Anoyying Rattling

ok well i got my flowmasters installed about 2 weeks ago, and got my lift installed this past weekend, and i noticed today ( After i turned the ear piercing music down) that something was rattling,so i rolled my window down, and it was worse. so i got out and looked at it. and my leafs are really really close if not touching ( it was at night) that bolt right beside the exhaust piping, which is causing it to rattle. so what can i do to fix this?

I cut my exhaust pipe so that it ends before the leaf clamp.

I just installed longer shackles on my 01 and I'm not thrilled with how close they sit to the exhaust pipe. I was actually considering doing the same thing...hacking it right off just before the lower shackle bolt