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Old 10-05-05, 09:18 AM
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i have a PROBLEM and if anyone can help, i would appreciate it... when the car is in DRIVE and my foot is on the brake, i think the left can is touching the rear bumper and is kinda sendin this noise and vibration through out the car. how do i stop this??? its ONLY in drive, not in park... i dont get it here are pics from my previous post, and i dont think they help but if anyone can help, thanks in advance



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Get it up on a lift and get it checked out. Could just be that you tightened up the bolt too tight first without adjusting it right first. If you dont, it will take off some paint of that nice bumper you just got.
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If they are touching the bumper you will see damage to the paint. When I first had my WIN kit put on and I had the HKS exhaust the tips were touching the bumper because they are angled outward. So I had to have the muffler shop center them in the openings to avoid them touching the bumper. But I didnt feel any vibration and they were touching the bumper all the time. Hope that helps
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can i adjust the mufflers myself or do i need to take to a shop?? i had the mufflers installed at a shop, so im not tooo sure what i would be getting myself into
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put some rubber in the rear hangers. jam it in so it pushes down the tip a bit. that's what i did to my apexi
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I had some issues with my Veilside rear bumper and Tanabe exhaust...I ended up putting some washers underneath the exhaust hanger brackets to essentially space it down a bit so it would clear.
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Originally Posted by rominl
put some rubber in the rear hangers. jam it in so it pushes down the tip a bit. that's what i did to my apexi

Originally Posted by Tranman
I had some issues with my Veilside rear bumper and Tanabe exhaust...I ended up putting some washers underneath the exhaust hanger brackets to essentially space it down a bit so it would clear.

any pics?? i would love to see so i can understand better
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umm i dont' have pics, and trust me it's hard, coz' i can hardly see it, i just do it by feel. you have two rubber bangs to hold the muffler, basically you jam rubber in that hanger rubber band "hole" and push it down
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