red neck quick fixer upper coors light style exhaust patch longest thread title ever

[Cash]

I had a little problem with a hole in my resonator. It has been making my exhaust sound sub par. I was getting tired of the rattling, but didn't really wanna buy a new exhaust so I decided to have a go at fixing it myself. I don't know how to weld so I turned to JB weld and coors light cans. I really wanted to use budweiser cans but coors light is still selling 36 packs and if anyone has taken an econ. class, you understand buying in bulk is more economical.

ok, so here's some pictures of what I got accomplished tonight. I took 4 beer cans, cut off the tops and bottoms, made rectangle aluminum sheets, ironed them to flatten them out, and jb welded them together. then i took my exhaust off and used jb weld and thermosteel to patch up the hole. I'll post pictures in the morning when everything has cured to show how it turns out. ...i know, this is awesome.

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Party Foul!!!
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I made dirty love to my car
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cooking oil was needed...to get the last hanger off
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All bandaged up so it can cure over night
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all done. time to congratulate myself
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this is all it took... we'll see how it turns out. more pictures tomorrow.
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Before anyone takes this too seriously, please know that this was just for fun

[LA_phantom_240]

hmm... interesting

lol

[ECR33S14]

WOW thats awesome.

[khilgers]

tappin' the rockies eh???? good luck I hope it worked out for you.

you need to start drinking better beer though :(

[Cash]

oh i normally drink better beer. but when i'm drinking to get drunk i get the cheap stuff. i really don't even like coors that much. when i drink cheap beer, i usually go for bud light. oh well, tonight was fun.

now i'm just waiting for my invitation to ziptied. :keke:

[brndck]

i used to work at a smog shop and we'd see that all the time. works well as a quick fix. lol. i'm kinda disappointed to see that you didn't fork out the extra dough for the champagne of beers, seeing that we drive the champagne of all cars. that kinda makes me wanna wrap my entire muffler in pbr cans, just cuz its pretty....

[mrmephistopheles]

Words... escape me...




:rofl: :keke:

[bigOdom1]

i cant believe you told anyone you did that nor that you took the time to make such an informative post on how to.

brndck: we are clear that miller high life is the champagne of beers not pbr correct

[Skullavera]

Haha....crazy fix. You should have gotten drunk before you did this! :keke:

[garbury]

i had my hole in the resonator on the dual N1s removed just by welding straight pipes in its place. Car sounds sick now. BUt i remember dicking around with random different methods to try and patch it up, and in the long run straight pipes rule. Also, I have not scraped since and its been over 2 weeks.

[brndck]

lol trust me, i'm a conissuer of cheap beers. if i was gonna actually do this to my exhaust, i'd just prefer the pretty red white n blue of pbr over the miller can.

[CrimsonRockett]

Haha.

That's super awesome!

Maybe wrap your entire exhaust in bud light cans.

:keke:

[ThatGuy]

Should have used Sapporo cans. They're indestructible, and makes for a more JDM exhaust. :keke:

http://www.beerstore.com.au/beerstore/uploads/beerImages/Sapporo_Large.jpg

[sijia10358]

lol pretty awesome! this thread reminds me of fixing my exhaust leak! lol

[Skullavera]

Should have used Sapporo cans. They're indestructible, and makes for a more JDM exhaust. :keke:

http://www.beerstore.com.au/beerstore/uploads/beerImages/Sapporo_Large.jpg


ROTFLMFAO! ^^^^

[2iv0 sx]

hahahahaahahahahah

[khilgers]

also might want to invest in a decent jack since you saved $ on your do it yourself beer can, JB weld muffler fix.

[Cash]

aw man, jdm cans. why didn't i think of that??

garbury, that's exactly what i was thinking about doing as well. i was just bored last night so i decided to have some fun "fixing" my resonator. if, and by if i mean when, this doesn't work, i'll cut the resonator out and weld some straight pipes in its place.

[reflexdb]

Let me just address all the nay-sayers out there: Coors Light rules the land. I don't know how well JB weld will stand up to exhaust heat though.

[hotlavaflow]

Should have used Sapporo cans. They're indestructible, and makes for a more JDM exhaust. :keke:

http://www.beerstore.com.au/beerstore/uploads/beerImages/Sapporo_Large.jpg

I say you cover your tips with two Sapporo cans. Now that's mad tyte jdm yo!

[Cash]

Let me just address all the nay-sayers out there: Coors Light rules the land. I don't know how well JB weld will stand up to exhaust heat though.

yea, that thermosteel is made for high heat applications such as exhaust manifolds though. the box says it gets stronger as it gets hotter. jb weld claims to be effective up to 500 degrees F.

i'll let you guys know if it falls off once i start driving around with it.

[blackrms13]

just an advice, use a jack stand next time when u get under the car...

[Cash]

i used a jack stand. the picture that i posted where i'm under the side of the car was when I was seeing what size socket i needed. i put a jack stand under the car before i started wrenching.

[zavala]

^^^^ for real especially since your using a scissor jack of all things (most likely to tip over if hit real hard). not trying to be a ass, just protect yourself so you can enjoy more beer in the future:bigok:

[ThatGuy]

HE USED A JACK STAND

It's just not in the picture.

Let's get back on topic. It is completely silly/funny/cool that he fixed his car with beer cans. :keke:

[BlueTwoForty]

haha i fixed my car with assorted soda cans ones. Had a hole in my piping, wrapped like 6 soda cans criss coss style, then aluminum taped that biatch. Fell off like 2 months later but hey let me save up for a good exhaust lmao.

[jackjack]

aahahahhaahahaha i love it :Ownedd:

[blackrms13]

sorry, didnt see it in the pic, just dont want other people getting hurt...
ok no more offtopic shit from me

[ScottMan]

This is amazing. I'm so ill that you were wrenching in your ManU hoody. Haha. That's awesome. BTW, talking about jackstands and such...seriously, most of the time he gets under his car with no jack, no stands, no nothing...just lays down and gets under the car like Houdini on crack. Haha.

[Cash]

well my car isn't exactly slammed (eibach pro-kit springs) AND i'm kinda skinny. if i wasn't using the creeper i wouldn't have bothered jacking the car up. i usually do oil changes with out jacking the car up.

[exitspeed]

What made you THINK of doing that?

I think, if it works, you've just started the new "tuner fad". hewheheh. With as much Miller Lite as I drink, I could easily do my entire exhaust from one weeks worth of drinking.

As for the thread and pics...nice accomplishment, but there was FAR too little drinking pics.

[Grendel]

haha thats good shit man :)

[ROUGE180]

dude.. way to recycle and save the earth lol.... gangsta ass custom... me likes!!!

[Cash]

What made you THINK of doing that?

I think, if it works, you've just started the new "tuner fad". hewheheh. With as much Miller Lite as I drink, I could easily do my entire exhaust from one weeks worth of drinking.

As for the thread and pics...nice accomplishment, but there was FAR too little drinking pics.

what made me think of doing that? ...i'm from georgia.


there was lots of drinking involved during and after the process. i just posted the more "important" pictures. i'll add more drunk pictures once i add the update pictures. i'm going out to put my exhaust back on right now. i really want to take a lap around the neighborhood before i put the exhaust back on though. sr's sound nasty with no exhaust.

[Cash]

ok, just got the exhaust back on. started up my car and it sounds amazing. no rattling or buzzing. i was afraid the cans weren't going to be solid enough and they would vibrate but they aren't making any funny noises.

i'll post pics as soon as i get done cleaning up.

now we shall see if this is actually great success. i'll keep you guys posted as to how long this beer can patch lasts.

[ConChile]

tappin' the rockies eh???? good luck I hope it worked out for you.

you need to start drinking better beer though :(

no lie. coors light=water

[axiomatik]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/chriscash06/PA131681.jpg


you obviously love your car too much. :coolugh:

[S14Laco]

lmao congrats man.


thast hilarious and a unique approach to exhaust repairs.

[Cash]

WithChile, i'm so glad your first post on zilvia was in my thread and it was about beer.

by the way, i do actually drink nice beer. it's just that most nice beers come in glass bottles and i didn't really think glass would be as easy to work with. there aren't a whole lot of premium beers that come in cans that i like. i wish i had thought of a jdm beer like kirin or asahi as ThatGuy suggested.

anyway, back on topic. just got back from a quick test drive. i let it get up to operating temp, took it to 7k rpm, 0 problems so far.

Here's some pics of the finished product:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/chriscash06/PA151829.jpg

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Jack Stand!!
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Always play it safe. Use a jack stand.
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no..you know what? use 2 jack stands.
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making more dirty love to my car. no cooking oil involved this time.
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almost done..
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beer cans.. the new zip tie. :keke:

[NemeGuero]

Wwwooww.. hahaha

if you can change your oil without jacking the car up, you need more lower.

haha Good job though

[Tops*]

Since I'm still 19, if a dick cop somehow found the same ghetto patch on my car...would I get charged as a minor under the possession?

I actually don't care haha:fawkd:


I'm loving it!

[Cash]

Since I'm still 19, if a dick cop somehow found the same ghetto patch on my car...would I get charged as a minor under the possession?

I actually don't care haha:fawkd:


I'm loving it!

i seriously seriously doubt it. that'd be worse than a cop giving you an m.i.p. because you were taking out the trash and it had empty beer cans in it.

haha, when i was working on this little project i was thinking how funny it'll be if this patch comes flying off one day when a cop is behind me.

[hotlavaflow]

Always play it safe. Use a jack stand.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/chriscash06/PA151838.jpg


Classic. An 80's ad for car safety.

[Cash]

haha yea, i'm rocking the short shorts and everything.

i was just thinking about this. i love how some people on here were super worried about me not using jack stands, but nobody was concerned whatsoever that i was getting ripped during this entire process. everyone seemed to encourage drinking while working on my car, as long as i was using jack stands. haha, i love zilvia.

[DALAZ_68]

JB weld for the WIN

its how my friend plugged his hole in his BEEmer

JB weld and bolt FTW

[Cash]

patch flew off tonight at 110mph.. oh well. at least i had fun with this little project. so much for being civil. time for some straight pipes!

[brndck]

wtf were u in such a hurry for? unsafe driving on public streets ftl.

[Cash]

i wasn't in a hurry. i was testing out my ghetto fabbed exhaust work. you don't have to worry about the dangerous driving on public streets. i live out in the country. the road i was on had no people, no houses, only pastures and a few cows. i appreciate the concern though! don't worry, i don't put others' lives in danger.

[brndck]

o good. i wasn't rly trying to flame or anything, i just h8 every time i hear about some tool smashing into a minivan and hurting people n stuff. especially if its someone in a 240.

[Cash]

haha nope, that's not me. i'm a super cautious driver. i've never gotten a ticket of any kind. i'm in college. i can't afford to be stupid. :)

[ixfxi]

aw man, jdm cans. why didn't i think of that??


because..............


you're an idiot???? ;-)

[ixfxi]

patch flew off tonight at 110mph.. oh well. at least i had fun with this little project. so much for being civil. time for some straight pipes!


like i said..........


it flew off...............


because.............

hes an idiot.


the time-wasting part is enough justification, i mean you could've wasted time doing better things - even jerking off would be more productive.

this reminds me of one of my really stupid friends, who attempted to fix his the header on his MKIII NA Supra. It had a hole so he took the aluminum from a floppy disk and jb-welded it over the hole. Yeah, good thinking.

That held for about 3 seconds.

Note: computer programmers can be great with computers, but IDIOTS when it comes to mechanical things.

[WERDdabuilder]

holy janky ass shit.

i think your car is just going to get more jank as time goes by.

seems like if it did hold up..you would just do stupid shit like that to fix anything on your car.

you should have crashed.

[codyace]

holy janky ass shit.

i think your car is just going to get more jank as time goes by.

seems like if it did hold up..you would just do stupid shit like that to fix anything on your car.

you should have crashed.


The kid had fun with his car, drank some fizzy yellow beer, and posted it online.


I think it's great. Better than half these shmedlys that ask questions on here like 'can I fit a sr turbo kit on a ls1' or whatever horseshit they ask here.

[ChingSR20]

i had my hole in the resonator on the dual N1s removed just by welding straight pipes in its place. Car sounds sick now. BUt i remember dicking around with random different methods to try and patch it up, and in the long run straight pipes rule. Also, I have not scraped since and its been over 2 weeks.

Do you have a sound clip of your car? I had my resonator replaced and i think the shop used a resonator from a semi truck or something and doesnt sound that great.

[Cash]

holy janky ass shit.

i think your car is just going to get more jank as time goes by.

seems like if it did hold up..you would just do stupid shit like that to fix anything on your car.

you should have crashed.

did you read the bottom of the very first post? if not, it says "Before anyone takes this too seriously, please know that this was just for fun."

this was directed towards people like you. i think my car will get less "jank" as time goes by. i'm about to graduate college (with practically zero lones to repay thanks to scholarships) and then i'll have the money to spend on stuff like new exhaust. for now, i don't dump money into my car. i enjoy my car, but i have my priorities straight. i'm getting a good education so i can get a good job, THEN i can spend money on toys. and for now i'm just having fun.

what do you know about my car anyway, besides that i have a hole in my resonator, and that i got drunk one night and thought it would be funny to patch the hole up with beer cans? i had a good laugh with my friends. that's not wasted time.

and what do you mean i should have crashed? why are you letting what i did as a joke bother you so much? don't take life so seriously.

[Leetheslacker]

atleast he wasnt welding on some more turbo bladez.

[Cash]

like i said..........


it flew off...............


because.............

hes an idiot.


the time-wasting part is enough justification, i mean you could've wasted time doing better things - even jerking off would be more productive.


haha, it didn't fly off because i'm an idiot. it flew off because it was a "red neck quick fixer upper." i fully expected it to NOT work. i was surprised it lasted as long as it did. i said more than once in this thread that i didn't expect much out of this "quick fix."

as for time-wasting... that's just like...your opinion man..(big labowski). haha, i say drinking beer and having a laugh with my friends on a saturday night is never a waste of time unless there are more important things to be done. in this case there weren't any more important things to be done at the time. i finished up midterms last week and i felt like cutting up a little bit. i'm sure in 5 years i'll remember doing this and think "man those were good times." in my opinion, that's not a waste of time. and if it was a waste of time, then it was time well wasted.

[Skullavera]

At least when you're old and hanging out with your buddies you can say...."Remember that time we got wasted and fixed my exhaust with a beer can?" Good Times....Good Times....lol.

[s14unimog]

yeah good times!!!! A+ Chris.....I've really been thinking about your duals too. Come make me get off my ass and We'll make a day out of welding those puppies.

That is if you still want my HKS single....

[zerooath]

Fuck the haters thats funny stuff!

[BlueTwoForty]

Lol it's funny how everyone was saying it was badass before it flew off, then when it fell off all those people started flaming you lmao. It's like your beer cans flying off ruined the rest of their lifes. :keke:

[ixfxi]

haha, it didn't fly off because i'm an idiot. it flew off because it was a "red neck quick fixer upper." i fully expected it to NOT work. i was surprised it lasted as long as it did. i said more than once in this thread that i didn't expect much out of this "quick fix."

as for time-wasting... that's just like...your opinion man..(big labowski). haha, i say drinking beer and having a laugh with my friends on a saturday night is never a waste of time unless there are more important things to be done. in this case there weren't any more important things to be done at the time. i finished up midterms last week and i felt like cutting up a little bit. i'm sure in 5 years i'll remember doing this and think "man those were good times." in my opinion, that's not a waste of time. and if it was a waste of time, then it was time well wasted.

it would've been a laugh if you just posted the picture and said "beer can - the ultimate bullshit fix"

but you didnt. instead, you did this partial joke and then blew it off of your car doing 100+ mph on public roads.

i dont care how fast you drive, honestly. i mean, we all do stupid shit.

i just chose NOT to do stupid shit, when i know i've got a beer can jb-welded to my exhaust.

no harm no foul. dont take this online shit so seriously.

[Cash]

ehh, i think we're both confusing each other's tones. i'm not taking it seriously at all. i wasn't offended at all by your post. i understand you wouldn't have done it. i actually think the whole reason this was funny is because most people wouldn't have done this. it can definitely be looked at as a waste of time to do something that you know isn't going to work.

my main goal here was to have fun. i had fun. mission accomplished. i posted it on zilvia because i thought it would be good for a laugh. that's why i added the little disclaimer at the bottom of the first post.. so overcritical people wouldn't tell me how dumb they think i am for doing this. if i had done this thinking "man this is gonna be awesome. i'm so smart for thinking of this. why would anyone go to a muffler shop for exhaust repairs??" then yes, i would be pretty stupid.

also, i really don't think it's stupid to do 100mph on a road that doesn't have houses or people for miles, only open pastures. i'm not saying i don't do stupid stuff.. i just don't think this was stupid. personal opinion. we all have them.

i'm not trying to criticize your judgment and i know you're not trying to criticize mine. i just wanted to clear up that i wasn't reacting negatively towards your comments. i was just trying to explain anything that may have been unclear to you.

anyway, i love that the majority of you guys enjoyed this and got a good laugh out of it. i'm sorry for those who were frustrated by it and felt the need to let me know. i'm only 21 so i'm not the most mature person, especially after having a few beers, but i had fun with this. for me that means i accomplished my mission. sorry to those of you who were annoyed by this. and thanks to everyone who enjoyed it and gave me the +rep!

[babowc]

lolgj buddy.
hahaaha

[Neejay]

looooooool.

I see you have a test pipe, but you live in GA.....

Request: your "emissions" guy's address ^_^

[Cash]

my car's registered in hall county. we don't have emissions. pretty awesome, huh?

[Neejay]

Oh yeah, I forgot it varies by county, not state...bah.

:(

[bigOdom1]

not in AL it doesn't no emissions testing at all

[xamraci]

You are a UGA fan...I cant say I didnt see it coming

pretty ghetto/DOPE fix:bigok:

Too bad it didnt last

[ixfxi]

sorry to those of you who were annoyed by this. and thanks to everyone who enjoyed it and gave me the +rep!

i cant imagine anyone on this forum was frustrated by your post....


it was just yet ANOTHER opportunity for people to talk shit, which we very much enjoy doing. ;-)

[Cash]

i cant imagine anyone on this forum was frustrated by your post....


it was just yet ANOTHER opportunity for people to talk shit, which we very much enjoy doing. ;-)

:bigok: that sounds about right. haha

[xamraci]

not in AL it doesn't no emissions testing at all

you are so fired:rawk:

[Prok0]

Workin on your car with a Man U sweater on and getting it all greasy.. bad call.

[Cash]

it was a sweat shirt. sweaters are for fags.:keke:

[steve shadows]

right up there with foose

[OBEEWON]

not in AL it doesn't no emissions testing at all


Hellz yeah. I live in Philly but I keep my car registered in AL.

[Quail]

atleast he wasnt welding on some more turbo bladez.

LOL!

That bodge was S13 worthy! Shame it didn't hold :(