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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #70 on: 04 August 2012, 21:33 »
hi all new on here! just wonna say that i bought the same system last week and fitted and i would say that for the price this system is pritty good compared 2 some systems out there!!

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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #71 on: 05 August 2012, 20:58 »
My mates is now fitted, Although the exhaust clamps included are utter crap!
Will be swapping them for 'U' clamps tomorro.

The 3 bolts that secure the decat pipe to the down pipe wouldnt tighten up easily as they foweld on the welds, even with the washers fitted.

All done now though

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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #72 on: 05 August 2012, 22:01 »
Looks good - just the right size  :cool:

Yeah I think so, nice and discrete  :cool:
My mates is now fitted, Although the exhaust clamps included are utter crap!
Will be swapping them for 'U' clamps tomorro.

The 3 bolts that secure the decat pipe to the down pipe wouldnt tighten up easily as they foweld on the welds, even with the washers fitted.

All done now though

I also found the bolts didn't do up easily but they do go up  :smiley:
And yes I used u bolt bu the one over te axel knocks so I'm going to try get somethin a little smaller and stronger to fix it  :cool:
« Last Edit: 05 August 2012, 22:05 by golfyste »


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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #73 on: 05 August 2012, 22:03 »
We was unable to tighten the clamps included enough to hold the exhaust snug, Snapped 2 of them so U clamps are the only way

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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #74 on: 05 August 2012, 23:30 »
I like the look of these systems, be nice to get a 200 cell cat welded in there and be done with it :cool:


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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #75 on: 05 August 2012, 23:44 »
Dont talk non-sense wazzer!  why would anyone put a cat in lol. :D

What size is it over the axle?

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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #76 on: 06 August 2012, 06:45 »
Dont talk non-sense wazzer!  why would anyone put a cat in lol. :D

What size is it over the axle?


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It's 3" all the way mate  :cool:


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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #77 on: 06 August 2012, 10:44 »
I only say that as it's near on impossible to find a friendly MOT station over here now which is why I chucked a sports cat on mine


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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #78 on: 06 August 2012, 12:17 »
I only say that as it's near on impossible to find a friendly MOT station over here now which is why I chucked a sports cat on mine

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I have a sports cat, decat is cheaper and gives more power, but if you get pulled I think its a £1,000 fine if they check and like you say the hassle of changing it every year
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Re: Just bought......A 3" system! ***fitted***
« Reply #79 on: 06 August 2012, 20:30 »
Looks interesting! A genuine 3'' system for proper cheap!

are the boxes 100% straight through? or are they baffled?

I once bought a '2.5 inch' system, and had to cut it up to modify, and found that whilst the pipes and inlets to the boxes were 2.5, the run through the box was only 2''! Complete joke.

if these are a genuine straight through system I might be tempted to try one!