Yeah from the reviews I found on amazon or youtube, the biggest con was that it was not stainless steel. I might stop at the local Mr. muffler to see what they could offer

 

Yup even ebay.ca sometimes...I usually open windows from diffrent sites select the parts and see wich one is the cheapest when it comes to shipping

 

Gonna crawl under to try to have a look at the hanger....removing the bumper doesnt sound nice

 

Just remember. What I said about the hanger is a worst case scenario.

 

ask whats included in the "warranty" everytime we went in for the warranty, some other item,like clamps or something wasnt included, so 5yrs or so ago i put the walker cat, muffler, tailpipe on myself

 

I put a complete Walker system on my 87 front to back (minus the header). It's been quite a few years and held up fine through 9-10 yrs of WI salty winters ...other than the aforementioned SS muffler which is still good but on it's last legs. Now that I think of it, I DID repalce the tailpipe when I had the gas tank off last summer, b/c the rear hanger rusted off and a new pipe was cheaper than me screwing around with welding it back on. I had the pipe off anyway for access to the hitch and re-tap a shock absorber bolt hole that my brother screwed up for me!!

As a rule, I always tack weld exhaust joints (no clamps) in 3 places per joint strategically to easily grind away if the need arises (mods/fixes/etc). The joints soon 'weld themselves' together tight, but it's easy to cut the tack welds, heat the pipe to separate for downstream repairs.

On an old 95 ZJ, I probably put on 5 mufflers and used the same aluminized tailpipe for 15 years. Just cut the tack welds and re-weld. But If you don't have access to a welder, I guess, use clamps but don't squeeze too tight.