Ok this rattle has buged me ever since i have got an exhaust.... Well the rattle came once i installed a cat back.. i was like ok it must be the cat shield makeing nosie... so i had it weld.... ok then it still made nosie a week later.. so i Buy a High-Flow Cat and NOOOOOOOOOOo it still MAKES NOSIE !!! i installed some headers and it got alittle worst.... IT BUGS ME SO BAD!!! when i drive and get to 3-3.5K the rattle kicks in like RATTLE V-TEC and it pisses me off ... Does anyone else have this problem??? i dont know where else it would come from .. maybe the heat sheild above the high flow cat???

Anyone got any Idea's?

Thanks
Cam

 

Wat kind of rattle u talkin about? loud? how loud? and is yur cat installed correctly, wait no wat kind do u have? i have a tanabe on mine and i started gettin that problem ad its bc my exhaust is cracked a lil from the bumps, but i need to know wat kind of rattle it is. and wat kind it is as well?

 

jack up your car and start hitting the exhaust with your hand or something and listen for the rattle. thats how i found my exhaust rattle.

 

I have that same problem. But when I was at the muffler shop having my cat put on, I was able to look underneath the car while it was on the lift. I shook the muffer left to right and found that my rattle was on one of the hangers at the axleback piping. Check around there, and I agree, that rattling is annoying as fock (especially when friends ask you what that noise is all the time).

 

have the same problem, my shiets going to meineke soon.

 

i dont know if it the cat but it seems like it is coming from that area when i lay on the ground and push the gass with my fingers.. the noise is like a buzzzing sound only comes at 3-3.5 RPM ... i bin to the muffler shop like 10 times .. and they never find anything.. i think they think im crazy now lol but it is there! lol ill check it some time.

 

Sounds like your piping is hitting the heat sheild(s)

 

My guess is it's also the heat shield. I have the same problem. I need to have mine removed.

 

im thinkin its hitting ur bumper.... but to track it down easily get a long screw driver and put it where u hear the noise from the put the handle to ur ears... and there u can tell where it coming from as you move it around and get close to it.....

 

hitting my bumper ?!?!? what? ... and do i have to have the car on to put the screw driver on the exhaust?

 

well, I took my rattling problem to meineke today and the culprit was a loose silencer. Took it off, there is no more rattling but damn this shyt is loud.

 

how much does it cost so they will fix the problem?

 

they did not charge me, the guy just unscrewed it and he said have a nice day.

goto to a midas or meineke and they check out for free..

 

Do you have a short shifter? Because short shifters hit the exhaust and cause a rattle, or maybe your muffler gas inside the muffler is rattling.. Just some ideas..

 

i dont got a short shifter. and how can i tell if the gas thing is rattling ?

 

bump

 

Id say its your heat shield. On my cat back the shield was hanging down and making a vibrating noise towards the back of the car and all i had to do was bend the shield up a little. Look from the passenger side right under the back window and if tis coming from right there, that might be it. Good luck though.

 

i think i have the same problem also...when im at idle i acn hear the rattle underneath my car, but once i step on the gas its gone...i dont know what it is

 

Hey guys when i installed my 4-1 headers shouldnt i feel a loss of power at lower RPMs cuz it feels like i have lost some power in my car and does not feel right . do you think it is cuz of the 4-1 headers? or maybe they are not bolted down all the way .. ? how can i tell ?

 

check your resignator(sp?) when i had a rattle, it was because the baffle in my res. broke...

 

bump on 4-1 header question

 

i had a prob like that... but it was the axle back hitting so i zip tided the **** out of it till the muffler wouldnt move left and right no more. maybe that could help? kinda ghetto but it worked.

 

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I got to same thing lol .. it works ... STILL NEED HELP ON MY 4-1 header question look what i wrote plz

 

i got jdm 4-1 type r headers and my throttle feels a bit lighter than before in the lower rpms too, but in high range rpms i feel more power than before

 

Are you missing any hangers?