friscokydd

Hi guys. I just had my shop slap on my Apex'i N1 cat-back on my 1993 Prelude SI, non-Vtec. I'm using the stock hangers, but for some reason, part of the piping behind the muffler is touching the control arm of my rear, passenger side. It makes a super, annoying rattling sound when my car is started & at rest. The shop said it was normal, but I doubt Apex'i would make something that didn't fit perfect. I checked the box, and this is the exact exhaust model for my car. Anyone else experience this? Is it normal? Anything I could do? Help! Thanks folks.

friscokydd

I guess no one has a 4th gen Prelude w/ an N1 exhaust w/ a similar problem? Well, I was looking into exhaust/header wrap to solve the problem. It's a high heat wrap, that I think wouldn't hamper the performance or life of my cat-back. I know it's made for headers, but perhaps wrapping the area would dampen the clanking of the piping on the control arm? Any ideas?

Ice025

My bro has the exact same car w/the n1. No rattle whatsoever. It actually sounds real sweet.

FatTony

I use to have th n1 on a civic hatch, and I had the same prob that you are having. All I did to resolve that problem was I made sure that all the tubing was aligned right before you tighten it, cause it does come with some slack.

-Alex

PS: Be very careful, cause it hangs too low. By the time I sold mine it had a lot of big gash looking dents which made it sound like crap.

Mx6GT91

Take it to a different exhaust shop and tell them the problem, im sure theyll take a pry bar to it and bend the hangers in place. Thats what they did to mine. When it rattled again i brought it back and they fixed it.

How much is it touching, if its just rubbing them you might be able to fix it yourself

nextgenholmes

i would assume its some sort of defect i had that exhast on my old prelude and ...well no problems i would have to agree with Mx6GT91 on bringin it to some other shop and they would most likely be able to fix it or help u atleast