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amandhanji
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exhaust knocking after coilover

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after installing the coilovers and dropping back 60mm the exhaust knocks alot from start till finish lol. i dnt know what it is hitting but can someone tell me where i can get some new mounts from for the 1.2 merit.
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Re: exhaust knocking after coilover

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you more than likely just need to twist the exhaust slightly to raise it up over the rear beam, or if its not that then its catching on the side of the exhaust tunnel just before the rear beam, these are the most likely places they catch tbf
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mines knocks like a f**k, most of the time its aginst the heat shield or the tunnel the bac box sits in, its annoying but gives me an excuse to get a new system :lol:
best place for hangers is scrappy or from vauxhall they shud only be a few quid
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from the scrappy they're free ;) if you know how to do it that is :lol: ;)
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just about everything i get from a scrappy is free one way or another :lol:
OFFICAL DVLA DATA:
1414 - corsa gsi's on the road in 2008.
735 - corsa gsi's currently on the road and 436 SORN
Basicly you would have to be a right tw*t to break one for parts :rant:

Thanks to everyone for an awsome weekend at pvs!
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Re: exhaust knocking after coilover

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"excuse me sir but im sure you didnt walk in with that 2.0 16v engine block under your arm? so why are you walking out with it?"

"urmm yea we did mate you musent have been looking!!"

:lol: i can see it now :P
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:lol: :lol:
OFFICAL DVLA DATA:
1414 - corsa gsi's on the road in 2008.
735 - corsa gsi's currently on the road and 436 SORN
Basicly you would have to be a right tw*t to break one for parts :rant:

Thanks to everyone for an awsome weekend at pvs!
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Re: exhaust knocking after coilover

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a bit like me that is, walking out with stuff i odviously didnt pay for :lol:
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