Ktec will it quieten down?

[meady100]

Had a stealth fitted today. Not quite sure what I was expecting - the low down burble at idle is pretty cool but take it anywhere over 2k revs and it's sooo boomy. Now I have to drive everywhere residential in 4th or 5th to avoid looking like a t**t! Oh and no perceptible increase in power; not that I was expecting to feel one particularly. Either this thing is going to have to queiten down, I'm going to have to get used to it, or I've just made a rather expensive mistake! :-0

S.

 

[mark.k@GDI]

ive heard quite good things about the sound of them systems but a few comments on restrictiveness is an issue??

 

[Peperami]

Lol, theyre dead quiet!

Ive just taken mine off, shame you coulda had that.

Only tend to be loud when dead warm or caning it, round town will barely notice it mate.

quietest aftermarket exhaust you'll get imo mate!

grow some cajones... lol

 

[172 Dave]

took my KTEC off went back to standard drove me nuts!!! got louder and louder and louder and........

 

[MRBILLYUK]

It'll probably get slightly louder as it carbs up inside .

 

[Peperami]

Mine was far too quiet for me... lol.

Will only get louder tho, especially on hot days.

 

[Matta_88]

Hold on mate is it a 172/182 i take it, as the 1.2 upwards systems are supposed to be pretty loud, you dont no loud untill youve heard a rage backbox :| jebus christ almighty! lol

 

[Peperami]

Ha ha, try a yoz exhaust mate. with an unsilenced decat. on the motorway. lol

 

[Fred@BTM]

Ha ha, try a yoz exhaust mate. with an unsilenced decat. on the motorway. lol

all real men have Yozzasport exhausts, the rest are gays

 

[Neil G]

lol....good marketing Fred

I have to admit I am pretty surprised at how loud the Stealth is.....if that's one of the quieter exhausts out there I dread to think how loud some of the others are.

 

[172 Dave]

stealths weird u get the sound but no tailpipe always gives me the impression its blowin!

 

[Batman]

i had a 5" rage exhaust on my old clio (back in the boy racer days) and it was loud as hell it got so anoyying anyways got a magnex on and its really nice and quite with a nice subtle tone

 

[Middo]

if its just the inside sound your concerned about get sound dedening wont get any quieter i'm afraid

 

[al]

stealths weird u get the sound but no tailpipe always gives me the impression its blowin!

Was just gonna say that lol

 

[meady100]

24 hours and four drives later I'm getting quite used to it - almost sounds normal. Guess it was just the shock of the new!! Incidentally my insurance company wants to whack about £60 quid on top of my 500 quid premium; is this about the going rate for an exhaust mod? (10%) seems a bit steep to me for what amounts to no performance gain and no change to the appearance of the car (stealth) :-/

Steve

 

[Gaz_]

i wouldn't have bothered telling them if its a stealth tbh

 

[Russ.]

no i wouldnt have declared that either...was on the car when you got it mate!

 

[Rik]

I though my car had turned into a group N rally car today but its just a b@stard big hole in the mid section. Will be £270 lighter tomorrow and I've only had it 9 days.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Renault, eh?

 

[Russ.]

^^ just luck of the draw mate. same with any car, you cpuld buy an audi and find in a week the exhausts hangin down or the suspension is on its knees

 

[Peperami]

i wouldn't have bothered telling them if its a stealth tbh

With my stealth i told them it looks same as old exhaust, and doesnt have a tailpipe, but is made of stainless steel by an aftermarket company so it wont rust.

No lies told, all declared, and no increase to premium.

That was with elephant by the way.

 

[Rik]

^^ just luck of the draw mate. same with any car, you cpuld buy an audi and find in a week the exhausts hangin down or the suspension is on its knees

Aye, its just done 30k so as I understand its about this time they go. Never happens on pay day though, eh?

I def wouldn't want it sounding like that all the time so will be def keeping it standard!

 

[Russ.]

yup. always happens 2 weeks before pay day so you feel it for 2 weeks lol

 

[meady100]

With my stealth i told them it looks same as old exhaust, and doesnt have a tailpipe, but is made of stainless steel by an aftermarket company so it wont rust.

No lies told, all declared, and no increase to premium.

That was with elephant by the way.

Thanks Rex,

Sounds like a good idea; I'll give it a shot tomorrow as I haven't actually declared it yet - just got a quote last week on a performance exhaust, so now I can say that I got put off and just went for a 'standard' replacement...

Cheers Mate,

S.

 

[meady100]

Christ they were having none of it. "if it's not a direct replacement (and by it being aluminium, as far as they were concerned it wasn't) it has to go down as a mod". Goddamnit...

S.