Really...Really...Really Bad noise- Da9

**Cold Fusion** · 06-04-2006 04:05 PM

oh my gosh my car is fudged :\ i was driving around yesterday and i went over a speed bump and i scraped (what i usually do on speed bumps) and now something under my hand brake rattles like a mofo, i think its the exaughst ratteling against anyhting and everything under there but im not sure... has anyone had this problem?

thanks.

**integral90** · 06-04-2006 04:08 PM

have you had a look under the car yet?

**Cold Fusion** · 06-04-2006 04:12 PM

my mate did and he said he couldnt see anyhting that wasnt normal...

**HyperZ** · 06-04-2006 04:18 PM

Try moving the exhaust pipe with your hand near the handbrake area and see if its rubbing against anything? Jack it up first of course...

**r`Geno** · 06-04-2006 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by HyperZ

Try moving the exhaust pipe with your hand near the handbrake area and see if its rubbing against anything? Jack it up first of course...

...and make sure it's not hot of course.

It might be your Catalyst's heat shield if you're lucky.

**Cold Fusion** · 06-04-2006 04:32 PM

"It might be your Catalyst's heat shield if you're lucky."

nar i took that out when i put in my short shifter...

**r`Geno** · 06-04-2006 04:37 PM

Also check that your header braket (near your O2 sensor, holds the header in place) is not damaged.

**integral90** · 06-04-2006 04:39 PM

could possibly have broken something holding the headers to cat? or maybe something inside the cat has broken

**TRU32U** · 06-04-2006 04:44 PM

if thers noise difference upon throttle, IE more throttle or less at diff revs, sounds like exhaust pipe bumpin against something, do what the guys said, jack it up make sure its cold then shake it like a mofo! could b anything from the exhaust rubber holders outta place, to something snaped along the pipes and stuff, look for scrape marks, new ones ofcourse and check out that area, it happened to me and ended up to busted my exhaust pipe.