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Old Jul 28, 2022 | 07:07 PM
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Exhaust hangs too low

Hello all, I'm having issues with exhaust fitment. All goes together well, but one section of the exhaust hangs very very low. It scrapes over speed bumps or bumps in the road

I have an RB header, RB presilencer, and HKS hi power catback.

The midpipe section of the catback hangs very close to the ground (about 1.5-2 inches). All my exhaust hangers are new.

Yes my car is lowered, but I've got friends just as low with no issues of their exhaust scraping anything. Their frame/pinch will scrape before anything.

Do I have something installed wrong somehow? Any insight is appreciated. Please see below picture for reference. You can see the midpipe section I'm referring to and how much lower than everything else it is

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Old Jul 28, 2022 | 07:29 PM
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You definitely installed the pic wrong if you want us to see the exhaust clearance.
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Old Jul 28, 2022 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Natey
You definitely installed the pic wrong if you want us to see the exhaust clearance.
Sorry, lol. Only one i had on hand.
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Old Jul 28, 2022 | 07:42 PM
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haha, just playin.
From what I can see it does look pretty low though. I had RB True duals on my old FC and they fit nice and tight.

Have you been under it? It seem like for everything to be that low, but the tip that close to the bumper, there's gotta be a problem.

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I'll bet it sounds pretty mean though.

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Old Jul 28, 2022 | 07:45 PM
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haha, From what I can see it does look pretty low though. I had RB True duals on my old FC and they fit nice and tight.

Have you been under it? It seem like for everything to be that low, but the tip that close to the bumper, there's gotta be a problem.
I have been under it, yes. Ive done all the work to the car. Everything bolts up as it should. I just feel like it's really low for what it is.

Again, all the hangers are new, including the donut hangers. Maybe that's why the tip is so close to the bumper
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Old Jul 28, 2022 | 07:53 PM
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srry, I mean, if the mid section came up a bit, that would lower the tip and everything looks like it would be straight.

The other end of that resonator/ mid pipe maybe? Possibly an issue with those hangers?
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Old Jul 28, 2022 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Natey
srry, I mean, if the mid section came up a bit, that would lower the tip and everything looks like it would be straight.

The other end of that resonator/ mid pipe maybe? Possibly an issue with those hangers?
I didn't think about flipping the midpipe around...may be something to look into
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