JamesL

I had someone tell me after my last HPDE that they noticed my exhaust "shaking" as i went down the straighaway. after checking the exhaust, 2 of my stock hangers are tearing/stretching.

i havent been able to find any poly exhaust hangers specifically for hondas... can anyone point my in the right direction? the car is a civic, although i assume that the hangers will be universal to hondas.

splitime

I talked with kartboy.com like a year ago about producing honda/acura sized exhaust hangers. They basically needed measurements or a used one they could measure to make some. Maybe someone would want to pursue that and have them start selling them for US

bad-monkey

sounds like a mission for zipties!

travis

Not knowing how old your current hangers are, have you tried simply replacing them with fresh OEM hangers? I'm currently using a universal set from Pep Boys and they seem to control the exhaust pretty well. They all get soft when they get hot, and I don't know that poly would be any better when directly contacting the exhaust.

FifthGearOnline

i agree with travis......try some OEM replacements and see how it is

JamesL

OEM replacements are certainly a possibility. however the car is a 2002... so the hangers themself are fairly new.


this ziptie idea intrigues me though

Gearz

I've used a hose clamp around the outer perimeter to stop the hanger from over flexing. I had problem with the exhaust pipe hitting the rear sway bar but I was able to "pull" it away using hose clamps on certain hangers.

JamesL

that actually sounds like it would work... im gonna try it this weekend.

743power

cusco makes poly ones, but they will probably just put too much stress on the welds of the hangers, which are usually welded to thin wall metal tubing and I've seen enough hangers break off with oem hangers.

damn run on sentence.

Tyson

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i think thats a great idea.

Weston

I did the hose clamp and zip-tie thing, and it worked well, but it also made the exhaust sit higher which caused the secondary O2 sensor to rub against the chassis and short out. It blew an ECU fuse and the car shut off every time I made a hard right turn.

My exhaust is completely custom, so your mileage may vary, but it would be a good idea to make sure you wont have a problem like I did.

IN VTEC

iTrader: (3)

Agreed. I have a bunch of polyurethane ones I no longer use b/c they get rock hard and allow for very little give in the exhaust system. If something doesn't give a little, the break point will next to the next weakest link...wherever that may be.

If there's any reason not to use them, it's b/c they're too damn hard to install and remove.

JamesL

alright, so i hose-clamped my hangers this weekend, and they certainly did the job. there is very little "shaking" from the exhaust system now.

however, while it solved my problem, i have this feeling the added stiffness to the exhaust system might cause a problem in the next weakest link of the chain... i guess time will tell. there is plenty of clearance for the o2 sensor.