valver downpipe??

[gti jim]

the valver is down at my trusty grease monkey today getting a new clutch and downpipe.  he's just been on the blower sayin that the cheapest he can get the downpipe for is £175      must have misread the old gsf catalogue!

does this sound about right for an 89 16v??  i believe it has a flexi piece in the pipe..

[Daz...]

21246B SILENCER-FRONT+DOWN PIPE  G2 16V 2/86 >10/91  125.00

thats the price on GSF's website..have to add VAT on aswell, sooo....unless my calculators bust that makes it £147 (rounded up)

[tobz.]

Yep that is indeed correct, mine is in today having a complete pipe including downpipe, I didn't believe the guy at the garage and got straight on the net to check at gsf and europarts.

[Daz...]

another £80 and you've got yourself a s/s 4-branch 

[tobz.]

Believe me Daz I would have loved to of put on a 4-branch. I would of if it wasn't 'just another £80' on top of the £600 I'm already having to spend of a full exhaust and complete set of brake lines

[Daz...]

OUCH  Thats a sh!tt3r mate, Im dreading the next MOT for mine with these new rules in place..

[tobz.]

Yeah it all seems to bit a bit more strict now they are bringing in one standard across the board. The last MOT I had done at this garage was on my winter runabout. It had a hole the size of the grand canyon in the exhaust but they managed to stuff a load of exhaust paste in it to get it through the emissions test. It seems those days are gone.

[gti jim]

i'm coming to terms with the fact that quality (ie. 16v) is not free!!

ah well, bang goes the mrs's jimmy choo's i promised her this month, i hate shopping with her anyway..

[Daz...]

i'm coming to terms with the fact that quality (ie. 16v) is not free!!

quality don't come cheap!! but the roar when you floor it is worth it 

ah well, bang goes the mrs's jimmy choo's i promised her this month, i hate shopping with her anyway..

^^  lmao 

[gti jim]

it kinda had a nice roar before i spunked the old girls footwear budget on a new downpipe today   

believe it or not the shoes work out about the same price as the pipe, i mean what a waste of money.

some bint was selling a "well used" pair on ebay for 85 squid today.  she must have been a right old porker cos she modded them - the heels were "reinforced...."