New Custom CAT back

[Dan850T5]

Hey all,

Here are pics as promised in my other "help" thread from yesterday when i had my cat back s/s fitted.

Big thanks to LTC exhausts in west mids for the cracking job and price, highly recommend http://www.ltctyres.co.uk/

Anyway pics.

Here she is on the ramp before the works start:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/28022009344.jpg

He cut the old system out, leaving a small section of pipe out the cat and clamped the new pipe around:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/28022009349.jpg

This is the join in the pipe further to the rear of the car:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/28022009348.jpg

He made some new brackets to support where the centre box used to be:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/28022009350.jpg

Resulting in this overall:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/28022009347.jpg

The size of the rear box (tiny!):

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/28022009351.jpg

Trial fitting different pipes (this is where my mate came in handy haha):

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/28022009346.jpg

Wanted something that filled the recess:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/28022009345.jpg

And the end result:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/28022009352.jpg

The pipe may be a bit OTT but i think it suits the car.

I will be doing some drive-by vids and stuff soon so will get them up asap, but for £180 i really can't grumble!

Cheers all

Dan

[Alan M]

Did the pipework get bent on site by the company? What size did they say that they can bend pipe up to if they did (if you asked)?

[tandino]

That looks like a bit of a bargain,
How loud is it at motorway speeds?
Think i would have gone for a slightly larger silencer and i liked the oval tailpipe.
Did they say anything about cutting out and reflanging the cat so that you could run a decat pipe?.
Think that is the route i want to go down as i want it to be removable and to be able to refit come MOT time.
Obviously depending on price i might just end up buying a 3" downpipe instead...

[Dan850T5]

Alan, Pipework is all bent on site, took him about 3 and a half hours to do the whole job. As for the size of which they bend too im not sure, give them a call they are a very friendly bunch.

Tandino, it does drone a bit on motorway, but personally that doesn't bother me as im rarely on motorway for long distance, but i imagine it would wear thin.

He did ask if i wanted to de-cat, but i didn't, so as for the options regarding that im not sure pal sorry

[Alan M]

This company is fairly local to me so I will give them a call Monday to find out if they can bend 3" sections that I can weld myself. I'm happy you enjoy the system you bought.

[Dan850T5]

Cheers Alan,

They had a lot of varying sizes of pipe in the rack, some massive stuff so no doubt they would be able too.

[AndysR]

Nice one looks smart , quality of the work looks good too! :)

Looking forward to the video's

[Saaamon]

Looks good.

[Dan850T5]

Right,

got a vid as promised, got some more to upload too but i'll leave you with this one first:

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a358/insane_in_the_brain/?action=view&current=100_5062.flv

I though i'd picked a quiet road but er the factory was noisier than i though haha, enjoy

[AndysR]

Smart I like the popping! :)

[kevin 850t]

Nice sound :)

[Volvostorm]

Might have to pop over there, and get mine done, I'm looking for a better sounding exhaust