8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - Vibrant Performance Catback Exhaust Review

chenslee_cheese · 06-26-2007, 10:30 AM

I discovered last night that:

A. The tip was sitting too high, off center, and the muffler was rotated slightly.

B. Due to the above, my bumper had melted onto the tip.

I checked all my hangers and the clamp to see if there was some way to adjust the tip height that I had missed, but everything was fixed, so I pulled the muffler section. If you look at the stock muffler hangers, they are centered over the tailpipe. The Vibrant muffler hangers are offset and crooked. They are not parallel with the muffler or even parallel with themselves.

After removing the blackened bumper from the tip using a blowtorch, a fork, and some steel wool, I attempted to adjust the Vibrant hangers with a cheater pipe. Of course, this just dented the muffler where the hangers were welded. I haven't re-installed because I still need to dremmel off the scorched portion of my bumper, but I doubt that it will be centered when I do.

I understand that this exhaust was designed to be used with an Si that still has it's catalytic converter, and that is where my volume problems are coming from, but crooked, off-center, bumper melting tips are ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.

06-26-2007, 10:30 AM	#207 (permalink)
chenslee_cheese Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Beaumont,Tx Age: 36 Posts: 436 Performance>Aesthetics	I discovered last night that: A. The tip was sitting too high, off center, and the muffler was rotated slightly. B. Due to the above, my bumper had melted onto the tip. I checked all my hangers and the clamp to see if there was some way to adjust the tip height that I had missed, but everything was fixed, so I pulled the muffler section. If you look at the stock muffler hangers, they are centered over the tailpipe. The Vibrant muffler hangers are offset and crooked. They are not parallel with the muffler or even parallel with themselves. After removing the blackened bumper from the tip using a blowtorch, a fork, and some steel wool, I attempted to adjust the Vibrant hangers with a cheater pipe. Of course, this just dented the muffler where the hangers were welded. I haven't re-installed because I still need to dremmel off the scorched portion of my bumper, but I doubt that it will be centered when I do. I understand that this exhaust was designed to be used with an Si that still has it's catalytic converter, and that is where my volume problems are coming from, but crooked, off-center, bumper melting tips are ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.