I noticed that my exhaust tips are hanging pretty low...The muffler hanger has gotten softer then others generally are...

Will replacing the hangers with new ones fix this problem and bring the tips up closer to the bumper?

 

you mean the rubber hanger part???, yeah mine has done the same thing , more specificaly the left one, in front of the muffler, like it has stretched out

if so mine has done the same thing, and i have tried a new one, to no avail (along with the others being new also) for some reason the tl seems to have a weight biased towards that side which stretches that mount

 

Yeah, the rubber mounts....So new ones will not bring them up any higher to the bumper?

Im talking number 11 in the diagram...
http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...s=&view=normal

 

they are all the seam lol, but yeah i tried it, it worked for about a week then it stretched out again , but i did try doableing it up on that low side, and two of them fit no issues, but i did not leave it on though, so that might work too idk

 

You can look for heavy duty rubber hangers or what a few have done is buy a hose clamp (see below) and put it behind the clamp. Basically the clamp will be holding the exhaust up.

tip, unscrew the clamp until it comes apart then wrap it around the two metal arms that hold the rubber hanger on. That way you don't have to take the rubber hanger off (it's a pain to get off).

Oh and if you took two seconds to search you'd find a whole bunch of threads about this very same problems.

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-problems-fixes-117/cheap-fix-bouncy-swaying-tail-pipes-604787/

 

You can use hose clamps or even zipties, or use additional universal rubber hanger rings at auto parts store. if using clamps or zipties, make sure you don't tie them too hard. you need to give them room for movement; but since you have to give them room, the clamps or zipties may fall off; so keep that in mind.

Believe it or not, fixing the bouncing mufflers will give you back 1 or 2 lost hps.

 

REALLY?? please elaborate... myself and a coworker are really interested in how this works...

 

All I can tell you is to experiment it yourself. the movement of the mufflers causing your car's movement to lose its momentum. The same goes with your struts or half inflated tires. If your had leaks, bad struts, you will lose power. A partial power is lost before it actually apply to surface contact.

Another simple experiment is this, have a backpack strapped nicely tight to your back and do your running. Now, do the same running with a loose, hanging backback on your back. Tell me if you feel the same for a 1 or 2 miles running.

Hope that clears your doubt.

 

I already tried zip ties, they didn't seem to work...I just got 4 clamps from Home Depot as pictured above, but work in an hour...Hopefully I will get them done tonight after work, if not I will do it on Sunday and post my results...

Thanks for all the input!

 

I am sure you know, but just to make sure you put the hose clamps around the existing hangers. If you choose to use hose clamps, make sure your engines mounts are all good. engine excessive movement will cause your exhaust lines to leak, or the flex pipe will deteriorate quicker since the flexing has to release somewhere as the mufflers are now tight. Too loose you will have problem, too tight you'll also have problem.

 

first of maybe if you had an exhaust leak, that you would lose power, cause by the movement, but not the movement itself (even then the exhaust mainly moves side to side, not front to back)

then bad struts, maybe if you can't put down the power smoothly, you might say you lose some power (or the car's weight shifting around more) but even then once the suspension is compressed, you will "have" that power back, it's would more so effect how fast you feel the power gets put down

then low tires, simple an underinflated tire takes more resistance to roll, so that is sucking up the power

 

Matt

 

the one on the right lol

 

Well, the clamps worked...It brought the exhaust up closer to the bumper and the mufflers still have "give" to them...

Thanks guys!