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damn they got you too
I thought they actually liked my money.
I could care less about the shirt but why lie about it??
Still loving the sound of the system just wish I could keep the passenger side tip centered.
they told me that I would receive a shirt with my package and extra decals but that didn't happen. Unfortunately the clamps for the exhaust tips didn't fit so they are supposedly sending me new clamps along with a shirt once again. However since the free shirt seems to never be fulfilled, I am not confident this will be anytime soon.
wonder if mine will be here soon also.It already is. I recieved the rear pipes with new hangers yesterday. Looking at it, it should work perfect.
Mines the same. For the life of me I cant get the driver side to line up rights and when I get it close it loves the next time I drive it. Yes, I’ve cracked on the clamps. The passenger side lines up on but the pit sits about an once or so low.
Have you called them? They will send parts to replace. I recieved mine last week just haven't had a chance to put them on. The hangers should work much better.
I haven’t. Last I saw they were working on new hangers. This is the first I’ve seen they have new ones available. I will though.
So thanks Carven for the 38 day wait and scrap metal. Oh and you forgot my shirt and decal 
Your tips look a hell of a lot better then mine do. My new pipes came in today.Received my rear sections yesterday. For those wondering, I received 2 rear sections, 2 tips, and hardware.
For my purposes, the passenger side was the problem so I decided to replace it with the new redesigned section.
Went on great, lines up with the factory hanger perfectly. I like the idea of the washers and hose clamp. Seems like they considered many others “fixes” including my own to solve the issue.
The new tips that came in the box are different. The inlet size is bigger, hence the new clamps that are also bigger. I have no idea why the size change but doesn’t really bother me . Looks exactly the same as the “old.”
All in all, still not happy with it. It’s still crooked and does not center in the opening. There is no possible way that you can get the location of the washer in the “perfect” spot on the exhaust hanger each and every time. How do you measure for something like that, keep it consistent, and then expect that each kit that the end user installs is going to center perfectly? Not going to happen as is the case for me.
I ended up taking that new section off, putting the old one on, using the new washer off the new section and spacing it out just that much more centered it perfectly. I guess that’s all I needed.
Moral of this disaster.....If you’re going to get a Carven Catback for your 5th gen, install it yourself, take it to a shop, have them center the rears, and weld a washer onto each hanger to keep it isolated. Each truck is going to be different. I paid my local shop $10 bucks and it took 5 minutes.
Also, Carvens customer service is atrocious at least in my experience. If you call them, email them, mail them, write a smoke message in the sky, don’t expect much feedback.
Love that sound though!
