EXHAUST PROBLEM!!

[RNN4MK]

Fml. I just got my exhaust fixed which had a leak due to a crack in the welding around the middle resonator which made a puttty type noise. it's happened again 2 weeks after! I think it could be the exhaust being to low as i do scrap the middle of the exahust somtimes. Is their a way to lift the exhaust higher? It's a full exahust with str8 thru muffler. help me pls!

[clifton]

Ive cracked my welds twice too. Also wondering if there is any long term fix.. maybe they're just crappy welds :|

[SuperDave]

Try a better exhaust shop. The welds on my exhaust are going strong, they weren't cheap though.

[DJKOR]

Asking if your replacement (ie. non-stock) exhaust can be lifted higher is pretty much useless without photos. For all we know, it may be possible... but we can't come to that conclusion. Either you will need to provide detailed photos or better still, ask an exhaust shop what they can recommend because an exhaust shop will most likely be the point of call in having such a thing done.

[RNN4MK]

Try a better exhaust shop. The welds on my exhaust are going strong, they weren't cheap though.

Would u think if I go to an exhaust shop can strengthen the welds somehow?

[95celica]

the welds will be only as good as the metal your welding, do you have mild steel or stainless? If your car is lowered you will have ask your exhaust shop to tuck it up as high as possible. downside to this it could be more prone to rattling on the body and increased heat through the floor

[geestivo]

Long term solution = raising your car.

[clifton]

Long term solution = raising your car.

This is never the solution!

[CHA54]

get the exhaust re-made to sit closer to the body, if it's done right it wont hit the body anywhere. I've done a ZZE with a 5" center barrel and that car scrapes the chassis rails before the muffler hits the ground.

They can also weld in some flat bar between the pipe and the muffler edge to give it some additional strength.

Edited June 29, 2011 by CHA54

[SILVABULLIT]

If it keeps cracking welds then it is either dodgy workmanship or the system is stressed in some way ie not made correctly with sufficient movement on mounts to allow it to move with engine.

[RNN4MK]

the welds will be only as good as the metal your welding, do you have mild steel or stainless? If your car is lowered you will have ask your exhaust shop to tuck it up as high as possible. downside to this it could be more prone to rattling on the body and increased heat through the floor

Itis mild steel I've checked it's probably as high as the exhaust can go, so the solution will have to be to strengthen the welds somehow

[RedSportivo]

The solution is lift up your car i use to have the same problem.

Are you using superlow's by any chance?

[Kenshin X]

raise it mate, or just live with it. i assume its lower than 100mm off the ground?

[clifton]

Can we get a picture of your car? All these posts and Ive never seen it!

[SILVABULLIT]

I had super lows in the rear of my sportivo and my exhaust never broke. It used to just touch on monster speed bumps and that was about it.

Then again it was stainless steel and made by CES so quality is a given thing!!

[RNN4MK]

I had super lows in the rear of my sportivo and my exhaust never broke. It used to just touch on monster speed bumps and that was about it.

Then again it was stainless steel and made by CES so quality is a given thing!!

Is the CES muffler str8 thru or chambered?

[RNN4MK]

I had super lows in the rear of my sportivo and my exhaust never broke. It used to just touch on monster speed bumps and that was about it.

Then again it was stainless steel and made by CES so quality is a given thing!!

Is the CES muffler str8 thru ?

[SILVABULLIT]

From memory yes but it has been a while since I looked at one.