Powerflow exhausts any good?

[Scoot]

These any good?

 

[sideways danny]

no

 

[Scoot]

Care to elaborate?

 

[sideways danny]

boxes are paper thin. the "stainless" tubing rusts, and there's very few franchises that do a good assembly job. Even the ones with good workmanship (there are some) still use the same low quality materials

 

[Scoot]

Right so I should stear clear then basically? I have a mk4 astra gsi turbo btw if that makes any difference. Would you suggest any decent manafacturers that dont cost the earth?

 

[sideways danny]

i'd imagine there's dozens of different off the shelf systems for astras. Probably best to ask on MIGweb really

 

[James23]

I've got one, been on for about 4-5 years, they're ok for what they are (cheap). Doesn't sound really loud, boomy or chavvy. My tubing isnt rusting that i know of but now you've mentioned it im gonna check!

 

[Martin!]

There's one on my 172, was on it when I bought it.

Meant to be "stealth" by design - It isn't

Meant to be stainless - It's rusting

Meant to be made to fit my car - Since lowering the car, it sits on the rear beam

Meant to be welded - It looks like pigeon s**t

Meant to be a replacement - They've removed the big exhaust mount and cable tied it through the chassis to hold it up.

I s**t you not, they are terrible, and mine is coming off and going in the bin as soon as I can!!

 

[Chris_786]

As you may have guessed, steer clear!

I chucked money at one on my 1.2 wish i hadn't about 6 moths after...

now i got a proper system and wouldnt buy anything else!

 

[Matt W]

I had a custom made cat-back made up for mine. The quality of the welding is outstanding and it looks like it grew there

 

[Don]

Removed a mate's Powerflow from his Megane Coupe with the help of someone else last weekend. It looked like it had been put together (sealed) using a sealant rather than exhaust paste.

Took us ages to get it off and was a bodge, it does depend on the franchise as to the workmanship, but if the materials that they have to purchase (as part of the franchise) is s**t, then no matter how good a fabricator you are, it will still be s**t...hence why Charlie in Prospeed went his own way!

 

[st3ve]

I had a custom decat made for my old clio and it looked fantastic, did it's job perfect.

I saw their backboxes and tips lying about whilst I was there, they even tried to flog me one, can honestly say they don't look the best at all.

For little things I would recommend them but for a full system there are better options.

 

[Andyrg@ ClioTurbo]

ive seen the workmanship from the Newcaslt branch its very bad IMO, cant weld and they dont fit, i found a local company cated AAS they are very good and use proper steel not s**t crap that rusts

 

[2 live]

lol..if you go to powerflow.....use the burnley branch.


all the quicker clios use their exhausts......chris/nics cup, mine, several other mk1s, and a few mk gays.......


all depends on the outlet making them tbh....the 1 on my williams has been on there for 7+ years now. no they arent the best quality...but compared to some other companies efforts they give the results and are pretty much hassle free fitment.

 

[MikeLYR27]

Ive had 2. One on old 1.4 16v and now on my R27. Never had a problem with them ever. One near me is spot on!

 

[Girder]

Had one on my old 1.2 16v and had no problems, was great

I'm no welder but it did'nt look the best though.