Welcome to the Forum Greg!
Pure eyecandy for me baby!
www.SoCalHHRs.com has them and info about 'em too!
Note... and this has been addressed elsewhere also... if one is to make them functional, heat will melt the running boards is so equiped.

 

Hi Greg and welcome aboard, we're glad to have ya.

As for the lake pipes, like most mine are purely for looks. Read through the forums, you'll see where I've posted about lake pipes and some of the history behind them. Some folks will choose to make them functional just for kicks, but on these 4 bangers they'll most likely run like crap with them open since they won't have any mufflers and the absence of back pressure will make these cars fall flat on their face.....but it would still be fun...LOL

 

Hello and thanks for the nice greetings. I appreciate the responses pertaining to the pipes and does make sense that performance would suffer due to a lack of back pressure etc....
I tell you what would be cool also and some may like it and some may not...
But a V8 in the HHR with the pipes running straight and functional....Course Im sure some rich or heavily endorsed person probably already has done just that....

Thanks again for making me feel welcome...
Greg

 

I was thinking that you could put a round muffler in the middle of the car and put a Y pipe out to the ends of the side pipes. I engine would have the back pressure it needs and you would have the look of functional side pipes. The performance shop that installed my new muffler is already looking into this.

 

True, this is an option that has been done many times over the years. But it's a biatch to do but is possible.

 

That would work great on the Oval Slant Tip pipes - but you must remember; on the Triple Lakes, only the rear outlet is "live" - the other two are bolt-on dummies. I think it would be funny to have exhaust only coming out the last tip - AND to have them all uncapped and see that the first two are fake...but that's just me.

If I were going "live" with the side pipes, the Slant Tip Ovals are the only way to go (IMO).

 

True to that Mike. I was going to go with the single slant tip pipes.
I love the Laker pipes, but I want mine to be functional. Thanks for the input.

 

I Just Bought A Hhr With Running Boards Do You Need To Buy The C Clamps With The Lake Pipes Your Hhr Looks Great.

 

The muffler shop that installed mine made 'tabs' and welded them on at the running board mount points.
Mike at SoCalHHR's can perhaps give you more info.

 

It is looking like Sindy is gonna pass up Mike on mods soon..... The way she is putting them on....