Exhaust..Bad decision!!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:55 pm
Here's my story. I have a P reg 4th gen Prelude 2.2 and the exhaust was mint, apart from the middle section where the box was rotten.
Amazingly, no aftermarket suppliers could help because their exhaust didn't quite fit right, so it was to the main dealer for a wallet-raping. However, this was not to be as they said this was no longer available off the shelf and it had to be manufactured, so they gave me a 8-10 week wait, HA, yeah(!) when my MOT was in 3weeks!!
So, I made the desperate move to Blueflame Exhausts in Lancs where the sold me a Cat-back stainless. This wasnt as nice as the raspey standard noise you would normally get, it produced the boy-racer rumble a bit, but it wasnt blowing at least.
I then complicated matters by being an idiot and buying a stainless steel manifold and downpipes "set" off ebay. Hey, the feedbacks were exellent, so how was I to know that they were going to ship a virtual tin foil set of downpipes to me!! The manifold is fine but as implied, the downpipes are a joke. They're causing "a confliction in the emissions" as quoted by the Blueflame expert as I returned the car there trying to blame the Cat-back system! They're DEFINITELY havent been made under the same roof as the manifold, the material is thin, crappy, tinny.
So people, I need quick advice, do I get a custom stainless piece made to replace the downpipes? Or, do I simply go back to standard manifold and downpipes? I use the word 'simply' loosely as I've had no luck at any scrapyards at all, and buying brand new just aint an option for those who realise just how expensive that'd be!
Help please, especially if anyone is breaking a UK 2.2 4th Gen.........
Amazingly, no aftermarket suppliers could help because their exhaust didn't quite fit right, so it was to the main dealer for a wallet-raping. However, this was not to be as they said this was no longer available off the shelf and it had to be manufactured, so they gave me a 8-10 week wait, HA, yeah(!) when my MOT was in 3weeks!!
So, I made the desperate move to Blueflame Exhausts in Lancs where the sold me a Cat-back stainless. This wasnt as nice as the raspey standard noise you would normally get, it produced the boy-racer rumble a bit, but it wasnt blowing at least.
I then complicated matters by being an idiot and buying a stainless steel manifold and downpipes "set" off ebay. Hey, the feedbacks were exellent, so how was I to know that they were going to ship a virtual tin foil set of downpipes to me!! The manifold is fine but as implied, the downpipes are a joke. They're causing "a confliction in the emissions" as quoted by the Blueflame expert as I returned the car there trying to blame the Cat-back system! They're DEFINITELY havent been made under the same roof as the manifold, the material is thin, crappy, tinny.
So people, I need quick advice, do I get a custom stainless piece made to replace the downpipes? Or, do I simply go back to standard manifold and downpipes? I use the word 'simply' loosely as I've had no luck at any scrapyards at all, and buying brand new just aint an option for those who realise just how expensive that'd be!
Help please, especially if anyone is breaking a UK 2.2 4th Gen.........