman TX Posts: 60	Re: Good deal on exhaust I'm ordering one of flowmaster's u-fit kit for my project. I'm going with the 3" kit http://www.summitracing.com/search/B.../?autoview=SKU

04-13-2010, 09:35 AM	#4
rads42 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Orange, CT Posts: 72	Re: Good deal on exhaust I have never dealt with those guys but I can tell you that I installed the heartthrob kit from LMC last weekend and I wasn't overly impressed. The drivers side went on without a hitch but the passenger side was not as smooth. The extension pipe that the muffler attaches to was on a slightly upward angle (which could not be changed or it would contact the transfer case) which would cause the muffler to contact the cross member. I had to take the pipe to Meineke to have a offest jog bent in to it. when I brought it down the guy said the pipe was such poor quality that he didn't want to bend it because he thought it would split. It was only after I agreed that if it split I'd pay for a whole new one from his stock that he agreed to do it. So they bent it and it didn't split (also didn't charge me to do it, Thanks Meineke!) and I was able to complete the install. I should also mention my Blazer is bone stock so this wasn't a problem I caused. The exhaust would have gone on as it came out of the box but there is NO way it wouldn't have rattled against the t-case or the crossmember or both as it was. If you wind up getting a system I'd be intetested to hear how your install goes.

04-13-2010, 10:02 AM	#5
lks dcvn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 4,348	Re: Good deal on exhaust ^ have any pix of it installed - I was going to get the same kit - but might consider something else if it is going to be a PITA...

04-13-2010, 12:47 PM	#6
69-72 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: 204 Posts: 903	Re: Good deal on exhaust The manufacturer has pictures on their website http://www.heartthrobexhaustinc.com/4159M.html __________________ 1969 Chevy Custom Camper 3/4 ton Rust free survivor 1972 Chevy Blazer CST 4x4 Almost Rust free survivor 1972 GMC Jimmy 2wd Undergoing surgery

04-13-2010, 01:12 PM	#7
lks dcvn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 4,348	Re: Good deal on exhaust I have seen those - but wanted to see pix of the one not installed by the vendor and see if the pipes were different in some spots...

04-13-2010, 08:28 PM	#8
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	Re: Good deal on exhaust I have installed 3 heartthrob exhaust kits on my 3 blazers that I have had. Still have 2 without any problem. The passengerside on all 3 has been a straight shot through the hole by the frame, transfercase hole. Biggest pita for me was holding up the tailpipe to caculate the amount to cut off. The last kit I installed was 06 still looks pretty new. Sorry yours didn't workout. I am about ready to replace the first one I ever put on, No holes just rusty looking Good Luck

07-15-2010, 09:59 AM	#9
TomJohnston Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: somewhere, MN Posts: 110	Re: Good deal on exhaust Well, I hate to say it but I had a bad experience with them. The truck is a longbed, 350/TH350. I got the stock system (side exit). So the driver's side was pretty easy at the engine, but I couldn't get the first two pipes to match up quite right. The passenger side was a mess. The first pipe was touching the starter and the brake line and again the first two pipes didn't line up quite right. So some of this was no doubt my problem but I took it to my mechanic and he said it "Is this a one size fits all system?" I said no it's designed for the '70, and he scratched his head and said it wasn't very well designed at all. So in the end he put about 3 hrs of labor into it and charged me $240 to fix it. So between the $280 I spent on the system (direct from Heartthrob) and what I gave my mechanic (but he's a nice guy, I'd give him that out of the kindness of my heart ) I could have taken it to a shop and had a custom system put on. Poo. __________________ Dad's 1970 Chevy C10 Custom 350, auto, armstrong power windows and doorlocks "My carbon footprint is bigger than yours"

07-15-2010, 02:23 PM	#10
69-72 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: 204 Posts: 903	Re: Good deal on exhaust I have had the pipes on for about a month now. Installation was fairly straight forward. There was an error on the instructions about the orientation of the mufflers and how the pipes fit in them. And on the tailpipe at the rear one side extends out a good length and the other side is a bit short. Not sure that is my fault or not. There was a huge difference in power for me. I was going from a dual 2" which measured about 1 3/4 id. Still louder then I would like but sounds ok. I didn't use their mufflers, I had some Dynomax mufflers on it before that are supposed to be the quietest and best flowing of the turbos out there. __________________ 1969 Chevy Custom Camper 3/4 ton Rust free survivor 1972 Chevy Blazer CST 4x4 Almost Rust free survivor 1972 GMC Jimmy 2wd Undergoing surgery Last edited by 69-72; 07-15-2010 at 02:23 PM.



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