Does it rattle where the exhaust tip touches the top of the trim ring?
That looks amazing!!!Hey all, just sharing my most recent modification. I've been wanting to do a bumper exit for a while, seen a few others took suite as well. Eliminated the resonator, used some off the shelf exhaust parts, as well as a nice pre-bent section for a 90 degree. Everything came out pretty good. Coupled with a Thrush welded muffler, it has a very hollow stainless sound, very Focus ST.
. I did have a nice band clamp I was going top use to mate the modified section to the original exhaust, however the pipe diameter in the rear is some weird size between 2 1/4" and 2 1/2", so the clamp I had wouldn't fit. I had some U-clamp specials on hand in the garage which did work.
Thankyou for all the kind words! I'll try to address everyone's questions here.
I decided against the side exit under the skirt for clearance issues, my truck is lowered and I didn't want any bottoming out or scraping, high and tight is what we like!
I'm hoping that the ring will help with the heat, so far I haven't seen any issues out the gate which is promising. I tried to I cut the hole in the bumper slightly larger than internal diameter of those plates to keep any plastic as far away from the tip as possible. I may end up going back in and heat wrapping the modified section if I see any issues. Other wise I didn't add any additional heat shielding.
So far I don't hear any noise from the tip bouncing around. I did shake test it prior to finalizing the welds and clamp. It had pretty good movement with almost no noise. Nothing can be heard in the cabin. I did re-locate the hanger to help support that tip as well.
I've included a couple additional photos as well as a short cold start and rev. Please be kind to my welds, they're ugly but they're solid. I'm a full time Ford technician and welding hobbyist
Also a couple things to note about sound and droning. Deleting the resonator definitely changed the tone, giving a little more bite and rasp, however volume is about the same, which is to be expected. Droning isn't bad at all, a small bit at around 1800-2000 RPM depending on load and throttle position. Most notably can be heard on decel around 3500 -3800 RPM. I run sport mode at all times, transmission shift strategy allows the vehicle to engine brake, holding it in gear. It actually sounds really cool and I don't mind at all. It's not very bad in the cabin at all either.
GREAT JOB 
I definitely could have, but I opted to do this in my garage. I actually didn't even lift the truck in the process.
Thankyou for all the kind words! I'll try to address everyone's questions here.
I decided against the side exit under the skirt for clearance issues, my truck is lowered and I didn't want any bottoming out or scraping, high and tight is what we like!
I'm hoping that the ring will help with the heat, so far I haven't seen any issues out the gate which is promising. I tried to I cut the hole in the bumper slightly larger than internal diameter of those plates to keep any plastic as far away from the tip as possible. I may end up going back in and heat wrapping the modified section if I see any issues. Other wise I didn't add any additional heat shielding.
So far I don't hear any noise from the tip bouncing around. I did shake test it prior to finalizing the welds and clamp. It had pretty good movement with almost no noise. Nothing can be heard in the cabin. I did re-locate the hanger to help support that tip as well.
I've included a couple additional photos as well as a short cold start and rev. Please be kind to my welds, they're ugly but they're solid. I'm a full time Ford technician and welding hobbyist
Also a couple things to note about sound and droning. Deleting the resonator definitely changed the tone, giving a little more bite and rasp, however volume is about the same, which is to be expected. Droning isn't bad at all, a small bit at around 1800-2000 RPM depending on load and throttle position. Most notably can be heard on decel around 3500 -3800 RPM. I run sport mode at all times, transmission shift strategy allows the vehicle to engine brake, holding it in gear. It actually sounds really cool and I don't mind at all. It's not very bad in the cabin at all either.
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