cars louder after scraping/banging
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cars louder after scraping/banging
i honestly have no idea how to search this up so ill just ask. the other day i was with a buddy and while going down a ramp i scraped/ banged the bottom of the car pretty bad. im lowered to about 6 fingers off the floor plus aftermarket cats. my question is i noticed my cars a bit louder when im around 2700-2900 rpms now. could this be possible i damaged the cats?
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i havnt had time to look under the car. but it sounded like car parts banging down there. assuming my cat cracked at a weld would this be an easy fix for a welder? kinetic hfc
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you def broke it, i had kinetix for a while and i cracked them twice... and they stated they have a lifetime warranty, when i called them about getting it fixed they said "it would be cheaper to have a local shop fix it than ship it to us" that really irritated me, i got it fixed and within a month i took them off
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personally am not a fan of test pipes. the car itself still sounds and runs fine expect for when am at that rpm range. $75 doesnt sound to bad for my mistake. id have to look around last time i got quoted was $150 to just install the cats
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I have a hunch you might find some answers here....
https://my350z.com/forum/2003-2009-n...e-or-nice.html
https://my350z.com/forum/2003-2009-n...e-or-nice.html
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ok so i ran into a little problem at the muffler shop. i am by no means an expert in welding nor do i really know much about it. i didnt bother looking at the cats since i needed a hanged welded on to hold my exhaust up i just went to the place and told them. according to them their is no crack in my cats could this mean the inside was damaged? i have no extra smell coming from the car or any weird noises besides the noise around that rpm range i mentioned earlier. another problem i ran into was they cant weld on a hanger to hold my cats/exhaust up. they said theres just no space down for the exhaust to go up. yet with stock cats they hold up perfectly.
borla exhaust and kinetix cats. would i have to do some weird modification and drill a hole into the chasis and get some kinda hanger in there or was this guy full of it?
borla exhaust and kinetix cats. would i have to do some weird modification and drill a hole into the chasis and get some kinda hanger in there or was this guy full of it?
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i just asked in general if they can weld a hanger to raise the exhaust and said they cant do anything. the guy said there is nothing wrong with my exhaust/cats. the OEM ones have the middle bracket that bolts between them holding them up. kinetix cats dont have that.