Mondeo STTDCI
As some know I had a Hayward and Scott exhaust made up and fitted to my car a few months back as part of the group buy.
I was quite happy with it, but after a few weeks it looked a little like it was on the piss and some adjustment was required. There was also quite a lot of movement at the back which other members of the group buy went back to have looked at.
I went back to have the "fix" for the movement put on, which as it turned out consisted of a spot welded "bracket" fashioned from stainless. This bracket is spot welded onto two parts of the silencer. Then they drilled through the exhaust mount, but instead of it being at the bottom lile the OE holes, they put it through the side. They put a rubber cotton mill btween the OE mount and the side of the bracket they had fashioned, put a bolt through and put nuts either side.
Now there is MASSIVE vibration running through the car. I emailed H&S and told them, they said it hadn't happened on the other cars. Fine, I said I wanted to come back and for them to remove the bracket. Ian the general manager advised me to just remove the rubber cotton mill and leave the bracket where it was. I thought - Great. But I cant remove the mill. I took the nuts off either side but the mill is incredibly difficult to undo and get off. So thats jingly jangling about quite nicely making a fuking awful racket.
Further, they removed one of the OE mounting bolts to do the above. I have since ordered the bolt from Renault (only 62p) but it looks like there is also a 2-3mm thick washer between the two mounting plates on the other mounts. This washer is also missing, and it also looks like I cant order that from Renault (am hoping it turns up in the packet with the bolt from Renault or I'll end up having to source a washer the right size etc).
So at the moment by car sounds like a bloody rattling van. I have had two trips to Basildon thus far (and looking like a third) and a trip to Renault to order the part, and another trip to Renault to collect it (and god knows what I'll do about the missing washer).
Not only that, the spot welds on the silencer, are ugly. It looks like it has been botched. I actually found a wiry piece of solder sticking out from the spot weld just now. Great craftsmanship.
Why did I bother spending upward of £400. All this stress, costs and its making me hate my car.
I was quite happy with it, but after a few weeks it looked a little like it was on the piss and some adjustment was required. There was also quite a lot of movement at the back which other members of the group buy went back to have looked at.
I went back to have the "fix" for the movement put on, which as it turned out consisted of a spot welded "bracket" fashioned from stainless. This bracket is spot welded onto two parts of the silencer. Then they drilled through the exhaust mount, but instead of it being at the bottom lile the OE holes, they put it through the side. They put a rubber cotton mill btween the OE mount and the side of the bracket they had fashioned, put a bolt through and put nuts either side.
Now there is MASSIVE vibration running through the car. I emailed H&S and told them, they said it hadn't happened on the other cars. Fine, I said I wanted to come back and for them to remove the bracket. Ian the general manager advised me to just remove the rubber cotton mill and leave the bracket where it was. I thought - Great. But I cant remove the mill. I took the nuts off either side but the mill is incredibly difficult to undo and get off. So thats jingly jangling about quite nicely making a fuking awful racket.
Further, they removed one of the OE mounting bolts to do the above. I have since ordered the bolt from Renault (only 62p) but it looks like there is also a 2-3mm thick washer between the two mounting plates on the other mounts. This washer is also missing, and it also looks like I cant order that from Renault (am hoping it turns up in the packet with the bolt from Renault or I'll end up having to source a washer the right size etc).
So at the moment by car sounds like a bloody rattling van. I have had two trips to Basildon thus far (and looking like a third) and a trip to Renault to order the part, and another trip to Renault to collect it (and god knows what I'll do about the missing washer).
Not only that, the spot welds on the silencer, are ugly. It looks like it has been botched. I actually found a wiry piece of solder sticking out from the spot weld just now. Great craftsmanship.
Why did I bother spending upward of £400. All this stress, costs and its making me hate my car.
like you said they just make you hate the car, much nicer now 
