bracey123
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Registered: 24th Oct 08
Location: parkhead, Glasgow City
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my exhaust is hitting the rear axle and its doin my head in  car is lowered but it was doing it before it was lowered as well has anyone else had this problem? and how did you solve it?
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Norcy91
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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I've got the same problem, havent had chance to sort it yet though.. Once i've got it sorted i'll see if you've done yours yet and let you know what i did
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alan t
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
Location: edinburgh
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tried using different exhaust rubbers? what kind of exhaust is it?
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SXi_Tim
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Registered: 11th Mar 03
Location: South Yorkshire Drives: RS3, LET B
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When mine was doing this i replaced the all the rubbers on the system and it sorted it out.
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bracey123
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Registered: 24th Oct 08
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just the standard one but its reallly annoying me it sounds like its goin to fall off and is really loud when it rattles, i tried wrapping a sponge with a piece of fabric round it on to the axle and tht worked to an extent haha but it kinda just burns through do u think i could wrap a piece of rubber round it? like an old piece of tyre?
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alan t
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
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any of the hangers broken on the exhaust? or the rubbers split?
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alan t
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quote:
Originally posted by bracey123
just the standard one but its reallly annoying me it sounds like its goin to fall off and is really loud when it rattles, i tried wrapping a sponge with a piece of fabric round it on to the axle and tht worked to an extent haha but it kinda just burns through do u think i could wrap a piece of rubber round it? like an old piece of tyre?
wouldnt really advise that tbh, the heat of the exhaust will just melt the rubber as well. how much is the car lowered by?
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Chester Drives:Scirocco tdi bluemotion
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you can turn the bracket so the fixing are pointing up that usually helps but i have seen daveskater use an old exhaust rubber and put it around the axel try that
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bracey123
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a dont kno how much its lowered by as a bought the suspension off a guy on here think theyre probs about 40-60mm tho
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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quote:
Originally posted by andys sxi
you can turn the bracket so the fixing are pointing up that usually helps but i have seen daveskater use an old exhaust rubber and put it around the axel try that
Yep, this helped massively. There was still sometimes a very faint noise but it's nowhere near as the pipe attacking the axle 
I bought new rubbers to hang the exhaust on so cut the side off and the middle bits out of an old one and tied it over the beam like so. You need two ties over it and one between them to hold them together, otherwise it falls off
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chr15barn3s
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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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I had this on my old corsa but it didn't do it until I fitted an aftermarket exhaust. I changed to rubber hangers for some off a vectra which were shorter and stiffer and that cured it.
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JaffaTB
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Registered: 7th Oct 09
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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i made a bracket and use a bit of wire to hold it up a bit
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