For those who have 2.25 inch cat backs...

**87DXHatch** · 02-04-2003, 10:42 AM

Does your pipe go over or under your rear suspension?

I got mine done last week and they went under the rear suspension with the pipe. It seemed fine at first, but then later that week, when I was thinking about it, I remembered that the pipe hangs down lower than any other underbody component. From the looks of the pipe, if I drop the car 2 inches it'll be scraping the ground.

Does anyone know how much it would cost (or if it's even possible) to go to a shop and tell them to chop that piece out, and weld a short length of pipe over the rear suspension?

Thanks

**Jims 86LXI HB** · 02-04-2003, 11:26 AM

I had 2.25" piping, I could of swarn it went over the the rear suspension. And I never had any problems with it ever hitting the ground, even when I did things that would compress the suspension to the bump stops

**87DXHatch** · 02-04-2003, 11:42 AM

Damn... do you know if it would be possible for a shop to chop out that chunk and re-weld another in it's place OVER the rear suspension?

**Jims 86LXI HB** · 02-04-2003, 11:59 AM

Originally posted by 87DXHatch
Damn... do you know if it would be possible for a shop to chop out that chunk and re-weld another in it's place OVER the rear suspension?

Ya know what, it couldn't of been over the suspension. Now that I think back to removing my custom cat back system to sell, I did not have to mess with the suspension. I just undid the rubber mounts and unbolted it from the cat. I didn't have anything in the way.

**turfnnsurf** · 02-04-2003, 12:05 PM

In my car the stock exhaust went under the suspension and so does my 2.25 stainless exhaust piping. That IS the way it is supposed to be...

**dXsquared** · 02-04-2003, 12:09 PM

thats how mine is too... i copied a stock pipe from the factory that was in stock at HONDA... that is how i make the system now... with the old template...

Travis

**87DXHatch** · 02-04-2003, 12:19 PM

Well double damn then... how do you guys have your cars lowered so far without the pipe scraping?

**86AccordLxi** · 02-04-2003, 01:24 PM

Ah but it does. Just got to learn how to drive a lowered car.. Plus it usually sounds a lot worse than it is, though on a road trip to Idaho, I set the exhaust down (piping i think/hope) at 85mph on I-84 in Oregon and the guys behind me said that I put on quite the spark show. Basically, just gotta be a little more careful.

Alex

**87DXHatch** · 02-04-2003, 01:39 PM

I love how you worded that.

Ok... I looked again today (F#$% it's cold out!) and I guess I could probably lower it 3+ inches before it was actually dragging on the ground. They just didn't do quite as neat of a job as I could have hoped for.

This is good now, because it means I don't have to do anything before lowering 'er!!!

Thanks everyone!

**87DXHatch** · 02-04-2003, 01:44 PM

As for scraping sound, my exhaust before I got it re-done (if you see my pics on my accord pics thread) scraped all the time.

It sounded so bad... me and my friends would die laughing after going over a few bumps.

**bobafett** · 02-04-2003, 02:24 PM

i swear mine goes above the rear suspension.. its not even close to dragging.... but i was worried about the suspension pressing on the exhaust, but from the looks of it they are like 1mm away and there is not a scrape on the exhaust, so i guess its safe!