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Old 10-08-2012, 04:02 PM   #1
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I have a 2012 Wrx hatch with an SPT catback and as a result of lowering it now hits the sway bar with buzzing. It's mildly lowered on BC coilovers and appears to hit right at the exhuast bend. Any suggestions?
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Old 10-08-2012, 04:09 PM   #2
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I forgot this may help too... a picture.
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Old 10-08-2012, 04:19 PM   #3
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I have this problem as well. Drives me nuts.
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Old 10-08-2012, 04:35 PM   #4
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Hmmm is the swaybar upside down!!!
If not u could get some longer exhaust hangars from kart boy.
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Old 10-08-2012, 04:52 PM   #5
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Stiffer exhaust hangers that prevent movement of the exhaust could help. As could longer ones as alluded to by the above.

Or just take a BFH to that particular section of pipe and clearance it about 1cm.
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Old 10-08-2012, 05:43 PM   #6
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It's only upside down if Subaru put it that way. If I drop the exhaust at the muffler with extended hangers, the axle forward portion won't match up. I guess I'll have to have the exhaust redone. It's not really a pretty connection anyways.
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Old 10-08-2012, 06:40 PM   #7
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umm, put new longer hangers on everything. done. or raise your car. or buy a new exhaust. what else do you want us to tell you?
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Old 10-08-2012, 07:41 PM   #8
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Sell me your catback and I'll ship you my stock midpipe and Nameless Performance axleback(original design with the magnaflow muffler).
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Old 10-08-2012, 08:29 PM   #9
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It's only upside down if Subaru put it that way. If I drop the exhaust at the muffler with extended hangers, the axle forward portion won't match up. I guess I'll have to have the exhaust redone. It's not really a pretty connection anyways.
I'm almost certain your swaybar is upside down and can't hurt to flip it. This way no more rattle with lots of clearance!!!
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Old 10-09-2012, 09:07 AM   #10
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I had no idea you could flip the swaybar! This is the first I've heard of it.
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Old 10-09-2012, 10:00 AM   #11
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I think the bar is on right, but it doesn't seem normal that it's hitting. I ran the SPT exhaust and Whiteline sway bar (thicker than stock) and I've never had issues. I was quite low when I had that combo. I used the stock hangers. Unfortunately I don't have a photo. The only one I have on hand is with the Greddy exhaust, and there is TONS of clearance:

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Old 10-09-2012, 10:45 AM   #12
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I had no idea you could flip the swaybar! This is the first I've heard of it.
the older cars rear bar could flip if you up it in with the shocks unloaded, and happened to have the bad luck of it flipping when you put the car down. not good for handling

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I think the bar is on right, but it doesn't seem normal that it's hitting. I ran the SPT exhaust and Whiteline sway bar (thicker than stock) and I've never had issues. I was quite low when I had that combo. I used the stock hangers. Unfortunately I don't have a photo. The only one I have on hand is with the Greddy exhaust, and there is TONS of clearance:


when you put the car on the ground, the shocks will obviously settle with load, and your bar will rotate down more. you do not have that much room with the car on the ground.
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Old 10-09-2012, 11:02 AM   #13
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I think the bar is on right, but it doesn't seem normal that it's hitting. I ran the SPT exhaust and Whiteline sway bar (thicker than stock) and I've never had issues. I was quite low when I had that combo. I used the stock hangers. Unfortunately I don't have a photo. The only one I have on hand is with the Greddy exhaust, and there is TONS of clearance:
Ya look at the op's swaybar the bend is facing down where in this photo it is facing like how it should for exhaust clearance. Even my stock swaybar on my11 sti gr sedan the bend in the sway bar was facing up not down.

When I installed my whiteline 24mm sway I looked at the writing on the sway in which caused me to instal it upside down and was hitting my exhaust so when I looked at my stock sway I realized that I had to flip it lol.

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Old 10-09-2012, 11:46 AM   #14
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No problems with my Perrin 22mm sway bar hitting my SPT exhaust...

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Old 10-09-2012, 11:53 AM   #15
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No problems with my Perrin 22mm sway bar hitting my SPT exhaust...
Bloody marvelous lol.
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Old 10-09-2012, 12:12 PM   #16
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Sedan is totally different.
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Old 10-09-2012, 12:24 PM   #17
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Sedan is totally different.
Totally different shape same drivetrain!!! Look at the other photos but could be wrong still need somebody else to post a pic of stock sway to confirm or if the op tried flipping the sway and post his results.
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Old 10-09-2012, 12:33 PM   #18
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The sedan and hatch exhausts are completely different designs and do not have the same space limitations.
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Old 10-10-2012, 11:48 AM   #19
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Why don't you just put a few layers of exhaust wrap around the swaybar where it's making contact?
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Old 10-10-2012, 05:20 PM   #20
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my 12 hatch with spt does it too. happened stock and after i replaced the sway bar
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Old 10-11-2012, 07:48 AM   #21
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Hatch...my bad.

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