The reason I ask is I used to own a 97 F-150. Shortly after buying it, I went to a muffler shop and had their equivalent of a Flow Master installed.

I owned that truck from 97 until August of this year when I got another F-150.

I'm thinking of going back to that shop to get that same duel exhaust put back on except for one concern: Over the course of the 12 years I owned my old truck the exhaust pipes (not the muffler) rusted and fell apart!

I talked to a guy in their shop and expressed my concerns. He says that's "common" as during the winter, not all of the moisture gets evaporated from the pipes.

Thoughts? That just doesn't sound right to me but then again I've never owned a vehicle for over a decade either.

 

does it snow where u live? the salt will also kill ur piping. the best thing to do is to have stainless steel piping and a stainless steel muffler. if you want a flowmaster, make sure you go with their stainless steel. otherwise it WILL fall apart.

 

Oh yah! I'm in Indianapolis and it snows a lot. Then you have all of that freakin' salt everywhere too.

The pipes on the old truck definitely were not stainless. The tips were.

In fact the last time the exhaust system fell apart, the tips were the only thing that didn't get damaged...until my 5 year old stood on the back of my truck, used the tip as a step, and broke it off from the pipe.

 

aluminized pipes 3 - 5yrs tops, stainless pipes t-409 or t-309 5 - 10yrs or a little more.

The material grade of the welds also plays a factory, most are just steel, which will decay and break apart, having one needing to get things re-welded. Stainless welds work wonders.

 

shut up darren

 

The best advice I can give you is to make sure you spray the underside of the truck to make sure you can reduce OUTSIDE corrosion threats. He is correct about the moisture because if you do not blow out all the moisture while driving, it just sits in the pipes

 

Hey, knock that off, I'm warning you I will fill out that hurt feeling form

 

Mig needs a time out to think about his actions and how they affect the mood in the exhaust section

 

HAHAH. i only have 1 comment for exhaust. BULLETS. nuff' said. And darren, im comin for ya, fool

 

Thanks Darren. I really appreciate that.

The local shop and their product costs about $225.00 installed.

So basically I'm getting what I pay for and that's about 3-5 years of usefulness until I'm driving down the street and a pipe rusts loose (happened to me twice during ownership of my old truck.)

Going over the posts here, I'm strongly leaning towards Maganflows. It may be twice as much but should last twice as long!

Thanks again...

 

My buddy complained to me that my exhaust outlasted his. Basically same trucks and same exhaust (flow master SIDO) but he drove 20 miles to work and I drove 5 miles to work. Only thing I can think of is that my 5 miles was basically full trottle the whole way which probably got things hot enough to cook the moisture out and he was probably driving like a "normal human being" (as my dad would say) and didn't get it hot enough to get rid of all the moisture. The area we were in was notorious for over salting in the winter also, which could be part of it because his drive was on the main roads and mine wasn't so he probably saw more salt than me. Mines still going after 3 years and it's seen 2 winters. I am noticing some rust forming at the joints but I don't think it's too bad yet.