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 Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 6:35 pm |
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Joined: Nov 14, 2013
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Hi guys, so I've decided I'm going to play the cheap game and buy a simple exhaust trim for my standard exhaust. I don't have the money for a new exhaust and the standard one is relatively deep and sounds pretty decent in my opinion anyway! So a cheap, simple solution to make it look sportier is an exhaust trim! Here's the thing though - my exhaust sits away from the gap in the bumper...
As you can see it's over to one side and this means that the trim probably wouldn't be able to come out of the gap and wouldn't fit on... Hopefully this makes sense!
It's actually eroded some of the bumper! Anyway, I think that the key is this little rubber connector here. Can I get a smaller one? Is it easy to move? Or am I missing the point and can I move it some other way?
As usual your help would be massively appreciated - novices like myself must be a complete pain lol!
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 6:54 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Essex
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Try removing the rubber & move it over to the left to use the centre part of it.
&/or bend the hanger from the back box in towards the box itself.
This should realign the exhaust pipe with the bumper cut out.
Then add your trim piece
Mine looks like this-
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 7:06 pm |
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That might work - I'll give it a go! Yeah was looking at different trims... Can't decide! A dual one would be cool as hell though!
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 4:39 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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Your exhaust has been put on cockeyed.
Mine was like this from the last owner. You need to loosen the clamps both ends of the centre pipe and line everything up, and then re-tighten.
The problem is that if they are old clamps, they are a sod too move and you will probably find you need to replace them and re-seal the joint with some exhaust paste.
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As E5 said, bend the hanger bracket. This is pretty tough metal, but will move if you use quite a bit of force. Just be careful you don't rip the weld away from the silencer itself, otherwise you'll be replacing the backbox.
A badly aligned exhaust can result in either a knocking or premature failure, which in the case of my 206 seemed to be the weld just under the CAT, in a way that makes sense as if the exhaust is not aligned correctly it's trying to twist further along the pipe so that it line itself up before a fixed part, in my case the manifold. First bit that goes is the bracket to the gearbox, presuming the fitter has put the bolt back in, and then the weld to the CAT.
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:25 am |
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Joined: Aug 22, 2013
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Location: Morecambe
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Buy a new exhaust rubber, they are only a couple of quid each and it looks like it might snap anyway.
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