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Installation and Review: SKINZ Under the Tunnel Nytro Exhaust Kit (Review Now Posted)

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Muffler mounted in place.
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The new muffler uses the original mounting hardware from the OEM mount.
And yes, I dented the muffler.
Dropped it right on the tailpipe!
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Just wondering if top profile of the tunnel extension is the same on the 2010 as an 08. Would prefer that bumper opposed to the one skinns makes for the 08 Nytro.
 

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Couldn't tell ya.
I have a 2009 and a 2010 Nytro.

My Cover Plate arrived this afternoon at the office.
Have to go pick it up tomorrow.
 

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The Sled as it is now.
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With the new cover Plate
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Closeup
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Underside of plate showing the installation of the heat reflective material Skinz installed to protect the powdercoating from excessive exhaust heat.

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I plan on getting it drilled and prepped to install this weekend.
Just need to finish polishing my tunnel first.
 

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I am going to drill and Rivet it in place this weekend.
Things here on SnoWest have just taken ALL of my free time lately!
 

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After laying the plate over the hole, the first thing to do was to mark the mounting point for the exhaust hanger bolt on the underside of the cover plate, where the hole had to be drilled through it.

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Drilled it and set the bolt in Place
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In order to get the cover plate into the correct position, there are a series of bolts that are left over from the old seat mount that have to be removed.

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Center Rivet has to be drilled out from under the tunnel, and always spun on me, so I used vice grips to hold it.
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There are FOUR of these pairs that have to be removed.
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On my 2010 Nytro 162 SE, one of these pairs was a bear. The connecting plate went under the mount for the Oil Cooler. Only way to get this out was to either drill all the rivets for the oil cooler and drop it, or to cut the plate in half and slide it out.
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I inserted a couple screw drivers to pull the plate away from the tunnel and took a grinder and sliced through the plate to release it.
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Once it was sliced in half, and the center rivet drilled it, it slid under the oil cooler and out the back with no further trouble.
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Next I positioned the rear of the cover and center punched a hole for the drill bit.
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Set a rivet.
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And began drilling all the remaining holes all the way around the plate.
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And set the Clecos in place as I drilled each hole to ensure the plate didn't budge while drilling
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