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thebigfelly

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thebigfelly

thebigfelly

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should be gettin a back box in the next couple of days , and wonderin how easy they are to fit , tools needed and all that ,

or a cheap garage that would fit in edinburgh?

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scooby222

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even i can manage it as long as you can get under the car and the new backbox is still a bolt fitting as opposed to slip joints. my old mongoose system sounded great but because it was a slip joint system you had to change the whole exhaust come mot time, no just slipping in a cat :(

lewisscoob

lewisscoob

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Piece of cake:

Chock wheels

Jack up car

Undo old bolts and discard if not reusable

Remove backbox from hangers (3 usually) this'll be easier if you spray a little lube into the rubber hangers on the exhaust side. If they come off with the box just refit them to original locations.

Cleanup centre section flange face with a wire brush.

Hang up new back box on hangers.

Insert a new gasket and fire a bolt through new box flange, gasket and centre section flange to hold it at one end.

Insert other bolt and tighten them both up evenly (don't go too tight on one before starting the other)

kewe

kewe

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  On 03/03/2011 at 17:56, thebigfelly said:

who's easi;ly bribed with a cup of tea :occasion14::beer::rotfl:

LOL I'm needing mines done as well, free beer anyone :occasion14:

lewisscoob

lewisscoob

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I certainly am easily bribed with tea and beer but like Dave I live miiiiiiles from you.

There must be someone local to do it? Even go to a small garage with the bits and give a mechanic a back hander?

kewe

kewe

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There's plenty kwik-fits and budget tyres etc, think they usually will do it for £20-£30 so might try some at the weekend.

thebigfelly

thebigfelly

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its the ninja 2 back box, should be picking it up this evening, and im off all day sunday and monday , so will give it a go tomorow or mon , weather depending , will also see if i can get a before and after vid or pic or something,

wish me luck tho, the only other tinkering ive done on motors is fitting an inducion kit to a corsa, and doing the squeeky seat belt fix on the scoob ,

would using the original gasket be ok rather than buying a new one . or is that just crazy talk

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Alastair

Alastair

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A new gasket is always best, but if the old one comes off in one piece you could reuse with some silicone exaust sealer and it should be fine.... :icon_salut:

lewisscoob

lewisscoob

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As Alistair says, if it comes off in one and is in reasonable condition then it should be fine but for all the cost of a new gasket, I would just get a new one.

kewe

kewe

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  On 05/03/2011 at 06:56, thebigfelly said:

its the ninja 2 back box, should be picking it up this evening, and im off all day sunday and monday , so will give it a go tomorow or mon , weather depending , will also see if i can get a before and after vid or pic or something,

wish me luck tho, the only other tinkering ive done on motors is fitting an inducion kit to a corsa, and doing the squeeky seat belt fix on the scoob ,

would using the original gasket be ok rather than buying a new one . or is that just crazy talk

Good luck mate :icon_salut:

I phoned a few local exhaust places today, only one that responded positively was National Tyres so will try them tomorrow morning. Mines is a Prodrive so should be straight forward for these guys I would have thought.

Vir Cotto

Vir Cotto

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Get new bolts and gasket from your local Subaru dealer, some new exhaust hangers from Halfords, be prepared to cut off the old bolts(angle grinder works well), and have a ground sheet available. Easy DIY job if you don't mind getting down and dirty.

kewe

kewe

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  On 05/03/2011 at 21:13, Vir Cotto said:

Get new bolts and gasket from your local Subaru dealer, some new exhaust hangers from Halfords, be prepared to cut off the old bolts(angle grinder works well), and have a ground sheet available. Easy DIY job if you don't mind getting down and dirty.

This sounds the exact reason why I'd rather get a fast fit place to do it.

They've got all the bits and pieces to hand if required.

Even at £20 or £30 fitted must be worth saving the hassle?

thebigfelly

thebigfelly

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  On 05/03/2011 at 21:13, Vir Cotto said:

Get new bolts and gasket from your local Subaru dealer, some new exhaust hangers from Halfords, be prepared to cut off the old bolts(angle grinder works well), and have a ground sheet available. Easy DIY job if you don't mind getting down and dirty.

dont mind getting down and dirty at all, would love to learn how to do more of my own work on cars than pay a garage to do it, like fitting exhaust/back box , doing the breaks , changing filters ,

only thing ive realy done is put an induction kit on my old corsa and dare i say it fit some blue neons in the engine bay and inside the footwells (i was 20 at the time ) :rotfl:

as for an angle grinder dont have one of them, just have the basic stuff, hammers, screw driver sets , spanners, dont have garage with tools id love to fill it with

kewe

kewe

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Mines fitted today for £20 :)

What a difference over the standard twin pipe, really does burble nice now and

I'm sure it feels like it's picking up better low down :banana:

badbaz

badbaz

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Yeah, looks familiar Paul!

Have the welds held out? The original way the supports were welded was a bit cack!

I really liked that pipe, looks great and sounds brilliant too! Get a deresonated centre section if you can too ;)

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