Reader Question: Help Me Find Exhaust Tips For My F150
By Chuck Cage
I posted this a few days ago over on FullOnCustom, but apparently the car guys aren’t into work trucks. Here’s the deal: the exhaust system on my F150 — yep, the one in which we replaced the heater core a while back — is fine, but the chrome tips someone installed before I got it are so rusted through that they’re about to fall off. I’m happy with the exhaust system, so I just want to have some new tips tacked on.
What should I expect to pay for them, and do any of you have recommendations as to sources? Let me know, if you would, in comments — here or on FullOnCustom.
Note: Yeah, that’s a stock photo. My F150 is a ‘97 three-door with a camper shell — like I said, a work truck.
Reader Question: What Exhaust Tips For an F150 Work Truck? [FullOnCustom]
September 19th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Personally I’ve never bothered with tips on my truck. Straight through pipes are just fine. I have had them on a few of my other rides though. First thing I learned was to stay away from anything that wasn’t stainless. The other chrome stuff while cheaper just rusts out too fast. That said, there are a million options out there for stainless tips from all of the major manufacturers (Borla, Magnaflow, Flowmaster, etc.). Prices seem to range from about $30 to $85 or so depending on size, name brand, and look.
September 19th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Screw that. You should put some big-rig style stacks on it. That and the big horn over on Fulloncustom and you’ve got yourself a Truck,
September 19th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
What’s the diameter of the pipe? How big of a tip do you want?
September 19th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Try these guys:
http://www.zoomersexhaust.com/exhaust_tips_truck_suv.asp
I’ve met with them, and like their shop, and their attitude. Family owned and operated: father and two sons; racing background.
September 19th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Hell..do it up right!
http://www.zoomersexhaust.com/truck_suv_cat-back_ford.asp
September 20th, 2007 at 6:29 am
I’ve always said stock sucks. The Magnaflow dual exhaust on my 2000 F150 was the best mod I did. I found somplace to order it for like $400… it was easy to install too except when I was cutting off the old pipes and had to go to the ER to get the shards out of my eye.
Got a free paid of safety glasses to give away too?
September 20th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Tips are silly. Just pull the old tip off and let the pipe itself stick out.
September 20th, 2007 at 11:12 am
is fulloncustom affiliated with toolmonger because ive been a toolmonger fan but just went onto fulloncustom. the layout and everything is the same except hot or not on there page is fly or why?. just wondering.
September 20th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
fish, if you scroll to the bottom of both pages you’ll see that they’re both owned by PostLab Media, LLC.
See also: http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/10/win-a-pioneer-in-dash-dvdnav-system/