Rubber pads on Y pipe

[Keith D]

Not that it matters, it's being replaced with an invidia gemini, but does anyone know the purpose of the two round rubber pads on the Y pipe of the stock exhaust? 

 

They look like mounts but there was nothing fitted there on my car, and looking through dozens of exhaust fitting videos on YT there isn't on any 370z

 

Edited November 3, 2024 by Keith D

[ShortPaul]

I think they are dampers for noise, vibration and harshness