D3 Double X Brace Pop

[GCheung55]

Do you guys get any popping noises while driving/turning/cornering? I do time to time and am curious as to what the noise is and what's causing it. I started to hear it after installing the brace.

I wonder if it's the bolt threads.. hrm..

[STP03BlueSI]

Did you torque the bolts to standard?

[K20A3Si]

what should the bolts be torqued to?

[Tenacious G]

Originally posted by fASTBACK
UPDATE:

I just came home from my local muffler shop. I paid a guy $10 that I know there to torch the heat shield on the cat off. I also had my tools there so I tighten every single bot again. I thought one bolt was striped untill he kept on wrenching and it tightend. I am so proud of the X-Brace now. No more sounds, no nothing.

Reason why I torched off the heat shield was because there is one bolt on there that I can not get to without removing the brace again.

try this

[oogy-boogy]

I've had less sounds since putting the Meagan cat in (Smaller Diameter). But, on another note: I still get the occassional clicks. I've retorqued everything on 2 occasions.

[BSEVEER]

No pops or other noises here.