Ok so I got my burn suit on I'm sure this has been discussed but I'm in serious need of some quick help. So I needed a new catalytic converter and muffler for my 8 decided to go with a oem standard instead of the actual oem cat because of the 1000 dollar price difference but the dealership can't reattach my cat to the pipe apparently the flange of the cat is to thick for the spring loaded bolts to be tightened so my question is what can I do?? Are the springs removable? Is there a longer bolt o can buy somewhere? I feel like im in quit the pickle right now maybe it's just because ever since I bought my 8 a month and a half ago it seems like everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. I'd really appreciate any help I can get with this I miss my rotary and I don't know if I can stand driving my little brothers EP3 another day

 

The springs are removable. Just put different ones on.

 

sorry to thread jack...but im having a similar problem (only its that mine are stripped on the first few threads, so next time i remove it, which will be the next few days when i get a new catback, i wont be able to put those bolts back on.)
would we be able to use more standard bolts with washers to allow the springs on the exhaust?

 

I don't see why not. I almost needed to buy a new stud as well because I wasn't paying attention when I went to torque the nut on and ended up going passed the threads. I was able to cut the nut off without damaging the stud threads.

 

dude...

i didn't even have those studs n' springs on my cat when i had it on...


I just took out the entire thing n' just started using regular bolts lol.

 

thanks for the replies. didnt want to have to spend good money on those crap bolts that always seem to strip if i didnt need to