ARH header and Catback fitment issues and vibration
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2012 C63 P31 and 2011 E550 Luxury
I got the exhaust figured out at the end of last week. Had to fab a new mid section but now there is zero contact with the exhaust and frame, the exhaust is hanging perfectly now and I am finally happy with my ARH setup.
I am selling a complete Armytrix exhaust for the W204 if you are interested? I am going to post it in the marketplace when I find some time.
I am selling a complete Armytrix exhaust for the W204 if you are interested? I am going to post it in the marketplace when I find some time.
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From: Tri citys WA
2011 raptor 2010 C63 AMG P31
I got the exhaust figured out at the end of last week. Had to fab a new mid section but now there is zero contact with the exhaust and frame, the exhaust is hanging perfectly now and I am finally happy with my ARH setup.
I am selling a complete Armytrix exhaust for the W204 if you are interested? I am going to post it in the marketplace when I find some time.
I am selling a complete Armytrix exhaust for the W204 if you are interested? I am going to post it in the marketplace when I find some time.
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2012 C63 P31 and 2011 E550 Luxury
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2012 C63 P31 and 2011 E550 Luxury
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From: Tri citys WA
2011 raptor 2010 C63 AMG P31
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The black cross brace used to bolt up to the stock down pipes but ARH did not make provision to use it and neither does any other header manufacturer that I know of. Mine is in a box on a shelf. The mid-body cross brace may serve a purpose if you track the car but otherwise you will probably be fine without it. It would be too much work to try a bend the pipes on my MBH header mid section to try to go over it, if even possible without ruining the pipes. To space the bar down low enough to go under the mid-pipes would put it at risk of contact with the road surface and possible serious damage to the underbody of the car. Mine is tucked away in a corner of the garage. That piece can cause some very unpleasant interference with the exhaust.
It was because ARH supposedly had “made the provision to use those brackets” as their photo suggests, as well as for their supposedly bending their mid section to allow for the pipes to fit over the Center Brace that I had been determined to exclusively purchase ARH over anyone else’s design! However, it looks like your Headers Don’t have those “Ears” built-in nor does it look like the mid-bent point sufficiently bends enough to fit over the mid-brace? I may be wrong on the latter point as it looks like perhaps your guys who installed them may not have positioned them properly before welding on the mid-pipe resonators/extensions! This would explain the added cost of refitting!
Without the Ears and/or the mid-section bend to allow reattachment of the Mid-Section Brace, it seems ARH is misrepresenting themselves! This is what, in my mind, differentiated ARH from anyone else’s offerings! I certainly hope this is not the case, but if so, I might as well entertain VRP or MBH?
Last edited by E63007; May 18, 2024 at 02:29 PM.
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