Pontiac Owners Club UK

Terry-D wrote:What are BANDIT tips ??? Or are you talking about standard Trans Am tips ???

Yes the standard trans am twin tips. Well that's what I thought anyway...?

Correct, well done.

bandit ones are better

How exactly do you bend the tips with a jack and not damage the rest of the system?

carefully put wood blocks above the exhaust to brace it against the car floor pan and block under centre exhaust
then padded jack under the too low tail pipe. a bit of heat where you want it to bend helps (I used an oxy-acc. torch)
be careful, a bit at a time as its not easy to unbend it if you go too far

use a plumbers blow torch would heat it up a bit and help i would think i just jacked mine up and lifted the car up lol

Sounds risky!

Got to tweak the right hand system anyway now as I have noticed I have not allowed enough room for the prop to drop down on the suspension

Should have gone to Kwik Fit Ian

thirdgen wrote:bandit ones are better

No such thing as bandit tips

thats what i call them

Mikey V8 wrote:Should have gone to Kwik Fit Ian

Never ever kwik fit!!

I can tweak it myself easily I've been under this morning and had a look.

As for the tail pipes that may be a visit to an exhaust place local to me.

thirdgen wrote:thats what i call them

I think they came out in 1976 every 2nd gen Trans Am after that had them

most people call them bandit tips as that's where they saw them first
a bit like all 77/78 transams are called bandit transams, they were not called that by GM
don't think they called early 3rd gens knightriders either

I call them double bubble ends

kev 190164 wrote:

Caz wrote:I call them double bubble ends

double enders I see what you mean

I wouldn't have anything else Kev

Yeah see your point I guess it's all to do with what you was into at the time

Oh god your quick tonight Kev pmsl

Oooo quick draw Kev tonight. I knew I shouldn't have let him have that pic

that's what eating coleslaw dose to you

SUPERCHARGEDGTA wrote:carefully put wood blocks above the exhaust to brace it against the car floor pan and block under centre exhaust
then padded jack under the too low tail pipe. a bit of heat where you want it to bend helps (I used an oxy-acc. torch)
be careful, a bit at a time as its not easy to unbend it if you go too far

Does it kink the pipe?

not if you are careful, as it should not need too much of an angle to align it

all done.

what do you guys think now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cv3WE4W6eY

for some reason the iPhone recorded the sound badly today. Its not so thud thud thud sounding in the flesh, it still sounds like it did before, only with better tail pipes!