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bluedevilI
06-17-2008, 01:38 PM
so i jus picked this up...i ran it with m megan test pipe...sounds like shit...im gonna put my cat back on but besides sound the mid pipe is touching the underside of my car....where the heat shield is and rattles everytime i take off and it can be felt inside the car BAD....is there anything i can put on the mid pipe that will stop the rattling?
bunk
06-17-2008, 01:40 PM
Cut a piece of the rear end of the OEM heatshield off... Do not take it all off.
jtyler05si
06-17-2008, 01:44 PM
wow that sucks....does everyone have this problem with megan mid pipes
phister
06-17-2008, 01:46 PM
Yeah I have a megan midpipe as well. It rattles only when I turn the car on, after that it goes away. I had a shorty header and the midpipe connected to a Spoon N1 and it sounded good, but I just purchased a different exhaust so its coming off here this week. It didnt rattle when I had the shorty header on midpipe, but once I put on a DCRH thats when it started to rattle on start up.
bluedevilI
06-17-2008, 01:54 PM
im hoping that wen i put my cat back on that itll stop...but idk...my buddy told me 2 put heat wrap....the wrap used for the turbos....idk where 2 get it though
bunk
06-17-2008, 01:55 PM
do not use heat wrap, it'll eventually eat through that pipe.
bluedevilI
06-17-2008, 01:59 PM
shit so wat can i use?
bunk
06-17-2008, 02:03 PM
shit so wat can i use?

I would try to cut the heat-shield a bit first.
bluedevilI
06-17-2008, 02:06 PM
thing is it hits from the cat back on....so it alot of heat shield 2 cut
bunk
06-17-2008, 02:10 PM
thing is it hits from the cat back on....so it alot of heat shield 2 cut

Hmm, then try some longer polyurethane exhaust hangers.
bluedevilI
06-17-2008, 02:14 PM
Hmm, then try some longer polyurethane exhaust hangers.

i will thanx for the input
bunk
06-17-2008, 02:15 PM
i will thanx for the input

NO problem, they're rather cheap and they might just solve your issue.
Sub
06-17-2008, 04:38 PM
I was thinking about picking this pipe up to run with my DC shorty. I think i will wait and buy a HKS or Greddy. I really don't want to deal with this problem.

did find some info on the problem also

From .colin "the only thing is the midpipe sometimes bangs on the floorboards right after the cat. it can be fixed by dimpling the pipe where it bangs."
in this link: http://www.ephatch.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47110&highlight=megan

I hope this helps also
Princess
06-17-2008, 04:52 PM
Maybe use coat hangers for a temporary solution to keep the catback section from moving around?
Sub
06-17-2008, 04:59 PM
Maybe use coat hangers for a temporary solution to keep the catback section from moving around?


just don't tell everyone..:mtongue:
bluedevilI
06-18-2008, 10:29 PM
yo i jus fixed the problem today....took off the test pipe and now runnin legal again....no rattle at all....jus a nice growl from 1.5k to 3.5k...freakin sick.
v1c10us
06-19-2008, 12:30 AM
what muffler you have it mated to?
bluedevilI
06-19-2008, 10:49 PM
what muffler you have it mated to?

stock axleback but im planning to pair it up with the megan axleback soon... ill posta vid. after that mod.
bluedevilI
06-19-2008, 10:49 PM
rite now from 2k-4k it sounds like a realli quiet sti
v1c10us
06-19-2008, 11:05 PM
wish i had a stock axleback still
thats the setup I want.
phister
06-19-2008, 11:24 PM
I'll probably be selling my stock axle back and megan midpipe here in the next couple of days. Gonna put on my greddy ti-c tomorrow hopefully if I'm not too tired from work. Dam night shift kicks my ass some times