I just bought the TBR carbon fiber muffler set up for my 2013 Black ST, the directions are terrible, even the pictures are not clear! If you go to TBR web site and pull up the Spyder ST install instructions you will see them. I cannot get install #7 to fit, it shows the spacer you must use for the ST/RT and it says to (quote " Install supplied TBR spacer into OEM rubber grommet for ST " The problem is the spacer they show and give you for the ST will not fit into the OEM rubber grommet hole ! TBR instructions show a person simply pushing the spacer in, however, no matter how hard and long I tried I cannot get it in, it does not fit. And, without this spacer you cannot install the muffler hanger> Even a friend of mine who is a cert BRP Can Am Spyder mechanic can not get it to fit. This part in the kit that sells for $609.00 (good quality, but too much money, I only bought it cause it is the only one for the 13 St that is carbon fiber) must be wrong? All I can do at this point is wait till Monday and call TBR and try to find out what's up with this?
I also took of the Cat which gets super hot and I feel is part of the problem with the heat. Just take a look at Jim's (SmoothSpyder) photos he took of how hot it gets, it actually melted the power tip he had in his muffler!!! I believe he posted the photos of it on this site. Just a note here, the cat by-pass pipes made by Spyder Attitude ,one of our sponsors is well worth the $450.00, it was a perfect fit and the quality is very good, the bends are close to mandrell bends.