Braided Exhaust Coupler

[Rubicool]

I've tried a couple searches and struck out. I'm trying to find out what folks do about the braided exhaust coupler that's located under the driver side. Mine is torn up and I assume leaking. When looking for a VX I'd noticed the couple I looked at were also torn so, I assume this is a common failure.

What does everyone do about this? Is it a stock part that can be replaced or just a generic thing any muffler shop can handle?

[etlsport]

any muffler shop should be able to handle it.. its just called a flex pipe

mine is all kinds of torn up and looks like it should be leaking like crazy, but i had it up on a lift yesterday and sprayed some smoke in the area..no leaks at all, so just double check first

[deermagnet]

It's no big deal. It's expected to rust and fail just like the muffler. I had mine done along with the muffler at a shop last year. It can also be done fairly easily
in a driveway. Any parts store should have a 2" flex pipe in stock.

http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mgpa/vx/vx2/515.jpg

Mark

[Marlin]

It's no big deal. It's expected to rust and fail just like the muffler. I had mine done along with the muffler at a shop last year. It can also be done fairly easily
in a driveway. Any parts store should have a 2" flex pipe in stock.

http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mgpa/vx/vx2/515.jpg

Mark

Mine too, had the flex, flowmaster 40 put on and some other pipe replaced for about 200 bucks at meineke.