So my car was making a weird metal on metal scraping noise when i was at 200rpm. I Found the source of this problem and i did a cheap fix and wrapped it with aluminum tape which i think cause my transmission to over heat and slip..So now i have no idea the name of this part or what it does ...could someone plz help me out ?

 

do you have an aftermarket J-Pipe?

 

no =/

 

It looks like an exhaust flex joint.

 

yea i guess ur right ..i google it and found a pic of what it used to look like,but do u have any idea what this mesh thing even does and should i even get a new one????

 

yep thats what i was thinking it was, and yes, you probably need a new one

 

what does it do and ware can i get a new one?

 

its a flexible joint where you J-Pipe meets your catalytic converter, im not sure if it can be repaired or if the whole J-Pipe will need to be replaced.

Are you lowered? or do you have tons of miles?

 

Time for ATLP...

 

^^^ agree

 

that's not the flexpipe. that's just the mesh that goes around the flexpipe. it likely came off for a reason, but that's just the outer coating to it. not having it won't cause any problem, but there's probably another issue.

it also wouldn't cause your trans. to overheat.

 

Both times I wraped it wid the metal tape the next day that happened so that's why I thinking it is the flex pipe hmm how
Uch is a atlp

 

j-pipes run around $400 for aftermarket (Rv6, ATLP, XLR8, etc)

I have my stock j-pipe still I think, send me a PM if you decide you want to go with a stock one.