Dove Tail Fender Exit

[Navin jacob]

Hi Guys,

I have just placed an order for a Mazzulla rear bumper. After I do install and trim the dovetail I would like to route the exhaust through the dovetail.

Are there photos of the same? Also, would it be possible to route the exhaust tips both sides?

 

[Cody Templeton]

I'm thinking of doing my in front of the rear tire through the bed, but would be curious to see what it looks like running it through the dovetail area.

 

[Navin jacob]

I wanted to do that but heard that you get too much noise into the cabin

 

[andreb]

I have a Stainless Works lighting exit and had to cut/weld the system to move around the SVC ladder bar bracket. You'd really have to twist and bend it around the frame to get it back up into the sheet metal, I considered it for a hot minute. It does reverb a bit inside the cab but it's not horrible. I have just the cat-back system. The problem with rear exit is snaking past the spare if installed. You could split to each side but it's a bit of work. If this wasn't a daily driver for me I would have just cut and dumped it under the cab. I will probably do some sound proofing one day to reduce the noise a bit.

 

[Navin jacob]

This is what I want to do but at the dovetail.

 

[andreb]

Yeah that's cool as hell! Good luck...

 

[Pacific Wheel]

If you have the real estate on the bed it could be done with a flex pipe. Just depends on how much of the bed got taken off for the dovetail. I don't think I'd have enough room on mine to do it.

Not dovetailed but this guy did what you're talking about.

 

[Cody Templeton]

I don't have my spare anymore so I may just dump it above the rear axle. I just don't want it hanging where it might get smashed off-road. I was looking at the space in front of the tire and there's really not a whole lot of room for the exhaust to go there, same for the dovetail area. I'm not completely sold on cutting my bed up either yet. lol

 

[andreb]

Yeah, I think the rear axle dump is the best for clearance and keeping sounds out of the cab. If I had to do it again this would probably be it. Although I do like my "shotgun" pipes hanging out the side. My boys and I call it the "Prius horn."

 

[98rangerdave]

I also chopped my exhaust after dovetailing and my advice is DO NOT DO WHAT I DID. Dumping under the cab was the worst mistake for a DD. So much drone, so much noise, it does look/sound cool though, but the cons outweigh the pros here. It doesn’t help that I’m running a single chamber black window exhaust either. In the process of going back to a flowmaster 40 delta flow and having tube ran to dump behind axle.