[Keith True]

I put an Aries stainless muffler on my 30 pickup about 18 years ago.It has been used for around 26,000 miles since then.I've never had a problem with the original type clamp on it.I bought the muffler from LeBaron Bonney after they came back from a show.The muffler had been dropped,and had a little dent.I got it pretty cheap,as is,where is.I was on my own as far as fit.I had a pipe bender and made a couple of adjustments,so I could hold it in place with a nice fit to the manifold and a nice fit through the clamp.No jacking,pulling,or pushing to get it there.Zero stress on anything to clamp it up.I don't know if the insulated clamp would do anything for me or not.I happened to be in LB for something small,and spotted that muffler on the showroom floor.I strapped it on to my motorcycle verticaly,and rode the 12 miles or so home.Looked like I had a big chrome stack.