matt310

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The roads in and around LA are getting crappy since the city has no money. I'm noticing that the exhaust finishers on my car are rattling...clanking even...over bumps. I can reproduce this by lightly tapping on the side of the bumper by the rear tires and a hollow metallic sound is produced. Visually it looks like everything is as tight as it can be, but it still rattles.

I made sure most of the little pebbles were out (there was a pile of them on the ground when I was done tapping) but the noise is still there.

Any easy solutions for this? (other than turning the radio up Is there a how-to remove these anywhere?

Thanks!

mrohno

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Do you think it could be something else...like possible the muffler heat shield? The tips on the car seem like they are on pretty good. Just another possibility.

n0th1ng

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it could be ur muffler hitting ur tips...
you may have to re tighten everythin to make sure...
i would check on the pipings also...
good luck

matt310

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Hmm, never thought it could be the exhaust heat shields. I'll check those out, thanks!

matt310

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It was the heat shields! They were loose and rattling. Thanks for the tips, guys!