Anyway, since there is very little info on the interwebs about the removal of the stock cats other than ignitiontubes vlog's, i layed in bed the night before stressing while going through the process of the removal as im sure many of you have done before.
I wake up the next morning, downed a redbull and got to work.
30 minutes in, i have both downpipes removed and im rocking and rollin
Next i go to tackle the removal of the trans mount 12mm triple squares to lower the trans mount.... cant find my 12mm so i go to lowes/orielly's/harbor freight/napa. 2 hours later i find one at autozone. Get back to the house, chug another redbull and get to it.
30 minutes later i have the passenger side cat removed and intact (no cutting required)
Next is the drivers side. As im underneath, twitchy as all get out bc of the amount of redbull flowing through my veins, i see that the drivers side is going to be a bit more tricky due to the intermediate steering shaft and some trans lines being in the way. But it still looks like im going to be able to remove the drivers CAT intact. A few minutes in and i have 2 of the 3 nuts removed from the header. At this point i'm a little worn out and had to phone a friend for some help in ratcheting. 1 hour later, we have the drivers side cat out.. INTACT
After about 8 hrs of working on a creeper and all over town looking for triple squares, i finally get to inspect what 2,000 miles of dual pulley has done to my cats.
not terrible, but i can tell they are on the way out. Had zero issues installing the new JHM cats and they sound great. Here is a soundclip of dynamic and comfort revs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1reW-7JtMQ
Feel free to ask any questions about the removal and installation process. Dual pulley ratio, jhm 207mm crank pulley, stock downpipes and catback.
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