fitting 182 exhaust on 172

[steb23]

hi im new to cs. im buying a clio 172 wen i sell my astra sri and my friend has a 182 exhaust for sale i was wounding how much work is involved and weather any body on cs has done this?
any help would be great thanks

 

[DrR]

Don't bother, you'd have to remove the spare wheel well to do it, and IMO it looks better with out it, but if you have to have a 182 style look on k-tec.

 

[kully]

^^^^^^^^ as said it wont fit directly on .

 

[Da]

People have done it yeah, but it will never look exactly the same if you use the k-tec one.

 

[steb23]

do the k-tec fit straight on?

 

[DrR]

http://k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=1560&pic=3
Don't do it

 

[steb23]

y not?

 

[kully]

its more of a personal choice than problems with the product imo

 

[steb23]

ok thanks for the help. jst 1 more thing is ther eany thing i should look for wen buying a 172 any common problems ect.:S

 

[kully]

warranty if available would be good , dependant on age ......service history , cambelt change etc .

 

[LegoHead]

ok thanks for the help. jst 1 more thing is ther eany thing i should look for wen buying a 172 any common problems ect.:S

only buy one that wasnt made in france.

 

[davebem]

ok thanks for the help. jst 1 more thing is ther eany thing i should look for wen buying a 172 any common problems ect.:S

Do a search, basically check everything thats made of rubber, suspension, engine, exhaust mounts, tyres, gaitors. Check the exhaust and for knocking, check the service history, any cars that are 4 years old need to have had a cambelt change and aux belt change.

Theres a 172mk1 guide in the guides section.