DavyG Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Going to fit a stainless exhaust to my 90. What's better...no centre box or no back box or straight through? Any advice on make or supplier would be a great help. cheers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=jon= Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 It's very dependant on which engine you have! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 And it also depends on how much noise you like- which can be very a subjective thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyG Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 10 hours ago, =jon= said: It's very dependant on which engine you have! Oops!..... 2.4 Puma. Still has the cat diwnpipe with internal core removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyG Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Quagmire said: And it also depends on how much noise you like- which can be very a subjective thing... Hardly gets any long journeys on the road...noise isn't really an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I fiddled with removing silencers on my mild steel exhaust. Too noisy for me with any removed so when I had the SS exhaust made, they put in two silencers in the standard positions. They said they were high flow silencers, although I'm not sure exactly what that means! Performance is good, sound is good and I never have to change another rusty exhaust again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil110 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) Typically the back box doesn't do much in the way of silencing, it just removes some of the resonant frequencies. I removed mine, on a V8, and the sound didn't get any louder but it had a different note to it. With a straight through exhaust fitted it isn't just how much noise you are subjected to but how much you affect those around you, it might be quite an issue for them. A friend lives in harrogate wherein there are any number of german and italian cars fitted with gobshyte exhausts. The noise gets quite irritating, quite quickly Edited February 14, 2017 by neil110 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyG Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Cheers guys...!!! Was maybe going to go for a small centre box and nothing at the back. Looked at something similar from a UK based "performance" exhaust company..... but I can't see the £450 price tag!!! The off the shelf stuff gets some awful reviews. Hopefully someone on here can give me some good suggestions. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Theres a company detailed in the post below that a few of us have used on here no idea of your location though, so may be miles away from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I've got a "Double S exhaust" and its rubbish, poor quality boxes that are full of glass fibre - it melted and turned to pebbles in my rear box and rattled like hell, also the flange joints are only mild steel and the actual tubing must be such a low grade of stainless you'd never guess it actually was a Stainless exhaust. I'm going to make my own next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil110 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 32 minutes ago, Maverik said: I've got a "Double S exhaust" and its rubbish, poor quality boxes that are full of glass fibre - it melted and turned to pebbles in my rear box and rattled like hell, also the flange joints are only mild steel and the actual tubing must be such a low grade of stainless you'd never guess it actually was a Stainless exhaust. I'm going to make my own next time! Quite agree, Double S exhausts are rubbish, they barely fit, the welds crack and the customer service is laughable. When I told them I was having problems fitting it, they invited me to drive the 320 miles to their workshop so they could fit it. Though they pointed out that there was nothing they could, or would, do about the fact that the tail pipe exited at exactly the same position as the rear mudflap was fitted. I subsequently went to PD Gough near Nottingham and for not a great deal more had a proper stainless exhaust fabricated and fitted to the vehicle on the spot. Guaranteed for ever as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Freak Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I went to Griffin http://www.griffinperformance.co.uk/defender.htm Great system, fitted perfectly, still looks like new several years on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=jon= Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 If you have a decent condition puma standard exhaust, I'd probably chop out the middle box and put a straight through one in. The standard LR exhaust is very heavy duty and the middle silencer is massive. If you don't want to chop up your exhaust, you can get new take off ones on ebay very cheap, you could then take it to a custom exhaust place and try a range of silencers to find one that suits your ears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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