Originally Posted by Footman

FYI to peeps that own the MS Exhaust...

I bought mine in 2008. Around spring 2009, it started to develop a rattle. The rattle is not heat shields, or broken chunks of the CAT. It's a rattle cause by cracked welds between the final exhaust tips and the canisters (before the bend).

At first, I thought it may have been a manufacturing defect, so under MS parts 1 year warranty, I had mine replaced in spring 2009.

Now onto my 2nd MS Exhaust, the rattle is back, and the same issue is happening. The same welds are cracking making the exhaust tips dislocate themselves from the canister slowly.

The rattling noise occurs only under load between 1000 - 2000 rpm, and it happens again somewhere between 2200 - 2800 rpm. There are precisely two frequencies to which it rattles. Therefore, in city driving during rush hour, you look like a ricer with a shitty *** exhaust as it rattles everytime you move 10 ft and stop.

The rattling sounds like a tin can ringing. After one drives the car for awhile and the exhaust is all up to temp, if you stop to get out and kick the tips you can hear the same rattle.


The solution is to reinforce the joint with additional welding. I had the joint welded with additional solder today, and it fixed the rattling.

I hope this information is useful for someone in the future.

Car is:
- Canadian winter climate
- Daily driven

I don't know if environmental factors play a role in the rapid deterioration of the weld joints.

Originally Posted by Thief

You need a friggin NSFW tag on that **** son.


Using GReddy SP2 here. No issues. Though, my exhaust has never seen winter.