182 Trophy Exhaust Mount Swap - easy job ?

[manicmidlander]

Hi. I've got a 182 Trophy and at its last service I was advised that the rear exhaust mounts will need replacing pretty soon. I was quoted £45 for each one and I thought that sounded a bit expensive. I can get the mounts from Renault for £44.32 delivered. Is it any easy job to swap thm out. Any specialist tools needed ? Sorry if somebody has already asked the same question as I'm new to the forum. Cheers

 

[Gaz_]

Piece off piss mate. x3 13mm bolts on each bracket iirc. Also (off memory) there is an 8mm nut at the end of each hanger, undo these first

 

[manicmidlander]

Thanks, is there enough room to do it without jacking the car up ?

 

[Tucker]

yeahh

 

[manicmidlander]

Will do. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Gaz_]

Might help raising the rear more, but it really is pretty straight forward. The mounts adjust too, so you might need to tweek them slightly to get the tail pipes sitting better

 

[manicmidlander]

Nice one, from the pics that I've seen of them I thought that they were adjustable. Better get them ordered then - cheers.

 

[franx]

^^ when placing the mounts; take in account that the exhaust expands about 5 mm when hot . the mounts should be positioned "neutral" so that the joint(s) is'nt touching metal even when expanding

 

[Cooksport]

Use a bit of WD-40 too just to help

(if its a standard exhaust anyway)

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Nice one, from the pics that I've seen of them I thought that they were adjustable. Better get them ordered then - cheers.

Only £9.99 from here :

http://www.northwestperformance.co....ucts_id=120&osCsid=ue3ji0s6td0r55usa3s246ur95

 

[manicmidlander]

Thanks, have you ever used NorthWestPerformance for any work on your car?They've given me a decent quote for cam and aux belt replacement.

 

[DMS]

NWPerformance tend to get good reviews on here.
Never been myself though.

 

[manicmidlander]

Swapped the mounts last night and it was an easy job. Well, apart from one bolt that felt like it had been welded on. My Trophy now looks much better without a droopy exhaust. Thanks for all the advice.

 

[Lewin]

It wont be long until it goes droopy again. I bought new mounts with my Milltek and within a weak they had already lost their strength.

 

[scottiebhoy]

JMS Hanger upgrade is a good investment, keep it looking like it should!

 

[manicmidlander]

We'll see how it goes. I had the previous ones on for 5 years so fingers crossed. Otherwise I'll be implementing the ingenious socket based fix that's documented in the forum.