Wait, lemme back up.
The new exhaust arrived! It was quite shiny and beautiful, and as I mentioned, I can be both distracted by shiny new things, and also was somewhat questioning whether to still go the mostly black route, since that idea was born out of of a bit of necessity of old parts being ugly and/or rusty. Or both.
Still, I had to be strong and stay the course, and so I did the unthinkable and painted perfectly good chrome shiny bits flat black. Was actually a silly kind of fun, like I was removing the mattress tag or turning left without the green arrow. Rebel yell, baby.
So here's how it goes. Laugh along if you'd like:
Installed front pipe first.
Installing the rear pipe got tricky when it couldn't be fully seated due to hitting the front pipe.
Removed the front pipe.
Installed the rear pipe once more, though difficult to secure the hanger bracket because of the rear tire. Plus it's not lining up exactly right (see above pic) and something is not quite right.
Swear some. Then go watch a soccer match and leave it for now.
Back now.
Remove rear wheel.
Install the rear pipe. All is good. And tightened up.
Install front pipe.
Drink a beer and marvel at how amazing I am with a wrench.
Reinstall rear wheel- only the axle won't slide in because the rear pipe is now in the way.
Loosen the rear pipe enough to allow the axle to slide in, only it's hitting the front pipe again.
Remove the front pipe.
Loosen the rear section, get the rear wheel mounted once more.
Tighten up the rear section.
Reinstall the front section.
Drink a beer and marvel at how amazing I am with a wrench.
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