Ok i put the car up on jackstands today and gave it a good look...well i might of found the rattle....

ITS MY MUGEN HEADER BRACKET, just before the flex pipe....on the drivers side the bracket is fine, on the other side its broken right in half, nice and clean.....hopefully this is it....

so how can i fix this???

take it to MIDAS and tell them to weld it????

 

bump

 

If its just the bracket you could take it to a muffler shop and have them weld it.

 

ahh ill probally just take the bracket off

 

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well i cant complain, i havent heard of any other mugen owners that broke their header bracket, just goes to show that its a quality piece...we dont need the bracket anyway

 

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DOH!!!
thats prob my rattling sound then

 

If you do not fix or replace that bracket, You'll cause excessive flex to that flexpipe. Obviously that flex pipe is meant to flex but only to a certain degree.

By not using the bracket the flex pipe overly flexes and will start to rip apart at the mesh. (Located at the ends)
You'll than begin to hear strange tinny scraping noises that will drive you crazy in trying to trouble shoot it.

Personally? I would try and get a a new one from King Motorsports. I'm sure they have come across this problem many times and might even have a stronger one if not slightly longer one available.
If Mugen or anyother exhaust company felt you didn't need it than they would not have included it. (The Stock one will not work cause it is too short and you end up practically bending the exhaust way too much)

*Fix it before you end up with more problems. Mugens are beautiful exhausts

.....just my 2 copper coins

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vr6vtecwrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you do not fix or replace that bracket, You'll cause excessive flex to that flexpipe. Obviously that flex pipe is meant to flex but only to a certain degree.

By not using the bracket the flex pipe overly flexes and will start to rip apart at the mesh. (Located at the ends)
You'll than begin to hear strange tinny scraping noises that will drive you crazy in trying to trouble shoot it.

Personally? I would try and get a a new one from King Motorsports. I'm sure they have come across this problem many times and might even have a stronger one if not slightly longer one available.
If Mugen or anyother exhaust company felt you didn't need it than they would not have included it. (The Stock one will not work cause it is too short and you end up practically bending the exhaust way too much)

*Fix it before you end up with more problems. Mugens are beautiful exhausts

.....just my 2 copper coins </TD></TR></TABLE>

well im going to take it off, dont worry about the flexpipe
many other DC owners have taken it off completely and the flex joint is fine

 

actually im gonna try to contact king to see if they can hook me up, if not ill just take it off

 

Not a problem on the flex pipe.

Just wanted to let you know what I experienced because I did not want to replace the cracked bracket.

Hope they give you a new bracket.

 

well my flex pipe is starting to get a lil ummm well yea.....

i contacted king today and they said send the broken bracket to them and they will repair it...

********!!!! i want a new one, not a repaired one, anyway, im going to MIDAS to tell them to take it off and leave it off

 

This is interesting I don't have my bracket on, but the hanger is attached, I really don't think there will be much of a problem with the flex pipe however I'd like to check.

 

i think its because of me having the bracket on there for sooo long...i had this rattle for 2-3 months

 

If ithe bracket is cracked in half like mine was than I don't see how a repair will fix it. Mine looks as if it was slightly twisted before it cracked. I'm guessing they will replace it with a new one. Just seems easier to do.

RAB,
Without that bracket the torque of the engine will eventually rip apart that mesh as well as cause the over flexing of that pipe which leads to a cracked flex pipe. It's just a matter of time before you will notice it.

 

so if i leave the bracket off my flexpipe will get all f'd up???? DOH!

 

ok well today i went to MIDAS and they removed the bracket and put a new gasket on my cat, where it mates to my evo catback....well no more rattle, no more raspiness at high rpm's....wooohooo!!!!!

thanks for the help guys!