For the longest time I've wanted longtubes on my 04' Cobra. From previous Mustangs I've had that had longtubes the sound is awesome not to mention the gains are usually good. So I've been looking at vids of other Cobras on youtube with longtubes and they were all of Kooks and Mac. I found a couple of ARH on there but the vids weren't that great. Then I started searching around the site to see which ones were the best including fitment wise. That was key to me because my Cobra is lowered on H&R race.
I made my decision and ordered American Racing 1-3/4" longtubes with 3" collector with the 3"-2.5" matching offroad X pipe thru Lethal Performance. The main reason I got them was simple... No one had fitment issues, stainless, and they're a 1 piece design. I didn't like that the Kooks were a 2 piece.
Headers came and they looked awesome. :rockon: Took the car to the shop to have a bunch of work done and have them installed. I was at the shop the night the headers were put on and they fit nice and snug and cleared everything including the stock K member. Next day I get a phone call from my friend who's doing all the work and he says... "Your X pipe doesn't fit". I'm like... What?!?!? You're kidding! He's like no I'm not joking. I was instantly pissed because I spent the money to get the ones that I saw and read about not having any issues. :fm:
So instantly I call Lethal. It was right when they closed and I got no answer except some after hours type of message. Then I call American Racing... This guy picks up(Nick) and tells me it's after hours but wanted to know what was going on. I explain to him my situation and he says we've never had this problem but let's find out why and I'll get it taken care of. At the time I didn't know who "Nick" after hours guy was. Turns out he's Nick Filippides - Owner/Operator of American Racing. Within a day or so I head back to the shop to find out exactly why my x pipe isn't fitting... Turns out one of the elbows had too much of a bend in it. So I take pics and email them to Nick. He tells me give him a lil bit and he'll find out what happened. Within 10-20 minutes(not eactly sure but it wasn't long at all) he emails me and says the elbow I got was for a 3v Mustang and somehow got mixed with my order. He says I'll overnite you the correct piece and he did. I understand that sometimes things get mixed up or wrong and all that mattered to me was as long as it got taken care of.
Next day the X is put on with out any issues. Slipped right in. :rockon:
Fitment wise, these are great. Hang down just as low as the frame and stay tucked up away from touching anything. :thumbsup:
Reason I'm writing this is because if you're having doubts about which longtubes to buy from which company and have had the troubles I've had with this car(some other long story for another time. LoL) you'd appreciate the customer service from Nick/American Racing. He was always courteous and cool whether it was on the phone or thru the emails. Couldn't be happier and definitely a customer for life. ;-) I'd recommend them to anyone!
Thanks Nick, :beer:
Juan
I made my decision and ordered American Racing 1-3/4" longtubes with 3" collector with the 3"-2.5" matching offroad X pipe thru Lethal Performance. The main reason I got them was simple... No one had fitment issues, stainless, and they're a 1 piece design. I didn't like that the Kooks were a 2 piece.
Headers came and they looked awesome. :rockon: Took the car to the shop to have a bunch of work done and have them installed. I was at the shop the night the headers were put on and they fit nice and snug and cleared everything including the stock K member. Next day I get a phone call from my friend who's doing all the work and he says... "Your X pipe doesn't fit". I'm like... What?!?!? You're kidding! He's like no I'm not joking. I was instantly pissed because I spent the money to get the ones that I saw and read about not having any issues. :fm:
So instantly I call Lethal. It was right when they closed and I got no answer except some after hours type of message. Then I call American Racing... This guy picks up(Nick) and tells me it's after hours but wanted to know what was going on. I explain to him my situation and he says we've never had this problem but let's find out why and I'll get it taken care of. At the time I didn't know who "Nick" after hours guy was. Turns out he's Nick Filippides - Owner/Operator of American Racing. Within a day or so I head back to the shop to find out exactly why my x pipe isn't fitting... Turns out one of the elbows had too much of a bend in it. So I take pics and email them to Nick. He tells me give him a lil bit and he'll find out what happened. Within 10-20 minutes(not eactly sure but it wasn't long at all) he emails me and says the elbow I got was for a 3v Mustang and somehow got mixed with my order. He says I'll overnite you the correct piece and he did. I understand that sometimes things get mixed up or wrong and all that mattered to me was as long as it got taken care of.
Next day the X is put on with out any issues. Slipped right in. :rockon:
Fitment wise, these are great. Hang down just as low as the frame and stay tucked up away from touching anything. :thumbsup:
Reason I'm writing this is because if you're having doubts about which longtubes to buy from which company and have had the troubles I've had with this car(some other long story for another time. LoL) you'd appreciate the customer service from Nick/American Racing. He was always courteous and cool whether it was on the phone or thru the emails. Couldn't be happier and definitely a customer for life. ;-) I'd recommend them to anyone!
Thanks Nick, :beer:
Juan
