Pros and Cons of....

[Hazza]

What are the pros and cons of....

Lowering springs

and

De-Cat

Definately be lowering the car, but wanted to see wat pros and cons were like, and about the de-cat thanks

 

[kully]

decat - will make to go quicker and sound louder .

decat will need to be swapped for mot time as it will fail emissions test .

 

[Rcbuk]

Lower = less bodyroll and depending how low, better handling

Decat, more responsive throttle, more noise.

 

[kully]

lowering springs - will make the car look lower , more sporty in one way .

lowering springs will make it feel alot bouncy as compared on my old car , you will feel alot more road problems as compared to having coilovers i suppose

 

[Hazza]

I know that de-cats will fail MOT, but would garages be willing to fit it?

 

[kully]

yep . nobody says no to work .


some will advise of what they are doing , some wont .....they are not held countable for your intentions or so to speak .

 

[Hazza]

yep . nobody says no to work .


some will advise of what they are doing , some wont .....they are not held countable for your intentions or so to speak .

ICIC... and can police tell that i have a de-cat or is it hard to tell?

 

[briny182]

when i last got pulled over for speeding the police hated me because they couldn't actually prove how fast I was going (passed them going the other way on some back lanes)

they wanted to get me for something, and gave my car a full going over - he knew I didn't have a cat (its pretty obvious when theres a stainless straight bit of pipe instead of the cat) I acted like I had no idea what he meant, and said "well it's just passed its MOT 3 days ago" I just had to show him my MOT certificate and that was that..

Also, depending on who you know, you might not have to remove the decat for an MOT

not sure how much difference it would make on a 1.2 though

 

[Big Bob]

if you get your car low enough the pigs get too lazy to get under and struggle its funny watching a fat copper rolling around on a wet road like a pig in s**t

 

[Hazza]

if you get your car low enough the pigs get too lazy to get under and struggle its funny watching a fat copper rolling around on a wet road like a pig in s**t

Can they hear that it has a de-cat?..

 

[kully]

certain exhaust popping might give it away , otherwise than it being louder than normal , i dont think it as easy to tell .

you could blame the exhaust imo

 

[Beef-Mc]

They can get portable emmission testing kits I believe.

 

[Hazza]

Could just say my exhaust has a hole in it!

 

[Hazza]

Well i'm looking to buy a 2nd hand de-cat.. anything i should look out for?...

 

[Big Bob]

crack, damage, good threads in for the lambada sensor other than that its just a metal pipe not much too go wrong id guess

 

[Hazza]

Whats this about a gasket?... do i have to look out for them?

 

[kully]

best buying a new gasket fitting kit tbh

 

[Big Bob]

there are 2 CS to cat just a thin piece of metal cost about 3p

the other is mani to cat this can be bought from renault for about £10 - £20 depending on dealer and consists of some springs and bolts and stuff

both you may have to purchase to fit, but if your a bit cheap then you could use the old ones.

 

[Turner]

best buying a new gasket fitting kit tbh

Why would one need this fitting kit as i reused everything from before,is mine gonna be ok then?

 

[pinky]

a suspention kit will make it harder on the pothaoles and bumps.
just springs makes it very bouncy, (quite funny)

i heard the 1.2 16v runs erratic with a de-cat, better to sports cat it.

 

[TomTom]

Cons of lowering springs, if they're cheap ones they could give you shoddy handling over standard, and sometimes a hard ride. Pros, looks.

Cons of decat, if you get pulled by a Ford Galaxy with VOSA down the side, your in for a reaming. Pros, slightly better performance, sound.

 

[Kris_M_Cup]

Is it worth getting a decat to fit the standad 182 exhaust..am planning one til' I save some pennies for a full system