I just put this exhaust on about 2 weeks ago, everything went on straight bolt on, no problems, all of sudden I start hearing a weird rattle. I go underneath the car this morning a I find that there is this black bar that goes across the bottom off the car that I had to take off to put the exhaust on, now the exhaust is resting on the bar and its making the rattle. What is the purpose of this bar and can I just take it off, it doesn't rattle all the time, just when i'm coasting. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

i had that same problem but i dont have your exhaust i have a magna flow. i just had to reposition it

 

I really just want to take the bar off but if people say its important then i want to either wrap the bar with muffler tape to silence the rattle or just clamp the pipe to the bar so it doesn't rattle, im afraid that if i let the rattle go on its going to do damage to the pipe.

 

yea everyone had that, i just never put it back on

 

i have a megan OE-RS complete with a megan mid-pipe, mine is about 2 finger gap between.

i dont think the bar is necessary

 

ight, ill probs take it off next weekend

 

no need. buy two worm clamps and put them around the rubber bushings and tighten it up till it lifts it off the black bar. I did it and works great, plus if the bar is nesscerary you wont have to take it off.

you can also use that same thing on the last hanger to lift your exhaust up a little and make it fit better.

 

the black bar is just so if the exhaust for some reason comes unbolted magically in both ends it doesnt fall to the ground

 

Its incredably easy to fix, take about four washers for each bolt and place it in between the car and the brace. It puts its away from the pipe and fixes the rattle.

 

I just left that piece off, I'm almost positive it's not necessary. LikeBlckdoutTC said it's just there to "catch" the exhaust if it magically falls.

 

when i had this exhaust on my last tc, i just wrapped the bar in header wrap.

 

bump for an annoying feature of the megan drift spec.

i'll put washers as well as header wrap... just make it stop please god make it stop.

 

i ended up just taking the bar off

 

yeah mine was the same, just ziptie around ur rubber exhaust hangers and u can adjust it up some and its all good, mines been good for like 3 years now lol

 

I removed the bottom brace. Problem solved. Thanks all.

 

that is the solution short of removing it.I have to do this with my new exhast too.For now it is jsut on the kitchen table.

 

mines in my toolbox :D