Was wondering if anyone has come across the same problem I had just discovered. I ordered a kit last week and it just came in, went to see the fitment and whatnot and realized that the TRD exhaust that I have sits directly underneath the lip kit. There is absolutely no space in between them, so I know that will eventually [quickly] melt the kit in that spot.

Just wondering if anyone has come up with a solution to this problem cause I really wanna make this kit work :D

Longer exhaust hangers?

You need to replace the TRD axle-back with the Tsudo cat-back dual exhaust that was designed to specifically fit the 5-axis lip kit. It will also look a lot better with both rear lip openings filled with an exhaust tip.

http://www.speed-element.com/servlet/Detail?no=878

(Not a bad price either, for the quality and design.)

jnaval: how would i go about doin' that? sorry, not very mechanically inclined :]

cionide: that's a good suggestion, but I don't have the money for that at the moment... need money to paint the kit first.

cionide: that's a good suggestion, but I don't have the money for that at the moment... need money to paint the kit first.
Ask for an early Christmas present. :biggrin:

Seriously though, does the TRD exhaust tip at least line up with the passenger side lip kit cut-out? Personally, I think it looks silly to have a kit designed for dual exhaust with only one cut-out filled, but it will look absolutely terrible if the TRD tip sits below the entire lip without lining up with either cut-out.

I've seen people replace the OE rubber exhaust hangers with longers ones so the exhaust hangs lower.

yea it lines up perfectly, no problems there. and i actually got the trd for a christmas present last year, so idk how well its gonna work out to get another exhaust for christmas haha

had that problem with the crx 3" exhaust i just bent the rear hanger just enough to get a 1/2 " clearance between muffler and bumper