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Need a new exhaust

Post by hembramacho » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:01 pm

Had my bongo over an inspection pit today and it looks as if I need a new exhaust! :shock: Got holes in the mid section and back box and it's blowing a bit (didn't even realise! :oops: )
So, having done a few searches on the forum, seems that the stainless steel option is the way to go. 8) Got a couple of leads - Tony Banks in Leeds and a few in the midlands - MIJ performance and a couple on ebay.
I could organise someone to fit one as these people deliver, but it seems they do prefer you to go to them for fitting (which isn't a problem) as there are 'options' regarding tail pipes, etc. and what kind of 'sound' you require your exhaust to make!!

So, any recommendations?? Feel free to PM if you prefer! :wink:

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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by dandemann8 » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:06 pm

I have a stainless twin pipe backbox for sale, about 15 months old :wink:
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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by scanner » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:15 pm

Does it replace the whole standard back box from the join over the back axle?
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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by mister munkey » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:16 pm

I've got a Howler of a S/S fat-bore back box you can have for nowt if you really wanna p*ss off the neighbours . . .

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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by scanner » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:18 pm

mister munkey wrote:I've got a Howler of a S/S fat-bore back box you can have for nowt if you really wanna p*ss off the neighbours . . .

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As long as it replaces the whole back section I don't care who it p155es off. :wink:
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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by jaylee » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:10 am

scanner wrote:
mister munkey wrote:I've got a Howler of a S/S fat-bore back box you can have for nowt if you really wanna p*ss off the neighbours . . .

:)
As long as it replaces the whole back section I don't care who it p155es off. :wink:
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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by Muzorewa » Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:12 am

Ours was from MIJ in Walsall. Bought on eBay from their eBay store, from memory it was about £230.00 + VAT delivered, and when I rang about fitting it was £230.00 + VAT fitted, and they did it that very day.

Bonus is you can stop for lunch at ChipMasters (WS2 8RQ) as you'll pass their place on the left from J10 M6 for chips tossed in flour before frying, giving a delightfully unhealthy battered feel :shock:

Ours doesn't seem to have much in the way of baffling in it, which doesn't bother me in the slightest. They will do the silencer to whatever 'quietness' you want though, quiet, mid-sport or full-sport as their website advises. When I got there, there were mostly BMW M3 and Nissan Skylines on the ramps, it's that kind of place :wink:
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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by daveblueozzie » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:07 am

I had a mild steel back box fitted not long ago from wheelquick £65 :shock:
The old one lasted nearly 16 years so i should get a few years out of this one.
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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by borntobag » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:38 am

I had the same problem and when i weighed up the cost of a new mild steel zorst compared with stainless system there was only one winner.
I ordered one from MIJ through Ebay, spoke to them first, ordered it on a Wednesday it was delivered that Friday. Its was £249, easy to fit, infact the hardest bit was taking the old one off. Coupled with EGR blanking plates and a K&N air filter (also ebay, E9280 @£32) its made a big difference in smoothness and improved the Mpg a bit as well
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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by Muzorewa » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:44 am

I'd definitely recommend MIJ and to get it fitted by them, they've done plenty of Bongos so if you've got the winter-pack valve thingymibob they know the drill for blanking off the airpipe etc :wink:
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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by scanner » Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:40 am

jaylee wrote:
scanner wrote:
mister munkey wrote:I've got a Howler of a S/S fat-bore back box you can have for nowt if you really wanna p*ss off the neighbours . . .

:)
As long as it replaces the whole back section I don't care who it p155es off. :wink:
:lol: :lol: =D> =D> Gotta laugh...! :P

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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by hembramacho » Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:48 am

Thanks for the replies guys.
Have booked into MIJ for tomorrow.

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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by Muzorewa » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:01 am

What noise level are you going for? :D
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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by Dr.Jekyll » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:08 am

If you do put a stainless steel exhaust on - its needs to be reported to you insurance company. Why? Well its "not standard equipment" so if you are with the likes of Direct Line, RAC or one of the other more "mainstream" insurance brokers you will need to do this, otherwise, yes you will not be covered!

Don't believe me? Have a search in the insurance section and you will see that I am not the only one with this problem. In my case Direct Line went from £420 is to over £600 because of the SS exhaust. Now with 2gether (for my sins of SS exhaust system) for the same price as Direct Line were with much lower level and more restrictive insurance.

I just so wish I had just gone for the mild steel option.

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Re: Need a new exhaust

Post by hembramacho » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:10 am

Muzorewa wrote:What noise level are you going for? :D
Any suggestions? Do they have sound clips to play you to help you choose? :lol:

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