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rovamota
02-26-2008, 06:27 PM
Unusually, the pipes through the exhaust centre and back box have blown at the same time. At our last meeting at Beaulieu Phil mentioned to me he had a bespoke Maniflow stainless steel exhaust made and I could buy it from him when I needed it. That time is now!

He also had the centre section as well so I had both of those from him for a very reasonable sum, in fact only a little more than the cost of a standard exhaust from my local fit-it-yourself supplier.

I got underneath and had a go at undoing the nuts at the catalyst and yup, you've guessed it, they've rusted solid, and any attempt at putting a socket on them just rounds the corners off. So, it looks like I'll have to get the old faithful angle grinder on them.

Still, no one said it would be easy, but I find solace in the money I'm saving by not going to Kwik Fit. I didn't even bother getting a quote from them as we all know they're just a rip off. Only fleet users are mad enough to use Kwik Fit and pay their prices.

Kev.

Adam
02-26-2008, 08:56 PM
"You can't get sh!tter that a Kwik Fit fitter"

Wasn't that their moto?

rovamota
02-26-2008, 09:56 PM
Something like that Adam, yes! I simply wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

Anyway, I want to know what my new exhaust will sound like...

Kev.

Adam
02-26-2008, 09:58 PM
Probably sound good!

Just try not to get tired of the motorway drone on long trips :mml:

rovamota
02-27-2008, 01:52 PM
Apparently it's quite quiet on motorway runs as it's had an extra baffle fitted to reduce resonance. But until I get it on the car I won't know.

Kev.

rovamota
02-27-2008, 08:27 PM
Well, it's on! First impressions are that it sounds quite mellow but I'll try it for a while for further observations. I still have to sort out a couple of mounting points as the two of the brackets on the exhaust back box are different.

Kev.

Adam
02-28-2008, 08:45 AM
Sounds good Kev. One of the mounts on my Janspeed system needed changing when that was fitted as it wasn't in the right place, DOH!