- Apr 26, 2004
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Well, I have an interesting problem.
My car is starting to rattle in lots of places because of the exhaust. I have a MAC exhaust system. I like the sound, but the loudness is causing my car to develop rattles because of the drone. I have rattles in the front, sides and rear that only occur at drone. They were not there until about 3 weeks after I got my exhaust installed.
I should say this is the second exhaust I have installed. I had Magnaflows welded in first, then decided I wanted a louder system so I went MAC. I like the sound, as I said, but the rattles and buzzings are driving me crazy!
I was thinking about putting on a Ford Racing (FR500) catback. I can get one of those for $300.
My other options were switch out my mufflers. I wanted to ask if this is possible, since I have a MAC catback on. Can the mufflers simply be swapped out with others, and I keep the MAC 2.5 piping? Or would I have to get all new catback materials/system?
I could even go back to the Magnaflows, but I sold the ones I had already so I would have to buy them again. Depending on if I could weld them in or not, I might have to buy a Magnaflow catback anyway, but I do not want to spend that much money. I have already done this once, and I don't want to do it again!
I've tried to fix the rattles and buzzes. Finding them is the hardest part. I cannot find the most aggravating one, which is in the back-right of the car. I cannot tell what it is, but it sounds like a combination buzz/rattle coming from something underneath the car. I have looked the exhaust over with the mechanic that put it on, and neither of us can figure out what it could be.
Any advice would be helpful, either on fixing the squeaks (which I would rather do) or on if I can simply weld in new mufflers, or if I have to get a whole new catback at some point. Thanks!
My car is starting to rattle in lots of places because of the exhaust. I have a MAC exhaust system. I like the sound, but the loudness is causing my car to develop rattles because of the drone. I have rattles in the front, sides and rear that only occur at drone. They were not there until about 3 weeks after I got my exhaust installed.
I should say this is the second exhaust I have installed. I had Magnaflows welded in first, then decided I wanted a louder system so I went MAC. I like the sound, as I said, but the rattles and buzzings are driving me crazy!
I was thinking about putting on a Ford Racing (FR500) catback. I can get one of those for $300.
My other options were switch out my mufflers. I wanted to ask if this is possible, since I have a MAC catback on. Can the mufflers simply be swapped out with others, and I keep the MAC 2.5 piping? Or would I have to get all new catback materials/system?
I could even go back to the Magnaflows, but I sold the ones I had already so I would have to buy them again. Depending on if I could weld them in or not, I might have to buy a Magnaflow catback anyway, but I do not want to spend that much money. I have already done this once, and I don't want to do it again!
I've tried to fix the rattles and buzzes. Finding them is the hardest part. I cannot find the most aggravating one, which is in the back-right of the car. I cannot tell what it is, but it sounds like a combination buzz/rattle coming from something underneath the car. I have looked the exhaust over with the mechanic that put it on, and neither of us can figure out what it could be.
Any advice would be helpful, either on fixing the squeaks (which I would rather do) or on if I can simply weld in new mufflers, or if I have to get a whole new catback at some point. Thanks!