Bad Exhaust Install?

its a shame the original exhaust builder wouldnt help you properly - shouldnt cost money to fix a problem thats their (or the products) fault

Yeah exactly he was such douche! Now I have to spend more money to fix this up!

heres some pics of my stainless exhaust - i suspect the problem is between the cat and the headers or either one of them
or its possible its the resonator ... need to get it looked at

N*Power 4-2-1 Header
http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1301561863

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1301561864


Header Collector and join to Cat (u can also see UR Front Lower Bar and ES Shifter Bushing)
http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1301561877


Magnaflow Cat
http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1301561874

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1301561878


Generic Stainless Hot Dog Resonator and stainless b-piping
http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1301562327

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1301562329


Stainless axle back piping and Xforce S12 Oval Barrel Twinloop Muffler (theres a bit of heat wrap on the part that loops over the muffler)
http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1301562009

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1301562011

You're install job looks quite nice. So you still haven't found the source of the noise yeah?

nah - waiting for my new brakes to arrive from japan - when they get installed my mechanic (guy who did the exhaust) is going to have a look into it
he did an amazing job if u ask me - i didnt ask for stainless either - he did the whole thing for like $300
headers cost $140 on ebay and the muffler was $40 from a member on here lol
the mufflers pretty dead tho - got a really bad drone to it

Yeah that is a really nice job, don't think the mechanics here can do that.

I'll be on the look out for updates!

yeah im really lucky to have my mechanic - he owns RMS Tuning in perth and Busselton Subaru Service down here in busselton
hes primarily a Subaru mechanic and he competes in ARC and WARC - my honda is the only other brand of car i have seen him work on
he did rally a EG hatch back in the 90s in asia tho so he kinda knows his way around it - and his wife used to have a Prelude too

hes always nagging me to buy a 2000 model WRX tho lol

is it bad to take the heat shield off from under the car ? cause my exhaust is hitting the heat shield

which heat sheild? the one above the muffler or cat? yes leave that there ... ur muffler should have been installed better

i did ask my mechanic about that buzzing sound and he said its normal for the type of stainless hot-dog resonators that was used on my car

yeah my resonator is hitting the heat shield iuno if i should get new mounts or take the heat shield off

get the mounts repositioned by the person that installed it - shouldnt be like that