I wanted a little more power and a little louder note than the stock RT. I looked around online and found one at Mopar Supercenter. They have alot of great products for all kinds of vehicles and a several for the Caliber. It arrived quickly and undamaged.
Taking off the stock exhaust is extremely easy! One clamp at the cat and three rubber hangers, then the whole thing comes out. The hardest part is not hitting yourself in the head, because it comes out so easy! We (my wonderful boyfriend and Mopar enthusiast and I) drug the stock exhaust aside and prepared the new exhaust. When you look at the two exhaust systems side by side, you'll be suprised to see how many differences there are. For one, the stock muffler looks like someone beat the hell out of it with a hammer! Also, the new exhaust system is make out of stainless steel. Scroll down to see for yourself.
The instructions are brief and simple: bolt the exhaust system together, hang it under the car, tighten the clamp. This might be all you need to do. We decided to be a bit more picky! SInce there is no cutout on the left side of the bumper for the other exhaust outlet, both outlets hand kind of low.
The Caliber rear bumper has a cutout on the right hand side for the exhaust to exit. Since there was no cutout on the left side and we did not want the exhaust pipes to hang down low, we copied the cutout shape on the left side of the car and carefully cut out the bumper to match. We used a pneumatic die grinder with a carbide burr to cut the bumper like a hot knife through butter! With care this can be done with great precision. Scroll down to see how we patterned and cut the bumper.
The finishing touch was a trip down the street to our local muffler man. Where we cut the two exhaust outlets off right at the muffler and just pivoted them up into the bumper pockets. Cost: $30. The exhaust has a nice resonate note at idle, is very quiet at cruise and has a nice growl at wide open throttle!
Taking off the stock exhaust is extremely easy! One clamp at the cat and three rubber hangers, then the whole thing comes out. The hardest part is not hitting yourself in the head, because it comes out so easy! We (my wonderful boyfriend and Mopar enthusiast and I) drug the stock exhaust aside and prepared the new exhaust. When you look at the two exhaust systems side by side, you'll be suprised to see how many differences there are. For one, the stock muffler looks like someone beat the hell out of it with a hammer! Also, the new exhaust system is make out of stainless steel. Scroll down to see for yourself.
The instructions are brief and simple: bolt the exhaust system together, hang it under the car, tighten the clamp. This might be all you need to do. We decided to be a bit more picky! SInce there is no cutout on the left side of the bumper for the other exhaust outlet, both outlets hand kind of low.
The Caliber rear bumper has a cutout on the right hand side for the exhaust to exit. Since there was no cutout on the left side and we did not want the exhaust pipes to hang down low, we copied the cutout shape on the left side of the car and carefully cut out the bumper to match. We used a pneumatic die grinder with a carbide burr to cut the bumper like a hot knife through butter! With care this can be done with great precision. Scroll down to see how we patterned and cut the bumper.
The finishing touch was a trip down the street to our local muffler man. Where we cut the two exhaust outlets off right at the muffler and just pivoted them up into the bumper pockets. Cost: $30. The exhaust has a nice resonate note at idle, is very quiet at cruise and has a nice growl at wide open throttle!
