Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

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Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by Griffalo » Sun May 18, 2008 10:26 pm

Hi

Has anyone fitted a Stainless Steel Exhaust from mijperformance?

My back box fell off a week ago (it is currently held in place with a tin can and lots of exhaust putty!!) and I have seen one on ebay from mij but I was wondering how difficult it is to fit.

I live in Poole so a factory fit is not that convenient. I have also looked into longlife - they have a workshop closer but still over 2 hours away and want to see the bongo first to give me a quote.

Thanks in advance.

Darryl
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by brorabongo » Sun May 18, 2008 10:44 pm

I got a local garage to fit mine. AFAIK there was no problems at all, although they did not come with gaskets. It came with the standard tail pipe, which I have pimped a little

heres a picture of them:-

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Been more than happy so far with the exhaust, and the service given by the company was brill.
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by heatherpetch » Sun May 18, 2008 11:30 pm

Hi we had ours fitted at long-life in Leeds full system with a chunky tailpipe 275.00 all stainless steel lovely job,and they did not want to see it first. :wink:
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by Griffalo » Mon May 19, 2008 12:08 am

brorabongo - out of interest how much did they charge to fit and was that including extra parts / gaskets / etc?

heatherpetch - I assume that was a longlife garage - I would have thought that if the one in Bridgwater could speak to the fitters you went to they would not need two visits - do you have their number?

cheers

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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by Dolly1 » Mon May 19, 2008 8:51 am

Hi Grif:
i have a S/S exhaust system fitted @MIJPERFORMANCE.COM. Excellent product,cost was £284-99 cat back system for a V6,with a lifetimes guarantee.Go to their website and ask.All my questions were answered by them.Made an appoinment,went up,had it fitted,total time on the ramp was 3 hours.No prior inspection was needed.they even asked me what exhaust sound i would like=neat.Also had the wifes VW polo done 3 years ago,still solid NO rust.If something does go wrong ie:fall off.it will be repaired free of charge no matter when.Hope this helps
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by brorabongo » Mon May 19, 2008 9:48 am

Griffalo wrote:brorabongo - out of interest how much did they charge to fit and was that including extra parts / gaskets / etc?
£20 :wink: :wink:
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by liggy » Mon May 19, 2008 10:27 am

Hi griffalo,

I live in basingstoke and my back box failed the MOT the garage made me a new back box out of stainless steel and i chose the tailpipe all in it cost me £150 and it has a lifetime guarantee u can find them at http://www.fastfitservicecentre.com[list=][/list]
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by heatherpetch » Mon May 19, 2008 7:38 pm

Griffalo wrote:brorabongo - out of interest how much did they charge to fit and was that including extra parts / gaskets / etc?

heatherpetch - I assume that was a longlife garage - I would have thought that if the one in Bridgwater could speak to the fitters you went to they would not need two visits - do you have their number?

cheers

Darryl

Hi Griff the number is 01132 798944 yes it is longlife and life time gurantee.
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by Griffalo » Mon May 19, 2008 8:49 pm

£20 :wink: :wink:
That sounds cheap - not worth the hassel of doing it myself at that price. Did that include gaskets, etc and how long did they take? Now I just have to find one down here that will match that!

By the way are you happy with the exhaust system sent by mij?

Darryl
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by Griffalo » Mon May 19, 2008 8:55 pm

Thanks for the link liggy but I have noticed that the flexi hose bit is also looking a bit tired so may as well go for the full replacement option.

Darryl
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by Griffalo » Mon May 19, 2008 9:00 pm

Hi Griff the number is 01132 798944 yes it is longlife and life time gurantee.
Thanks heatherpetch, I will contact the fitters in Bridgewater to see if they can give me a quote without a visit and perhaps pass on that number to them.

Do you like your new exhaust? worth the money?

Cheers

Darryl
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by brorabongo » Mon May 19, 2008 9:08 pm

Griffalo wrote:
£20 :wink: :wink:
That sounds cheap - not worth the hassel of doing it myself at that price. Did that include gaskets, etc and how long did they take? Now I just have to find one down here that will match that!

By the way are you happy with the exhaust system sent by mij?

Darryl

Was not a big job, or specialist job at that, and gaskets were included. I just left my bongo at the garage in the morning and sometime in the afternoon it was dropped off. The mechanic would off worked on other cars during that time aswell. I am delighted with it so far, although there are rust spots discolouring, but whos looking underneath?
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by heatherpetch » Mon May 19, 2008 10:19 pm

Griffalo wrote:
Hi Griff the number is 01132 798944 yes it is longlife and life time gurantee.
Thanks heatherpetch, I will contact the fitters in Bridgewater to see if they can give me a quote without a visit and perhaps pass on that number to them.

Do you like your new exhaust? worth the money?

Cheers

Darryl
yes we are very pleased with it they even lent us a car while it was being done. :wink:
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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by corrour » Tue May 20, 2008 2:40 pm

Hi

Got Mine Made At MIJ PERFORMANCE.COM A Year Ago Made To Measure While I Waited Brilliant Job By A Great Bunch Of Guys. If The Are Now Selling One Made Ring Them It Should Fit Perfectly The Hardest Bit Will Be Getting Yours Off From That First Flange. Or Just Go And Have A Day Out As They Make It Cat Back And Do Away With That Horrible First Box It Makes It A Lot Better System. They Used To Offer Your Fuel Costs But I Dont Know If They Still Can Afford To Pay For Gordon Browns Villa So Ring & Check

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Re: Fitting a stainless steel exhaust

Post by Nibs » Thu May 22, 2008 7:48 am

:lol: 8) 8) 8) :) :) Hi everyone, yesterday went down to Leeds after booking in with Longlife Exhausts left Bongo with them for a couple of hours, they gave me a courtesy car so called in to see family in Adel. I cannot reccomend them enough, the staff take the time to explain, are very professional, and as a result have a great sounding Exhaust. I went for twin tail pipes/mild sport which is a bit louder than normal but hey that no bad thing. Cost £324 in total but never have to worry about it again. Mind you as the one fitted had been on for over 4 years I do think the standard exhaust's last well.
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