De-Cats, a few q's

[lewisniven]

How irritating are they noise wise on long journeys? is it ear spliting?

Is it easy to swap them bk to standard for the MOT/ if not, how much would i expect to pay a garage to do it?

Is pro-speed the best one to go for? (£350ish all in)

thanks in advance chaps.

Lewis.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i assume you don't mean £350 for a decat pipe lol!!!!

 

[clidge]

hi there mate i have heard they are very to swop over around 20 is all you should pay buddy

 

[lewisniven]

i assume you don't mean £350 for a decat pipe lol!!!!

lol, this is the response i got from them:

Hi Lewis

A de-cat pipe for your 172 will be £69.00 all inclusive of design fitting &
VAT

A de-cat back system with 2.5" jap slash tailpipe cut into the bumper will
be £328.00 all incl.

Please can you bring a 182 plastic surround with you...... you can get these
from your renault dealer. If you want me to get it, please give me a couple
of days notice to order it for you these are about £19.00

Please give me a call for an appointment 029 2046 1444

Cheers
Charlie

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i dont know much about exhausts at all, as you can probably tell.

 

[Chris1.4RT]

Is that a decat that cuts off the flanges of your current pipes?

If so it will not be easy to swap back and forwards come MOT time.

I ask because Powerflow quoted me a fairly cheap price but explained they'd have to weld it into the system.

 

[Fred@BTM]

ah ha, so he's chopping the Cat up and just replacing the cat bit, tut tut

 

[Chris1.4RT]

Dunno just that's what Powerflow said they'd have to do as they don't make flanges.

 

[Fred@BTM]

oh dear oh dear

 

[CJ]

Noise isn't ear splitting on long journeys at all, charlie put a resonance box on my de-cat which reduced the noise a bit.

Takes 10 mins to swap about at mot time.

 

[Chris1.4RT]

That's if they have flanges.

I'd check.

 

[CJ]

I'm going on the fact that charlie (prospeed) did mine so unless he's changed his style it'd be the same.

 

[welsh172]

yep, prospeed ones are quick to swap, mines coming on wednesday