spark arrestors.

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hi guys there is a few places that you have to have spark arrestors on your muffler. just wondering if you are able to make them yourself? if any of you guys have can you please show me how u have made them and the costs. cheers gbh
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A sieve from the $2 shop
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nismo26 wrote:A sieve from the $2 shop

... hey thanks for the info... :shock:

but im asking for some help and it help greatly if someone could shead some light
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hey tom there cheap enough to buy i used a motorbike one at one stage
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goosebayhunter wrote:
nismo26 wrote:A sieve from the $2 shop

... hey thanks for the info... :shock:

but im asking for some help and it help greatly if someone could shead some light



I dont think he was joking mate
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goosebayhunter wrote:
nismo26 wrote:A sieve from the $2 shop

... hey thanks for the info... :shock:

but im asking for some help and it help greatly if someone could shead some light


Go to the $2 shop buy a sieve (the thing in the kitchen you use on the flour when baking) cut the mesh part out, get a hose clamp put mesh over exhaust pipe, clamp up with hose clamp.
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Sadam_Husain wrote:
goosebayhunter wrote:
nismo26 wrote:A sieve from the $2 shop

... hey thanks for the info... :shock:

but im asking for some help and it help greatly if someone could shead some light



I dont think he was joking mate
if he wasnt i will look into it. but i have a aftermarket exhaust system for my landcruiser so it has to be fairly wide on the end. i was thinking about getting a bit of gauze and cabletieing or a steel hose tie. would that work ? cheers
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goosebayhunter wrote: i was thinking about getting a bit of gauze and cabletieing or a steel hose tie. would that work ? cheers



butchering a cheap sieve would probably be a fair bit cheaper than trying to buy a piece of stainless gauze, dunno never had or had a need for a spark arrestor
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nismo26 wrote:
goosebayhunter wrote:
nismo26 wrote:A sieve from the $2 shop

... hey thanks for the info... :shock:

but im asking for some help and it help greatly if someone could shead some light


Go to the $2 shop buy a sieve (the thing in the kitchen you use on the flour when baking) cut the mesh part out, get a hose clamp put mesh over exhaust pipe, clamp up with hose clamp.


x2, will even pass a low volume cert (with a few steelo pads behind it) :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Sadam_Husain wrote:
goosebayhunter wrote: i was thinking about getting a bit of gauze and cabletieing or a steel hose tie. would that work ? cheers



butchering a cheap sieve would probably be a fair bit cheaper than trying to buy a piece of stainless gauze, dunno never had or had a need for a spark arrestor


Wait til your new truck fails the db test, then you need something to hold those steelo pads up there :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Madaz wrote:Wait til your new truck fails the db test, then you need something to hold those steelo pads up there :mrgreen: :mrgreen:




shit and I was trying to tell Sig to shorten the pipes up a bit incase it ended up too quiet :x :? :D :lol:
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Sadam_Husain wrote:
Madaz wrote:Wait til your new truck fails the db test, then you need something to hold those steelo pads up there :mrgreen: :mrgreen:




shit and I was trying to tell Sig to shorten the pipes up a bit incase it ended up too quiet :x :? :D :lol:



6 goldielocks pads up each side will give you 85 db :oops: :oops: :oops:
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I went to warehouse & brought a large splatter guard...in the kitchen wear.
They are flat as opposed to concave.
I cut out the mesh then i wrapped it around the exhaust tip ....then i used a big hose clamp to secure it to the pipe...i then riveting the end together a cpl in inches from the end of pipe....worked real well.
I did it this way as i didnt want to have it just over the end & risk it being easily clogged with mud or soot.
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Here is one in our very own site...
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nismo26 wrote:
goosebayhunter wrote:
nismo26 wrote:A sieve from the $2 shop

... hey thanks for the info... :shock:

but im asking for some help and it help greatly if someone could shead some light


Go to the $2 shop buy a sieve (the thing in the kitchen you use on the flour when baking) cut the mesh part out, get a hose clamp put mesh over exhaust pipe, clamp up with hose clamp.


Yep thats what I did too some time ago.

Cheap and effective.
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hi guys thanks for all the info and photos it helped alot. i ended up getting alloy mesh and moulded it into the shape of the one in the photo just need to get a large steel hose clamp and its sorted. its hArd to post up photos from the cell phone so ill try get some up next time im by a computer.
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