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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:14 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 464
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Bury St Edmunds/Luton/Bournemouth
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Ok so yesterday I took this picture:
And told you I was going to get it sorted today.
Put it up on the two post lift and straight away we could see that there was an arm missing, then we saw this hole in the exhaust:
So then we looked at where the back box was joined to the exhaust system and this is what we saw:
They have cut the exhaust pipe to fit the back box on! They havent even made a good job as the edges are far from being flush! I was disgusted when I was they had done this.
So we made a new arm to weld onto the exhaust to hold it as a temporary measure (and you can see the hole much more clearly now)
Then welded a small piece of metal over the hole:
I will definitely be taking the pictures I took (many more than shown here) to the powerflow where I had it fitted and get an explanation, then I will be taking the car to get a straight through system which I planned to do anyway although I was going to take it to powerflow 100% won't now!!
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:19 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 4266
Trade Rating: +4
Location: Palestine
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mmmm..what a bad work they did there,it sure not a pro work,there should be a joint to attach each side of the pipes together,so you should do what you said you gonna do,and make them fix this shi**y work.
anyway,Happy New Year Amy
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:21 am |
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Joined: Dec 16, 2010 Posts: 1315
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Location: Ips
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Crikeys!! Yeah defo got onto complaining about that! Shoddy job!
Your fix is great though, you can now tick it off your checklist!!
:)
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WARNING: This User Has Had Bad Trade Feedback In The Past
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:23 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 464
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Location: Bury St Edmunds/Luton/Bournemouth
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Well considering it has only been on the car 2 years I am not happy with it. The fix is just temporary but should hold up for now
And Im still waiting for pics of your new car haha
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:27 am |
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Joined: Dec 16, 2010 Posts: 1315
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Location: Ips
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Yeah I am going to get them on today, bout an hours time! cleaning it at the moment!
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WARNING: This User Has Had Bad Trade Feedback In The Past
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:30 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 5113
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Location: The car in front
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Moved to correct section
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:33 am |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010 Posts: 11520
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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Looks like they let the apprentice have a go at making / fitting that one
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:07 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 1410
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Location: Salisbury
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Straight Through FTW..
I bet it sounded like a tractor with the hole in it
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:08 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 464
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Location: Bury St Edmunds/Luton/Bournemouth
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No actually it didnt sound that bad, the hole is in the back box so didnt make that much difference.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:34 pm |
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Joined: Jan 13, 2011 Posts: 64
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Location: killin,scotland
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unbelievable,excellent fix though!!!
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:37 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 464
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Location: Bury St Edmunds/Luton/Bournemouth
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Thanks
I haven't been into the powerflow that fitted it yet as I am working away from home but heading back to Suffolk this weekend so will definitely be taking the pictures in and asking for an explanation!
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:34 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 5348
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Location: Kings Lynn
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At least your Powerflow lasted that long... the one on my 205 lasted 6 months and the baffels collapsed in the centre silencer and the backbox snapped in half and fell off.
But I think it depends on where you take it tbh, some will be good and some wont.
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spike_202 wrote: |
My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:53 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 10151
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i thought Powerflow exhuast has got lifetime warrantly?
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:59 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 5348
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Location: Kings Lynn
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Seabook wrote: |
i thought Powerflow exhuast has got lifetime warrantly? |
They refused to honour mine, citing "impact damage"
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spike_202 wrote: |
My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:01 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 10151
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that is bad....
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