so i put my hks on and the extra hanger. but everything is pulling a little and not sitting perfect. also my mid pipe is now hitting the heat plate so i have some rubber cord around it to stop the vibrating, is this normal for a HKS and is a rubber cord bad (yeah i know its a little wack but it keeps it quite)

it doesn't look bad it looks fine im mostly concerned about the rubber i put in is that a bad idea?

 

rubber around the pipe? wont it melt? try rotating the pipe in the couplers to see if you can get it to move away from the shield

 

I had this problem with the magnaflow, what I did was cut a piece of rubber from a radiator hose and used one hose clamp hasnt melted in the 8 months its been on, problem solved lol

 

thats a good idea, ill try it thanks a lot