Atik
21-03-2014, 07:18 PM
Following on from my flanges thread, thought I'd show some pics of my replacement downpipes.
Firstly, my current downpipes, although fabricated very well, they were simply horrendous as they didnt fit the car properly. Both flexis would bottom out all the time as they were positioned and angled wrong. Not going to say anything negative about the fabricators but I had gone back but my experience was not satisfactory. Cut my losses with that due to some personal politics.
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Anyway, the new ones were made up this morning by Garage DKU who are local to me (just off the M6 at J9). Great guys, very approachable and very much petrolheads! 2.25" down to 3" straight to 3" catback section.
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And this seems to have fixed my knocking suspension issues too! Turns out that with the reduced rigidity of the downpipes and the fact that the rear turbo part of the downpipes didnt have a flexi, the main flexi was hitting the underside of the car whenever the exhaust moved - and mine moved a lot cos the engine moved a lot due to the crappy engine mount. I now see the benefit of have flexis fitted on both sections before they join up!
Anyway, with a combination of new pipes, replaced mount and a stock o2 sensor, my car seems to running well again. I still have the oil leak and the bearing issue and the bodywork, but all in, happy bunny today.
Firstly, my current downpipes, although fabricated very well, they were simply horrendous as they didnt fit the car properly. Both flexis would bottom out all the time as they were positioned and angled wrong. Not going to say anything negative about the fabricators but I had gone back but my experience was not satisfactory. Cut my losses with that due to some personal politics.
67099
67100
67101
67102
67103
67104
Anyway, the new ones were made up this morning by Garage DKU who are local to me (just off the M6 at J9). Great guys, very approachable and very much petrolheads! 2.25" down to 3" straight to 3" catback section.
67107
67106
67105
67108
And this seems to have fixed my knocking suspension issues too! Turns out that with the reduced rigidity of the downpipes and the fact that the rear turbo part of the downpipes didnt have a flexi, the main flexi was hitting the underside of the car whenever the exhaust moved - and mine moved a lot cos the engine moved a lot due to the crappy engine mount. I now see the benefit of have flexis fitted on both sections before they join up!
Anyway, with a combination of new pipes, replaced mount and a stock o2 sensor, my car seems to running well again. I still have the oil leak and the bearing issue and the bodywork, but all in, happy bunny today.