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Exhaust Kits | The Easy Way To Replace Your Exhaust System

Replacing just one rusty exhaust piece will have you wasting time, effort, and money replacing adjacent pieces. We will show you complete “one & done” exhaust systems.
Exhaust Kits | The Easy Way To Replace Your Exhaust System

If your exhaust needs repair, chances are the section you noticed with a hole in it isn't the only piece on its last legs. Take a close look at that one pipe or muffler that needs replacement, and you'll find pieces on either side of it are usually pretty far gone as well. Corrosion and rust aren't selective - they attack all exhaust pieces equally.

Missed Exhaust Muffler

Freeing that "worst" piece and removing it from the vehicle may be challenging or downright impossible, because overlapping sections have morphed into one rusty, lumpy mass. Or, if the bad part can be freed, adjacent sections may crumble away during removal - leaving themselves unsuitable for reconnection with a new exhaust component.

Corroded Exhaust Components

Even if you are able to join new parts with old ones, you may find the "next worst" part (or parts) fails shortly down the road as well. It's not hard to see how paying additional labor charges for work required at this stage could have been avoided if multiple sections been replaced at the same time earlier. And if you do your own exhaust work, the extra time and grief involved with getting under your vehicle again will seem like a total waste - especially the second or third time rust flakes get into your hair and under your collar.

Piecemeal Replacement Exhaust Section
Replacing exhaust sections piecemeal usually ends up costing more in parts and labor than an integrated exhaust kit.

OEM Style Replacement Exhaust Kits Components

In this article, we'll look at OEM style replacement exhaust kits that come complete with all mufflers, pipes, clamps, and applicable hangers that cover you from the point beginning at your catalytic converter and ending at the rear of your vehicle. Because all components are packaged together, the resulting economies of scale result in a lower overall price than could be achieved purchasing all parts separately.

Welded Exhaust Sections
Poor fit between exhaust sections will require welding to prevent exhaust noise and pollution from leaking out.

Since all components in the exhaust kit are designed and built together, they'll result in a seamless, integrated fit that will be easier to install. You won't need to pay an expensive specialist to modify parts that don't fit well, and you won't have to deal with engine power losses because exhaust flow restrictions were created by parts that don't mate as they should.

Simply put, buying an exhaust kit is a smart purchase you won't regret later.

Exhaust system components must fit together well in order to truly work effectively. Customers we talk to who have installed a mish-mash of pieces often ended up choosing one or more that weren't properly sized for their vehicle's power output (or with one another). By doing this, they inadvertently created a system that disrupted their motor's natural exhaust flow. Doing that can actually hurt power and mileage.

Starla Exhaust System Kit In Single Exhaust Form
The Starla Exhaust System Kit, in single exhaust form.

The OE-style exhaust kits we sell come with mufflers that are designed to prevent headaches by matching flow rates specified by vehicle manufacturers. Because pipes are evenly sized with consistent diameter measurements at all bend points (thanks to "Mandrel-bending" processes), flow rates won't be compromised because openings got pinched.

Crown Exhaust System Kit In Single Exhaust Form
The Crown Exhaust System Kit, in single exhaust form.

We've got kits for a wide range of makes and models from AP Exhaust, Walker, and Bosal that come with all applicable flanges, hangers, and sensor fittings to make installation a breeze. Once you enter your vehicle's year, make, and model in the Product Options drop down box, you'll see all the parts included in those three kits listed individually. Click on all applicable ones and you've got a complete kit - along with value pricing.

List Of Separate Parts Of Exhaust Kit
Some of our exhaust kits list each part separately. Click on all applicable ones to purchase a complete kit.

If you've got an older Volvo or Saab, the Starla Replacement Exhaust Kit includes everything from the center muffler inlet back. For classic Jeep CJ and Wranglers from the 1950s-2000, Crown's Exhaust System Kit provides all you need. Omix-Ada's Muffler and Tailpipe Kit offers choices that expand to Jeep Cherokees, Grand Cherokees, Libertys, CJs, and Wrangler models as well.

Exhaust Kit Components

Trust us, because we've been there: if your vehicle needs exhaust work, replacing "just" one corroded piece is faulty economics. Whether it's because you'll spend hours wrestling the old piece off its adjoining pieces (did we tell you we've been there?), or it's because another section is ready to fail soon after the initial repair, you will save both time and money in the long run by going with a complete system. We've done our best to make that shopping experience simple for you by offering these complete exhaust kits.

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