I went in asking for the 182 'cat-mod' - fully described to him what I wanted and was told that it wouldn't be a problem. Whilst I was there, I decided that I also wanted my centre silencer removing and replacing with a straight pipe, but leaving it so I could have it put back in if I didn't like it - again 'not a problem'.
I picked it up and all seemed well... until I was given back my old parts. He cut the olive join off the cat and welded a straight pipe on (like I'd asked for), but the pipe coming out of the cat was at an angle (not straight) and the other end of that pipe was now connected to the end of my centre section. He basically cut the full lot off and welded a huge straight pipe there. Odd.
For some reason too, my centre exhaust mount had snapped completely and the pipe was cable tied in place.
I went back the next week and asked him to put my centre silencer back in because it was too loud (costing me more money but I didn't mind as it was my choice). The work was done and it wasn't until I got home that I noticed that the centre section scraped whilst going up my drive - something it had never done before.
A few days went by and I decided to have a look underneath it. I was slightly shocked! Instead of welding straight bits of exhaust, as it should be, he has used sleeve type pieces of metal (lazy) to connect all the parts back together. Further to this, the sleeves didn't actually join how they should do, so my full exhaust system was 'twisted'. This caused the tailpipes to sit against the bumper, vibrating when at idle, two knackered rear mounts and the cable tie on the centre section snapped as well.
See the photos for more detail of the work done.
Should be straight.
'The sleeve'.
Centre section was scraping on slight bumps (my car is not lowered).
'The welding'.
One of the two holes in the welding which obviously caused exhaust blow.
As an exhaust specialist I expected a little more from this place, however I shalln't be using them again and the aim of this thread is to point out the quality of work you may receive should you choose to use their services.
You may ask why I didn't take it back to him for be fixed. The reason for that is that I didn't want my car anywhere near that place after two shoddy jobs - I left it to the proper professionals and made a 400 mile round trip to Prospeed in Cardiff.
I picked it up and all seemed well... until I was given back my old parts. He cut the olive join off the cat and welded a straight pipe on (like I'd asked for), but the pipe coming out of the cat was at an angle (not straight) and the other end of that pipe was now connected to the end of my centre section. He basically cut the full lot off and welded a huge straight pipe there. Odd.
For some reason too, my centre exhaust mount had snapped completely and the pipe was cable tied in place.
I went back the next week and asked him to put my centre silencer back in because it was too loud (costing me more money but I didn't mind as it was my choice). The work was done and it wasn't until I got home that I noticed that the centre section scraped whilst going up my drive - something it had never done before.
A few days went by and I decided to have a look underneath it. I was slightly shocked! Instead of welding straight bits of exhaust, as it should be, he has used sleeve type pieces of metal (lazy) to connect all the parts back together. Further to this, the sleeves didn't actually join how they should do, so my full exhaust system was 'twisted'. This caused the tailpipes to sit against the bumper, vibrating when at idle, two knackered rear mounts and the cable tie on the centre section snapped as well.
See the photos for more detail of the work done.
Should be straight.
'The sleeve'.
Centre section was scraping on slight bumps (my car is not lowered).
'The welding'.
One of the two holes in the welding which obviously caused exhaust blow.
As an exhaust specialist I expected a little more from this place, however I shalln't be using them again and the aim of this thread is to point out the quality of work you may receive should you choose to use their services.
You may ask why I didn't take it back to him for be fixed. The reason for that is that I didn't want my car anywhere near that place after two shoddy jobs - I left it to the proper professionals and made a 400 mile round trip to Prospeed in Cardiff.
