Forester Exhaust after 2”lift

[Damian V]

Can anyone send me a photo of the way there exhaust is routed after a 2 inch lift on a SH Forester, my mechanic is not sure the best way of rehanging exhaust, i’m getting the motor rebuilt the car has been in the workshop for six weeks waiting for Pistons and a rebore Hopefully I get it back this week

 

[Kevin]

@NoShoes has had his done so perhaps has some pics

 

[tzed]

I had this too. An exhaust shop put a spacer between the main pipe after the Y split, where it connects to each rear muffler section. Because of the angle, that made for enough clearance over the rear subframe.

Also, if you've just done a 50mm lift, you'll need longer front sway bar end links - I just found that out after trying to figure out why my sway bar was inverted!

 

[Damian V]

I had this too. An exhaust shop put a spacer between the main pipe after the Y split, where it connects to each rear muffler section. Because of the angle, that made for enough clearance over the rear subframe.

Also, if you've just done a 50mm lift, you'll need longer front sway bar end links - I just found that out after trying to figure out why my sway bar was inverted!

Thanks for your reply so do you mean I can use the original exhaust pipe and just put 2 spacers After the Y pipe to the mufflers? Sorry for my ignorance is it possible you could take a photo from underneath to show what you’ve got or draw diagram?

 

[tzed]

Yep, you've got it. I don't have the car with me, but I do have a photo of one of the spacers in place. The extra space pushed the main pipe down and under the subframe.

 

[Damian V]

Kool thanks

 

[Damian V]

Hi thanks for the info, can you tell me how big your spaces were please

 

[Damian V]

By the way that is a brilliant solution, the other option was going through the subframe and I’m not gonna be hard-core four-wheel driving, just getting off the beaten track a little for camping and bushwalking id be pretty unlucky to damage the exhaust, thanks again

 

[Damian V]

Yep, you've got it. I don't have the car with me, but I do have a photo of one of the spacers in place. The extra space pushed the main pipe down and under the subframe.View attachment 5078

By the way that is a brilliant solution, the other option was going through the subframe and I’m not gonna be hard-core four-wheel driving, just getting off the beaten track a little for camping and bushwalking id be pretty unlucky to damage the exhaust, how many mm are your spacers? At a guess it looks about 8mm? thanks again