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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 04:20 AM
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Really frustrated.... First time doing anything to a car, learning as I go along. Anyway, everything is lined up perfectly, the hangers are right and the bolts line up perfectly, but the pipe is knocking against the black piece that you run it under. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:06 PM
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or anyone that has installed this exhaust have an answer? Should I try and angle it differently?
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I bought those Halo projector headlights (Angel lights) on eBay for my 06 TC. After i installed them, i noticed that the passenger side one gets foggy from the inside. What shoud i do? Any suggestion?
Old Apr 29, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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I bought those Halo projector headlights (Angel lights) on eBay for my 06 TC. After i installed them, i noticed that the passenger side one gets foggy from the inside. What shoud i do? Any suggestion?
Old Apr 29, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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umm why are u asking a question about headlights in a thread that doesnt even pertain to it and not ur topic?
Old Apr 29, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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i was gonna say the same thing, lol. xvbigmickxv: can you post pics. i'm not familiar with this exhaust but you might want to try and play around with the hangers.
Old Apr 30, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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What I did was end up putting hose clamps in the rubber hangers, so now its not rubbing anymore. I dont know if this is a permanent fix though.
Old Apr 30, 2007 | 02:43 AM
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Is it rubbing when you put the car back on the ground, or only when it's jacked up off the ground. Also, what springs you have?

I'm assuming the "black peice that you run it under" your talking about is the rear axle?

I'm was on TRDs when I installed mine and switched to Hothckis but I don't recall any rubbing on anything, ever.
As a matter of fact, it hangs much lower then I would like. See:
Old Apr 30, 2007 | 06:45 AM
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i've got the injen exhaust and don't haven't experienced any rubbing issues. The gaskets rotate - can you make sure they're all hanging down - that will make sure the piping is running as low as possible and will hopefully get rid of any rubbing.

also, if you could take a picture of where you're experiencing the rubbing, we could help out much better.
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where is the second hanger supposed to be? in front of the rear axle right? My exhaust isnt hung down like that, but I re checked the paper and everything looks right, but my pipe isn't that low
Old Apr 30, 2007 | 11:24 AM
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ill try and get pics before work
Old Apr 30, 2007 | 11:41 AM
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cant get pics yet, but the piece on that picture thats hanging down on your pic is pushed up right on the axle on mine. I just looked and I dont know how i would move it because then it wouldn't fit in the 2nd hanger.
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Are you using the stock midpipe or your custom mid pipe?
I'm guessing it won't fit right with the custom mid pipe.
Old May 1, 2007 | 10:33 AM
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stock midpipe. the is no difference in the alignment from the 06's is there?
Old May 1, 2007 | 03:11 PM
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ok I believe its fixed, but now it sounds much quieter. Is this because it hangs lower now?
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If it's quiter then the old exhaust, it's just a different muffler.
If it's quiter then the Injen when it was mounted incorreclty, it's because it was not on correctly so the seal was not fully closed. Bassically like having a hole in your exhaust before the muffler. The Injen in not very loud, just nice and deep, and even then only when you rev.
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