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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 08:59 PM
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Is this what our money gets us these days?

Left side versus right gap.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 09:36 PM
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Ok yes the pics are working but what the hell are you talking about? Do you own a CVO or did you buy some SE exhaust?
 

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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 09:40 PM
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your looking at muffler tips that bolt onto street cannons.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 09:41 PM
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I can't even tell what I am looking at.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 09:43 PM
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it looks as though one doesn't bolt on so good. no quality control has been their problem for about 25 years now.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 09:45 PM
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You got'm screwed down?
 
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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 09:46 PM
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The left one has a gap. The right one is flush.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 10:32 PM
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Why don't you just try to re-adjust the tip to lessen the gap? Not exactly brain surgery.
 
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Damn Chinese factory worker kids!
 
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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 01:26 AM
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Damn Chinese factory worker kids!
Need to take a rod to their backside. That would learn them. They should get it right for us Americans or no owl of rice for the day.
Thanks for the laugh. I needed it.
 
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