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I'm going to be changing my exhaust system to side mounted chrome stacks. I now have holes cut in my roll pan for the exhaust outlets and I don't really want to fill the holes back up and was wondering if any of you had some ideas. Maybe cut part of bumpers amd weld them to frame through holes or maybe putting some chrome covers over the holes. I'm open to ideas. This is what I have now.

how about some flamethrowers or some 4 inch straight pipes with exhaust cutouts to make some noise !!!!!

Hard to say how well it would work without really being there to look at it.

I think I would incorporate brake/tail lights there, and change the current ones to clear lenses to use as backup lights.

There 4" openings now denny.

Get some sheet stainles (aluminum could work too), cut out a frame the shape of the cutouts (something like a tombstone), my eye says something 3/4" or so in width. Then get some of that woven stainless wire mesh we often see in grilles. Polish to a bright shine. That way they'll look like intentional "hi tech" vents to releave under chassis air pressure.

Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but I think lights that low are a potential problem. Following drivers are inattentive enough without putting the lights down so low that they're even more difficult to see.

Bob I like that idea. Never thought fo that. Denny your good with graphics so I'll see what you can comeup with.

If you don't want to move the tail/brake lights down that low, what about putting the set of back-up lights in the openings? You could probably get some 4" chrome lights that would work.

Good rendering for a quickie. I'd suggest ballancing the bottom profile so the eye isn't confused by the symetry of the tail lights versus the asymetry of the fillers. I realize there's a bit of parallax viewing in the centered camera position, just looks exagerated somewhat. Also a slightly tighter mesh might look racier.

Denny Real nice work. I like some of your ideas,taillights, mesh, but how about a bracket welded to the frame with 8" of bumpers on each side sorta likie a big nerf board

I like how the tail pipes look now . Why do you want to change them ?

Always liked the side pipe looks, Sorta like the mock up below

Denny Forgive the drawing but like the note says I've probably lost most of my brain cells boxing and drinking years ago.

COOL That's like the old Big Rigs at work . Don't let any water go down them . We had a truck that was not running very good . It had rained for about two weeks off and on . Well when we pulled the flex pipe off that stack half the shop was full of water . Now they have small drain holes .

..or a couple strips of louvered metal, about 5" wide, that wrap down under the pan. You could paint them the same color, and run a pinstripe down the edges to distract people from the seams.

I like the nerf bars.