DeTomaso Mailing List: August 99, Message #181

To help beat this to death, the tips-up version can collect rain water.

Charles Melton
	Mike wrote:
	What you have is a late-style stock system, from what I recall.  You
have 
	conventional L-model tailpipes.  If you had Pre-L pipes which tip UP
at a 
	radical angle, they would not clear the bumper.  Your pipes tip up
at a 
	slight angle and do clear the bumper. 

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	To add a little to this, the L-model tips are not level to the
ground, the tips 
	are aligned straight to the muffler, while the pre-L tips have an
angle to them 
	vs the muffler. 

	To add more, I have the pre-L tailpipes on my L-model (with full
L-bumpers) 
	and they do clear the bumper.  Now they only clear by about 1/2
inch, and 
	I do get soot on the bumper, but I like the looks this way (was
already on the 
	car when I got it).  This doesn't mean they will fit the same on all
L-models!

	Curt T.
	1TO9 MPG