Made my own Y pipe ANti-rattle solution!!! PIC
So, I installed a Hooker 3" Y and corsa cat back to the stock exhaust behind the cats a while back. I had tons of rattle. I bought an anti rattle bracket from somewhere and it worked to some degree but not 100%. ANytime there was a little hop it was back with a vengeance.
Can't really blame the clamp. I bought the 3" because I assumed it fit on the Y pipe. My Y was fitted further back so I still had dinky 2.5 inch pipe where it was supposed to clamp the pipe. I ended up using exhaust wrap to make up the .5.
Anyhow, To work effectively I had to push the pipe far from the floor to tighten the clamp and it reduced clearance. After a few bad speed bumps scraped and destroyed the clamp it pretty much just hung there. WHile I had the car up to do the coilovers and shocks I decided to do Some McGivering and figure some way to stop rattle.
This works 100%. ZERO rattle at all times even under aggressive driving. I slit the rubbers and slid them on the clamp. Between the exhaust pipe and the rubber I wrapped a layer of exhaust wrap so the rubber wouldnt melt. Looks pretty ghetto but great clearance (for now until headers arrive anyways) and no rattle whatsoever !!! There's 2 rubbers in there one you can't see on the inside.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ANtirattle.jpg
I know the wrap is raggedy but I just reused a piece I had on the pipe before instead of just cutting new one. I was lying under the car and was too lazy to get up lol.
:hyper:
