Backbox/muffler delete

[TomRS]

I paid my buddy at the exhaust place round the corner from my unit £50 to cut my back boxes out and £50 to cut my secondary cats out on my first RS..... that was a good day.

[A20LEE]

Just seen this and had to LOL at the price - £900 for a back-box removal when mine only cost me £300 at MIJ Exhausts -

http://quicksilver-exhausts.myshopify.c ... ns-2008-10

Yup, clamped on tailpipe is so halfords.

[IanH755]

The bends are shocking and the welding looks to be average at best too!

[C6Dia]

After reading through this post i decided to have this done.

A much better sound than stock. Full throttle accelerations sound the business, and very minimal / no drone at crusing speed.
An inexpensive mod and personally I think it sounds better than offerings from milltek.

Best thing about it all is it all looks stock as opted for gutting the mufflers, so all orginal hangers and mounts for exhaust have been used.

Here are some pics

Had the wheels powder coated in Satin black. Quite happy with them, no need to clean them as often and makes the car look more aggressive.
Leaving all the chrome bits as they are, thintk they contrast quite nicely.

Next on the agenda is the brakes!

Bhav

[longman h]

After reading through this post i decided to have this done.

A much better sound than stock. Full throttle accelerations sound the business, and very minimal / no drone at crusing speed.
An inexpensive mod and personally I think it sounds better than offerings from milltek.

Best thing about it all is it all looks stock as opted for gutting the mufflers, so all orginal hangers and mounts for exhaust have been used.

Here are some pics

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IMG-20160713-WA0004.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0005.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0015.jpg

Had the wheels powder coated in Satin black. Quite happy with them, no need to clean them as often and makes the car look more aggressive.
Leaving all the chrome bits as they are, thintk they contrast quite nicely.

20160728_200108.jpg

Next on the agenda is the brakes!

Bhav

Ah good work Bhav.

Am I right in saying that you've removed all the material from inside the back box then??

[C6Dia]

After reading through this post i decided to have this done.

A much better sound than stock. Full throttle accelerations sound the business, and very minimal / no drone at crusing speed.
An inexpensive mod and personally I think it sounds better than offerings from milltek.

Best thing about it all is it all looks stock as opted for gutting the mufflers, so all orginal hangers and mounts for exhaust have been used.

Here are some pics

IMG-20160713-WA0001.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0002.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0004.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0005.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0015.jpg

Had the wheels powder coated in Satin black. Quite happy with them, no need to clean them as often and makes the car look more aggressive.
Leaving all the chrome bits as they are, thintk they contrast quite nicely.

20160728_200108.jpg

Next on the agenda is the brakes!

Bhav

Ah good work Bhav.

Am I right in saying that you've removed all the material from inside the back box then??

Thanks, yes all the insides are now empty.

[longman h]

So the pipes within the back box are still there but everything else has been removed?

[Shinobi675]

I like the black wheels with the original chrome. Lots of people putting on the black look, but sometimes it looks a bit too much. That looks great.

[C6Dia]

So the pipes within the back box are still there but everything else has been removed?

Yes mate the pipes are still in.

Bhav

[C6Dia]

I like the black wheels with the original chrome. Lots of people putting on the black look, but sometimes it looks a bit too much. That looks great.

Thanks very much my thoughts exactly.
I saw an all black one and although it did look mean, wasnt my cuppa tea.

[longman h]

So the pipes within the back box are still there but everything else has been removed?

Yes mate the pipes are still in.

Bhav

Brilliant thanks for the info.

[discostu49]

Looks like a cat found its way up the exhast and got stuck

[discostu49]

After reading through this post i decided to have this done.

A much better sound than stock. Full throttle accelerations sound the business, and very minimal / no drone at crusing speed.
An inexpensive mod and personally I think it sounds better than offerings from milltek.

Best thing about it all is it all looks stock as opted for gutting the mufflers, so all orginal hangers and mounts for exhaust have been used.


Here are some pics

IMG-20160713-WA0001.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0002.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0004.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0005.jpg

IMG-20160713-WA0015.jpg

Had the wheels powder coated in Satin black. Quite happy with them, no need to clean them as often and makes the car look more aggressive.
Leaving all the chrome bits as they are, thintk they contrast quite nicely.

20160728_200108.jpg

Next on the agenda is the brakes!

Bhav

How is it on a cold start? Need to get a video I'm contemplating this now

[TomRS]

Cold start is bad.. it always is, you'll never avoid that.

[IanH755]

Stu - The cold start is very loud, you literally have to shout to be heard from 2m away if you are stood at the back (tested it when I did mine). You can get it mapped "out" but all that does is reduce the time spent on the cold start cycle from 30-45 secs to 5 secs but it'll still be loud for those 5 seconds.

Alternatively you could get the whole SAI system removed. It's just an air pump & 2 combi-valves which'll need blanking and you get less than 1 second of "cold start" noise.