olesaintnik
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Hey everyone,
So yesterday, my MAPerformance Street Exhaust came loose at the slip clamp (appropriately named lol). That is the second time it happened. The first time, I installed it myself and after it came loose I brought it to a professional to be tightened. They tightened it down and it was fine for a few weeks. But this time, it came so loose that the back portion of the exhaust became completely detached from the front portion. I brought it back to the exhaust shop and when they "guided" me up onto the lift, the back portion of the exhaust got snagged on the lift's center support brace and it got ripped completely off the car, ripping through the rubber exhaust hangers. They assured me that the exhaust would be fine and that it would be obvious if something broke on it, but that I would have to buy new hangers from Honda, as they are "specialty" hangers. After I brought them new hangers, they installed it back on the car. They spot welded the rear portion of the clamp for good measure. However, the exhaust makes a very strange rattling noise now. I almost sounds like there's a pebble stuck in the exhaust somewhere. Have any of you experienced this? Do you have any idea what could be wrong? I've attached a video of me revving at a stop and a picture of the clamp/spot welds. The noise is much worse when moving and it is kinda drowned out by the normal exhaust noise in this video, but hopefully you can hear what I'm talking about. If not, let me know and I'll try to upload a better video.
Also, it's worth mentioning that the car still drives perfectly. Fuel trims, K Con, ECT all look normal.
Thanks.
So yesterday, my MAPerformance Street Exhaust came loose at the slip clamp (appropriately named lol). That is the second time it happened. The first time, I installed it myself and after it came loose I brought it to a professional to be tightened. They tightened it down and it was fine for a few weeks. But this time, it came so loose that the back portion of the exhaust became completely detached from the front portion. I brought it back to the exhaust shop and when they "guided" me up onto the lift, the back portion of the exhaust got snagged on the lift's center support brace and it got ripped completely off the car, ripping through the rubber exhaust hangers. They assured me that the exhaust would be fine and that it would be obvious if something broke on it, but that I would have to buy new hangers from Honda, as they are "specialty" hangers. After I brought them new hangers, they installed it back on the car. They spot welded the rear portion of the clamp for good measure. However, the exhaust makes a very strange rattling noise now. I almost sounds like there's a pebble stuck in the exhaust somewhere. Have any of you experienced this? Do you have any idea what could be wrong? I've attached a video of me revving at a stop and a picture of the clamp/spot welds. The noise is much worse when moving and it is kinda drowned out by the normal exhaust noise in this video, but hopefully you can hear what I'm talking about. If not, let me know and I'll try to upload a better video.
Also, it's worth mentioning that the car still drives perfectly. Fuel trims, K Con, ECT all look normal.
Thanks.
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