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Old 12-01-2007, 08:59 AM
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help needed on noise

i just installed headers(gruppe-s) and a uppipe(titek) on my 05 sti yesterday. i noticed the up pipe was touching the valve cover and now i am geting a metal rubbing noise. has any one had this problem before or is there anything i can do to fix it. any addvice would help.
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Old 12-01-2007, 12:25 PM
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Old 12-05-2007, 11:01 PM
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you've got me worryed, cause i just picked up a gruppe-s header and have a grimmspeed up-pipe on the way, i have never heard of this problem before, so i'm not much help, but good luck with it.
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Old 12-13-2007, 05:09 PM
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yeah i had to cut my subframe a little so it would stop hitting
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Old 12-13-2007, 08:23 PM
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yeah, that's a pretty common thing to have to do w/ headers. glad it was a easy fix.
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