HAH! .. I tried the same thing, but mine kept coming loose. Never thought of using hose clamps like that tho.. thats a great idea. Really don't matter anyways my fuggin muffler broke right off the car and the piece that connects upto the pipe and comes over the axle has a major holes.. and on top of that I still haven't swapped engines so if the car smokes.. GUESS where it goes! Yup straight into the inside of the car.. rolling windows down and turning the air on moving it out. I'll be going to the muffler shop this weekend and getting a new one put on ASAP! hee.