[Mystake]

Didn't find anything on google... didn't spend THAT long looking either...

this sunday is looking to be car-day for me, ive got no other plans. therefore, I'm going to install the mbrp I've had laying around since last year.

IIRC, because it's a sedan system it'll stick out the rear a few too many inches but besides that, what should I know before I jack the car up and start ripping out the exhaust?

I've heard changing the exhaust is the most basic bolt on one can do... so there's no reason for me to pay someone else to do it. I'm more worried about running into rusted/seized bolts and having half the exhaust off and not being able to get the rest off... and being stuck with half an exhaust system on the car.

Also, do I simply saw-z-all the exhaust off, then remove the hangars/bolts holding it up? I don't plan on keeping the exhaust, it's been hacked already (the... "muffler/resonator" was cut out by mistake... then welded back in, but it's got a leak, and then the lunchbox was cut out and a straight pipe put instead) so its by no means worth anything or worth keeping, so I had no need to worry about damaging it upon removal.


Also, i'll be doing this in a parking lot. Safety precautions? I don't own any jackstands... and to a certain extent don't really trust them. I've seen a few drop before and quite frankly they make me nervous as hell. That and my parking spot isn't exactly level. Not a huge angle but enough that if I didn't leave the car in gear it'd roll out of my spot.

I'd rather jack the car up, lie my steelies down underneath the wheels and let the car sit on them, or jack the car up and put some 6x6's underneath the wheels and let it sit on that instead. I've got a big nose and I don't want the car to drop on my face and break it () Whenever I work underneath my car, if i'm letting it sit on the jack I put rims underneath so if it DOES drop, it drops on the rims not me.

... so if you couldn't tell I'm over thinking this... ugh... worst case scenario cause I need to know I've got a back up plan... how bad is it to drive without a cat back on?