vitessetony
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Cat back stainless exhaustvitessetony
@vitessetony
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Jul 23, 2021 13:51:46 GMT
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I need a stainless exhaust for my 05 Vectra GSI, it has a scorpion on it at the moment but it's too loud and drony for me (must be my age!)
I've been quoted two different prices one was between £450-£550 and the other was £700.
They seem quite far apart to me so I am asking you lovely bunch for opinions and/or recommendations of somewhere to have one made, preferable in the north west, the closer to Manchester the better.
Thanks.
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Jul 23, 2021 14:32:19 GMT
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There's another option.... Find a local fabricator and have a helmholtz chamber fitted, it shouldn't cost more than £150
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Last Edit: Jul 23, 2021 14:32:34 GMT by xbl
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vitessetony
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 114
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Cat back stainless exhaustvitessetony
@vitessetony
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There's another option.... Find a local fabricator and have a helmholtz chamber fitted, it shouldn't cost more than £150 I have never heard of these before so you learn something new everyday as they say. I'm not really keen on the look of the exhaust that's on it now so I'll be having one made that looks OEM I think. |
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Cat back stainless exhaustslipngripross
@slipngripross
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I worked in a custom stainless place before. Those prices look like rear section only for the lower price and the 2nd price might be with mid section as well. Having unsilenced centre pipe tend to cause cabin drone.
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vitessetony
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 114
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Cat back stainless exhaustvitessetony
@vitessetony
Club Retro Rides Member 114
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Aug 11, 2021 16:22:18 GMT
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I worked in a custom stainless place before. Those prices look like rear section only for the lower price and the 2nd price might be with mid section as well. Having unsilenced centre pipe tend to cause cabin drone. Both were cat back quotes, the scorpion does have a silencer in the centre pipe but it is small as are the two back boxes, I think I have found an original new system in Poland via ebay. To be honest for the price it's worth a punt. |
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Aug 11, 2021 19:04:41 GMT
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given its likely to be a number of years old, though decent quality tube and bent well I would be inclined to either chop open the top of the silencers and see how much packing is still left, which in my experience of similar systems on peugeots, stuffing some glass back in makes quite a difference. or cut the boxes out and weld in new ones, which I have also done. www.clampcouk.co.uk/universal-silencer-boxes.html you could also easily increase the size of the boxes if there's space. |
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