Hey guys..

I have Strup test pipes on and I had them on for a couple thousand miles with no problems.

Yesterday, I added an Ichiba y-pipe and not the y-pipe is rubbing against the undercarriage. Does anyone have experience with this y-pipe? I haven't heard of anyone having this problem with any Y-pipe and Ichiba tells me they have never heard of anything either.

I have the Ichiba logo facing the ground and I'm wondering if this thing is symetrical (i.e. will it make a difference if I mount it the other way?)

Any help is appreciated. I'm talking to Ichiba as well, trying to figure it all out. I don't think it's the test pipes or the y-pipe's fault.. It might just be the combination of Strup test pipes and Ichiba y-pipe.

 

I guess no one else had a problem fitting a y-pipe with test pipes?

 

I have invidia test pipes with a nismo exaust, and it was rubbing on the driver's side. we just ground down a little metal.... it's fine now!

 

cool.. so I am not the only one

I was thinking about banging the body out of the way just a little bit with a hammer instead of welding work. I'm taking it to a muffler shop because I am sick of taking off and re-installing the y-pipe trying to figure it out.

thanks for the help.

 

do you have a picture? sometimes fitting a couple washers or shims on the W brace helps to alleviate that problem.

 

the W brace wasn't the problem.. it was the y-pipe rubbing against the underbody right where the driver side flex joint is...

I took it to Midas and obviously, they wouldn't touch a stainless steel aftermarket part. So I took the car home, uninstalled the y-pipe, took a hammer and got angry

Banged the body out of the way by about 1/8 to 1/4" and no more rubbing. Obviously, not the best solution but guess what. It worked.