Mase
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Had a day off work today so thought it was about time to fit my new exhaust and also give it a quick clean...
Its a cat back Blueflame. The quality is very good and was easy to fit (after a bit of bodging on the front end....... long story !!!) and sounds pretty nice...
Thanks to robin for the backbox and a big thanks to Rimstyle who helped me out immensely when I measured things wrong, so got sent the wrong one and couldn't get hold of blueflame etc etc.....
Mase
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RS6
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NICE
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deano87
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Sexual - nice car too. Any more plans?
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Mase
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get a proper badgeless grille for the front, new front bumper that isn't scratched from the previous owner and a general tidy up really...
Mase
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deano87
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quote: Originally posted by Mase
get a proper badgeless grille for the front, new front bumper that isn't scratched from the previous owner and a general tidy up really...
Cool was going to say, looks just fine as it is - I also like the rub strips on the side.
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Mase
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I did consider removing them, but some of the lacquer is coming off around one of em, so there staying as i'm not paying out for a full respray
Mase
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Robin
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Don't like it
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Mase
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its still got half your bumper on it !!!
Mase
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Robin
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I thought I got all that off
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Mase
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only jokin... ya got most of it off !!! it rattles on my spare wheel well a bit though, so i'll have to twist it round a bit tomorrow...but apart from that it sounds ace, especially when its idling !!
Mase
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STEvieXE
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its nice, is it going to smoke ur rear bumper??
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Mase
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i think it probably will..... i might cut a bit out underneath, but i'll probably just leave the exhaust to do its thing !!!
Mase
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Robin
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like this?
only if the car is overfuelling.
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Mase
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i'll just have to keep it clean then !!!
Mase
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VegasPhil
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Mine's wrecked my back bumper, and I don't know how to sort it without getting it banging on the rear beam again/melting bumper
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Cupra Steve
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i like the exhaust, i really love ovals but could it not be mounted better as that probably will melt it!!! Plus won't it fail an mot as it doesn't actually pass the bottom lip of the bumper??
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mav
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I like it but think it's a wee bit to far in, could do with coming out an inch or so so it lines up with bumper or slighlty protrudes it....
Nice though
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Mase
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I think i might have to cut some of the bottom of the back bumper out so it doesn't sit on it quite so much and it does seem to be a little 'tucked in', so I might have a look at pulling it out a bit further, but I can only pull it out so far due to the hangers.
Mase
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Chris F
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mine tastfull jap box dnt touch
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Dave A
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needs to come out about 40-50mm I think. other than that it looks great
what make is it?
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Robin
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Blueflame BFO Dave.
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Mase
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I've found what its rattling on..... its the metal directly behind the bumper. How would i go about solving this ?? I did consider longer rubbers, so that it drops the exhaust down, but i thought it might mean the exhaust moves around more. my other idea was to bend the metal out of the way a bit to give some more clearance. Anyone else had this problem with the blueflame exhaust before ??
[Edited on 09-12-2006 by Mase]
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Robin
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I think broster had that problem, and addressed it with a hammer.
Mine never did that, but it did come off a rubber one day and dented the spare wheel well
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Mase
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yeah it came off a hanger today.... no idea how, cos the hangers themselves are all the way through the rubber. I think i will also address said problem with a hammer tomorrow...... any particular type or brand of hammer you could recommend ??
[Edited on 09-12-2006 by Mase]
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csweatherston
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erm...id recommend fitting the exhaust properly, it shouldnt touch anything..
but i find the snap-on 'dead-blow' hammers are great
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