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Old 08-13-2003, 06:53 AM
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Default Sk2 Tie bar keeps hitting my exhaust? Help!

I have an hks hiper exhaust and my tie bar keeps ratteling against my exhaust. At the shop they heated up my hanger by the subframe and pulled on it to lower it a bit but once in a whille is will rattle on a big bump. Is there some kind of wrap i can put on my tie bar to stop or does anyone else have an idea?


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Old 08-13-2003, 08:14 AM
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anyone else have this problem?
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Maybe put some exhaust tape around the area that hits your tie bar. That should make it less noticeable.
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where can i get some?
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probably at any muffler shop or auto store. I don't know if autozone or places like that carry it.
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anyone else
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ramz7887 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">At the shop they heated up my hanger by the subframe and pulled on it to lower it a bit</TD></TR></TABLE>

Why the hell did they do this? Were they having fitment problems? Was the exhaust not a bolt on cat back exhaust? I would be pissed if an exhaust shop did this to my car. You might be able to try a smaller rubber exhaust hanger, or take the car back to the exhaust shop and tell them to fix the metal exhaust hanger they F'd up.
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The exhaust was a bolt on from hks it fit great but after i put the tie bar on and started the car it would rattle.
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Default Re: Sk2 Tie bar keeps hitting my exhaust? Help! (ramz7887)

Are you sure you mean the tie bar? I don't see how a tie bar could hit the exhaust; maybe you mean rear anti-sway bar?
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Default Re: Sk2 Tie bar keeps hitting my exhaust? Help! (Daniel)

no i have a tie bar from sk2. The problem is that i have an hks exhaust win an angled design so the exhaust pipe is alsmost in the middle of my subframe.
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