kieran collanz
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my exhaust knocks constantly at the back some one said poly bush rubbers would sort it so bought some and fitted still the same any ideas what i could do to stop it?
thanks kieran 
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craig_s
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get it refitted by a decent exhaust place.
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Mark Prydderch
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Is your car lowered?
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kieran collanz
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yeah it is lowerd mate.
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macky
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you have to undo the clamps and twist it round a bit until it sits higher up. it will be stiff and a right bitch to do
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kieran collanz
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awh right thanks
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Mark Prydderch
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Yeah, it'll be hitting on the rear beam. Try and adjust the angle to give it more clearence.
How much is the rear lowered by?
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gidged500
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or tie some rubber on the beam underneath the exhaust and it wont bang
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kieran collanz
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its lowered by 40mm, want the rubber burn?
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Daveskater
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Nope, I cable tied an old exhaust rubber over my beam, it worked great. It won't melt or burn because it's not in constant contact with it, plus the hangers on the exhaust will get hot so I can only assume they're made to withstand a certain amount of heat.
It took a while to get the cable ties right so it didn't fall off. What I did was put one either side of the spine thing on the rubber, then tied the two ties together more or less on top of the actual rubber itself. Otherwise the ties work their way to the outsides and it falls off.
It would probably be easier to rest a tie on top of the rubber before putting the other two on, as trying to get it underneath when they were both tight was tricky 
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grez12
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or ya can nip to your local powerflow dealer and get a new exhaust made up will never knock bang or rattle n looks slightly better than daves tie rap jobby (but dave save a few hundred quid lol )
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Daveskater
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Yeah, it's definitely the budget way of doing it
Especially seeing as I already had all the bits
[Edited on 16-05-2010 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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grez12
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u did a gd job dave lol
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FAZ
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dave thats a mega idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Daveskater
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Cheers guys
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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basslinecorsa
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Yea Dave showed me that pic a while ago, it works a treat. 
Although I cut my rubber differently to yours so that when I opened it out it had a hole at either end. This ment I could use two cable ties (one through each hole) zipped into each other under the beam so that they don't slip or melt.
[Edited on 16-05-2010 by basslinecorsa]
Project Scarlett - http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=661417
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Daveskater
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That's a good idea right there 
Have a pat on the back 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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scottyp1989
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but your not really solving the problem with the rubber are you, just quietning it down. as said in this thread just undo the clamp and twist the back box, ye it might be a little stiff but atleast you have solved the problem
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Daveskater
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I twisted mine and manipulated it in every possible way and it still hit the beam. I did have it sorted for a bit somehow (still not really sure how) but then I took it off again to fit the reducer and it started doing it again  Decided that the rubber did a good enough job so left it
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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kieran collanz
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sorry not been on this a wile, twisted the back box a wile ago and it still knocked tryed what dave said just now and worked a treat so quiet now its lovley cheers dave.....
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8vcorsa
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Dave iv done the same on my corsa but iv tied it too tight so the handbrake cable doesent move that much so ny handbrake is shit and the rear brakes ain't that good on mine anyway lol
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Daveskater
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No worries Kieran, glad it helped
8v - Do it again but looser then 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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