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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 04:10 PM
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Tsudo exhaust issue

I just installed mine using all factory hangers and it literally rests on the bumper and makes alot of noise when going over bumps and braking because of it hitting the bumper. What have people done about this? any special hangers for the back or something?
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 04:20 PM
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When I put mine in I got some of the drop down exhaust hangers for trucks that was my remedy!
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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Do u have a link to what they looked like? did u drop the entire thing down or just the back?

bump...this is annoying lol

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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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Get some bigger hangers at Autozone or O'reilly.
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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Do u have a link to what they looked like? did u drop the entire thing down or just the back?

bump...this is annoying lol
your going to want to do a combo if you want it to look perfect.

if you simply do the hangers, u still run the risk of the HOT exhaust actually discoloring and melting your clear/paint.

you'll also want to have a new tip put on, so that it sticks a lil further out, the lip of the tip should be essentially flush with the further extent of the rear bumper.

if your exhaust, under heat, somewhat torque's around a bit like mine did, you'll wanna have a high quality steel plate welded on between two points on the exhaust.

with the hangers, tip, and plate, the tsudo will have no issues. still costing less than the top brands.....
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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Just put my tsudo exhaust on a couple days ago. Went to autozone and bought 2 longer hangers for 5 bucks each and all is good. Takes 30 seconds to swap them.
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 09:33 PM
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Happened to me to. Except I am to lazy and it just melted my bumper to a custom arch lol. Makes my bumper a little black as well haha.
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 12:36 AM
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Not really wanting to do all that work for my exhaust,I am sure thats the best way but just swapping out hangers is what im going to try first,Just gets annoying hearing the metal on metal from the exhaust vibrating against the metal hanger location. Magz did u find rubber hangers or those cheap metal ones?
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by eutechnyx
Not really wanting to do all that work for my exhaust,I am sure thats the best way but just swapping out hangers is what im going to try first,Just gets annoying hearing the metal on metal from the exhaust vibrating against the metal hanger location. Magz did u find rubber hangers or those cheap metal ones?
I got longer rubber hangers at napa for like 10 bucks and the exhaust was fine after that. The ratling and buzzing also went away.
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by eutechnyx
Not really wanting to do all that work for my exhaust,I am sure thats the best way but just swapping out hangers is what im going to try first,Just gets annoying hearing the metal on metal from the exhaust vibrating against the metal hanger location. Magz did u find rubber hangers or those cheap metal ones?
Longer rubber ones, not metal. Worked perfect.
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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Gotcha...anyone else have issues of the exhaust system hanging down alot in the center of the car? My car is lowered on sportlines and with 3 ppl in the car it scrapes the ground...also from a side look u can see the pipe hanging down,I can get a pic real quick.






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I have the same problem with mine.
Let me know if you find a solution.
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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Mine is the same way and I don't know if you can fix it.
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 08:13 PM
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Only thing I could think of is weld a hanger location right there where th epipe hangs and try to hang it up a lil higher,but idk.
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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damn, mine doesn't really appear to hang quite as low as ya'lls.....

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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 10:39 PM
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Thats close to how mine is,but my car is lowered...after looking my pipe does look lower =\ maybe its the old hangers?

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Mine is fine as well
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 07:17 PM
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I'll get a pic of mine later, It sits really low.
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 07:55 PM
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This issue really sucks...IDK why it sits so low on my car,it really makes me want to get rid of it,from a low side view it looks like it was installed incorrectly lol.
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by eutechnyx
This issue really sucks...IDK why it sits so low on my car,it really makes me want to get rid of it,from a low side view it looks like it was installed incorrectly lol.
welllll, ya know, i did offer my advice on how to get it correct. just seems like nobody here was interested.....cause it was doing more than just aftermarket exhaust hangers from vatozone.
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 08:03 PM
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mine is the same as eutechnyx. it bothers me and that is the reason why im still stock height on steelies. i dont like the idea of scraping. i already scrape my exhaust on sharp angled driveways and speed bumps. lol
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by eutechnyx
Not really wanting to do all that work for my exhaust,I am sure thats the best way but just swapping out hangers is what im going to try first,Just gets annoying hearing the metal on metal from the exhaust vibrating against the metal hanger location. Magz did u find rubber hangers or those cheap metal ones?
then why did you post this? I installed my Tsudo exhaust yesterday and I bent the stock hangers a little bit to give some clearance of the bumper. The exhaust hangers are the next best thing, and you dont have to jack the car up really. Its easy, takes like 5 minutes
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by eutechnyx
Gotcha...anyone else have issues of the exhaust system hanging down alot in the center of the car? My car is lowered on sportlines and with 3 ppl in the car it scrapes the ground...also from a side look u can see the pipe hanging down,I can get a pic real quick.





I had to reweld the hangars it took me about an hour. any muffler shop should be able to do it if you cant.
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by warrenb213
welllll, ya know, i did offer my advice on how to get it correct. just seems like nobody here was interested.....cause it was doing more than just aftermarket exhaust hangers from vatozone.
Well Ive got so many other projects going on right now,dont really have time to put that much time into a little exhaust on my daily lol Ive got a bodied blazer on 22's im working on,a blazer on 24's and then a nova...too much on my plate right now haha. but like I said im sure its the best way.

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then why did you post this? I installed my Tsudo exhaust yesterday and I bent the stock hangers a little bit to give some clearance of the bumper. The exhaust hangers are the next best thing, and you dont have to jack the car up really. Its easy, takes like 5 minutes
Ill give that a try,thanks.

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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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autozone has exhaust hangers that you just bolt into any spot under the car, and then you can adjust the height of the hanger itself. . . mine does hang low in the middle a little bit too. I think I might try bending it up a little bit
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