can you take the heat sheild off of the thire cat and put it on a aftermarket 3in downpipe, i have the helix dp and was wondering if anyone has done this?

lemme know, i dont want any cop troubles... lol

 

on the stock downpipe with 2 cats, there are many heat sheilds... has anyone taken off the third cat's heat shield and mated it to an aftermarket downpipe with no cats, like the helix one that i have installed... i just dont want cops to get all pissy you know?...
thanks

 

It's been done before but the heat shields may have to be modified to fit. Text and pics courtesy of wrXratd.

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wingless wonder:

you rock man, you are answering all of my stupid questions, i owe you bigtime!!!!!

thanks a bunch, maybe next time i have a question i will just pm u!

lol

 

i have helix down pipe and helix up pipe and catback

completely catless

i put the upper heatshiled back on, i cut away at it and made it fit
looks completely stock until you look under the car
and most cops will not do that

 

the upper heat sheild is the one over the turbo right? i have that on as well, but if you look under the ca then it looks catless...

i think im gunna try and get the heat sheild from the 3rd cat and fit it on the helix

 

As WW pointed out, I took the heatshield off of a spare 3rd cat section and added it to the Stromung 3rd cat eliminator pipe I had as part of my old exhaust system. It bolted right in, other than having to enlarge the hole for the O2 sensor. I was going to do the same thing with the downpipe section, but the stock dp heatshields are spot welded on and I couldn't get them off in a condition suitable for putting on an aftermarket dp.

 

think the 3rd cat heat sheilds will fit on a 3 in down pipe? stock is smaller...

 

No but you can modify them to fit.

 

put a little english on it and itll fit!

 

dude once again cops cant look under your hood for know reason they need more than than just "your car is loud so pop your hood" it doest work that way. but on another note i have the Helix up-pipe,down-pipe, and cat-back and i just cut the top heatsheild by the turbo. if the cop does know stuff about subaru's you can tell its an after market downpipe becasue its like polished and you can look and see the hole downpipe from the engine bay and see its just a pipe with know cats.

 

A loud or visibly modded car is legal grounds for looking under the hood- particularly when they already have you stopped for other violations like no front plate or front tint or registration.

 

damn I will never move to CA!!!! damn communists!!!

 

CA is worth it just for the girls and the weather!!!!!

 

yeah I have been meaning to get out there and see it with my own eyes!! I now have in-laws that live in Sebastapol? on the coast in northern CA so am planning to do it soon. Might even drive the wrx.