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I bought a magnaflow back in april. My car is lowered about 1.75 inches. The magnaflow for our cars is not for a lowered car (unless you like to scrape in that case feel free to keep it on) It needs modifications done to the cat inorder to work with a lowered civic. If you were unaware that they were not for a lowered car and are having problems but are stuck with this $hit system send them back to where they came from. I received my from Husker and I used it for a week and no one wanted to buy it because they are having the same problem. We got a full refund, so don't settle for selling it for less send that crappy *** cat back. You will get your money back. Thanks I think this was just kinda to vent and a heads up. Magnaflows customer service sucks the a$$. They don't know what they are talking about.

Thanks for your time

 
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hmmm... i was thinking of getting a magnaflow exhaust... what kind of modification needs to be done to the cat ??? it's a good system.. it just hangs too low... no big deal... just get it fixed by a local muffler shop... or don't drop your car so low

 
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Yeah the middle pipe needs to be bend up, so it tucks into where the stocks sits. IF I buy another cat, it will be a quality one that bolts with flanges and not with cheap U-bolts. Plus the pipe comes awful close to the stock swaybar. Just not a very well engineered system.

 
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I was also thinking of purchasing this exhaust system. So are you saying that you would not buy it?? I have no plans to lower my car. My other friend has it and he likes it, just wishes it was louder.

 

i have it and i like it. it did hang too low, and my car is lowered about 2.25 in. so i took it to my muffler shop and they welded it in place. now i don't scrape at all unless its on a steep driveway. it looks good too....not too obvious so the cops'll pull me over.....i have no complaints about it...and it only cost me about $20 to get it welded. worth it, i think....

 
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If your car is not lowered then It will be alright, it is just went you lower it it need to be modified. IT is a good inexpensive system, it is just that I would go with a quality name like Greddy or Thermal and spend the extra buck.

 
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Your going to tell me (with your car lowered 2.25 inches) that you don't scrape[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] I guarentee that you scrape in places because I know that there are no roads or pull in's that are flat. There were places that I couldn't go because of that damn cat scraping. Why should we have to pay to fix and problem with Magnalows cracked out engineers!!

 

i dont' scrape anymore, no. i did at first, before my ish got welded. the guy who welded it also cut out some of the pipe, and moved the pipe around so that it wouldn't scrape anymore. the pipe, not the muffler tip. that still scrapes if i hit the speed bumps wrong, or go up/down a steep driveway. the midpipe no longer scrapes, and the tip scrapes occasionally. if you dont believe me, its cool. cuz i know when i scrape and when i don't. before it was welded and fixed, i would scrape just drving up a hill, and it was very annoying. now i have no problems. just cuz you had a bad experience and scraped like a **** doesn't mean that everyone had that same experience. especially those that deemed it worthy enough to go to a muffler shop and have them relocate the midpipe to a place where it wouldn't scrape anymore. i chose to do that, cuz i figured that 300 bones was too much money, and i don't have enough of it to go buying another exhaust system. since you don't like it, and had a bad experience, more power to you for gettin another one. but i think you should read thru my entire post, without your bad experience clouding your judgement before you start criticizing and/or disbelieving of what i said.

 
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More power to you I am not trying to get you upset at all. That is not my purpose. If you fixed the solution that is cool. But there have been several people that have had the same problem, but they all can't go to the place that you did to fix it. Do you get what I mean? It is kinda like buying a spoiler for an accord when you have a civic. IT is not for that car, well the Magnaflow is not for a lowered civic. that is all I am stating and if the representative didn't tell you that then you have a right to your money back. Sorry if I made you mad

 
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I'm lowered 2 inches and don't scrape at all. You have to rotate the pipe that hangs low (kinda play with it) and then tighten the clamp side ways. As for the sway bar issue, i have an EX so it's not applicable to me.
I think for $300.00 shipped to your door is a deal. But if you don't like it and want to spend an extra $300 to $400 bucks, that's up to you.
I for one am quite happy with mine.

 
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my car is lowered 1.75 and i dint scrap at all now with magnaflow

 
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yup got mine welded too... only way to prevent scratching with a lowered ride. one of the main reasons for my dissastisfaction with the exhuast

 

any local muffler shop/welder can do it. all ya gotta do is tell the guy (or girl) the problem and what you want them to do. in my case, on my lx, the guy had to cut out an extra piece from the midpipe to get it to fit in the new relocated spot. only cost me $20. and i wasn't mad at all, i was just saying what i did to solve my problem and why i did it. some people might think that the system was supposed to work without any type of modifying for a lowered ride, and if that is what you thought, then it sucks for you. i put it on, thought the u-bolts were crap to hold it all together, and i didn't want to scratch up my exhaust. so i took it in for some welding and it fixed the problem. i haven't had any scrapage since, except for when i was retarded and didn't slow down for bumps, or tried going up a really steep driveway. then i scraped. and that sucked. but for hte most part, i dont' scrape. i didn't ask if this exhaust system was for lowered vehicles, cuz frankly, nothing is for lowered cars. its all made for cars that are stock height. i didn't think i would mind scraping sometimes, but that pipe just hung way too low for me. so i got it welded in the "correct" position, as it were. if i sounded mad, sorry. i wasn't and i wasn't jumpin on you. i jsut wanted to make sure that you understood where i was coming from, and i understand where you were coming from.

sorry so long, kiddies......

 
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dude, if you were scraping your cat then you installed it backwards or something. the only thing low is the pipe and that is a simple fix.

 
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If its installed right you really wont scrape - not anymore then a thermal or greddy at least.

 
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i would send mine back if i could, but now i can't since i had it welded on.. piece of **** [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG]

 
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i dont know about the lowering part because my car is not lowered but i have this exhaust and it is awsome

 
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Uhh thanks I have been working on cars all my life and I know how to install an exhuast. It scraped trust me and uh yeah the pipe is low, but the fact is that it is not my job to fix what Magnaflow can't make right. That is like buying a new Vette and them telling you that you have to find a way to get the motor started. It doesn't work that way. They should tell you it is not for lowered cars and they don't because they are A$$'s. It is that simple

 
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What are you talking about they are asses for not telling you it wasn't for lowered cars .... I have never seen an advertisement for an exhaust that said "Made for lowered cars" thats just stupid to say it is there fault that your car is way to low that it hits... I have this exhaust and I am completely happy with it and I am lowered 1.5 inches all the way around and I have never hit.... so stop crying that it is there fault because you are a moron for saying that.... oh and you keep using examples so I will say it like this.... its like buying a 5-speed and dropping the trans and taking it back to the dealer because he didnt tell you that you have to push in the clutch

 
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i huv an lx and my mangaflow is annoyin..ill get it fixed sooner or later ooh boy

 
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WEll a lot of exhaust companies know what they are doing. Obviously something is wrong when I hear people complain about the same problem I have. I haven't read a thread on any of Greddy's, Thermals or anyone other then Magnaflow. I am not crying because I couldn't be happier.

 
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Just to add fuel to the fire here. I have the Magnaflow system, and I love it, my car isnt lowered but it never scrapes, unless I go up a steep hill, and that cant be avoided no matter what system you have on your car.
My whole experiance with Magnaflow has been great, so what they are held together with U bolts, hell you are saving big bucks, and like the guys said $20 and a few min of your time will have it the way you want it in no time.
I am not hatin, its just that this has been discussed before and we always come to the same resolve, either you hate it or you love it, just dont try and bring eveyone else down because of the problems you are experiancing, becuase its an easy fix.

Later Crashoveride