Hi guys i just installed my new exhaust set up on my 05 5at sedan.

The set up includes Ichiba y pipe, kinetix test pipe with resonators and megan cat back..

I hear and feel a vibration but i cant find out where. could it be hitting something or maybe the bolts are not tight enough?

Has anyone encountered a similar problem??

 

Check out the heat shields. That causes a lot of unwanted rattling vibration noises.

 

will do, should i just remove them or just bend them?

 

as mentioned earlier, its probably the heat shields. does it happen only when its cold?

 

No it happens when im accelerating, after car is warm.

 

Not sure if the sedans have this, but on the coupe, there is a "V" shaped brace that ties the both sides of the car together in the middle by the midpipe. When I installed my Fast Intentions before, the vibration that I found was the mid pipe hitting this. To fix, I just loosened up the exhaust flange bolts, applied upwards pressure on the pipe and and re-tightened the bolts.

 

So i figured out what the prob was. the driver side heat shield was hitting the test pipe so i removed it..

Now do you all think leaving it off is ok?

Thanks for the reply's..

 

So is it ok to leave heat shield off?

 

Should be fine.