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YOUR RESEARCHThis is What saving £80 on Exhaust silencers looks like .
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the way the exhaust silencers have been fitted doesn't look good but it is functional and is doing the intended job .
This is What saving £80 on Exhaust silencers looks like .
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Looks like they used mole grips to do up some of those nuts.Scary.
This is What saving £80 on Exhaust silencers looks like .
Use normal exhaust clamps
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Whilst the wire routing is highly questionable and the fixings are low grade (I initially used normal exhaust clamps but they rusted through in a few years before being replaced with quality components) what shocks me are the mangled nuts and terrible angle grinding.
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Replace ims
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This is What saving £80 on Exhaust silencers looks like .
Use correct spanner
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Use a correct spanner to tighten nuts and spend an extra 5 seconds aligning the grinder before each initial cut if you are going to 'save money' on cheap components.
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Use a correct spanner to tighten nuts and spend an extra 5 seconds aligning the grinder before each initial cut if you are going to 'save money' on cheap components.
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Whilst the wire routing is highly questionable and the fixings are low grade (I initially used normal exhaust clamps but they rusted through in a few years before being replaced with quality components) what shocks me are the mangled nuts and terrible angle grinding.
This is What saving £80 on Exhaust silencers looks like .
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First off i have to say .. the way the exhaust silencers have been fitted doesn't look good but it is functional and is doing the intended job .
Effectively the customer wanted to save the £80 on what we quoted for the job .. we quoted for the correct fixings , this also shows the difference in pricing between garages .
Pictures show the end result .. to me i kinda feel the extra 80 would have been worth it but either way the silencers are attached .
...wow
... Pictures like this are why I do my own maintenance Iain...truly shocking...a total mess...
...and was the car found at the bottom of the sea? So rusty underneath!
Better now cheers Giles .. extra work due to the cost of living these days is keeping me away from here i'm afraid .. trying to catch up at weekends atm.
I also went and caught Covid .. again .. sigh .. downside of the wife being an NHS nurse .
Ref pictures .. my point is the fixings are doing their job .. but you can see why some garages are cheaper than others when quoting jobs .. we quoted with the correct parts .
I have no problem with people trying to save money though .. that is after all why i come here .
And yes .. there are plenty of sharp edges there and i'm not sure how long plastic hose will last in that area .. it should be steel braided .
Whilst the wire routing is highly questionable and the fixings are low grade (I initially used normal exhaust clamps but they rusted through in a few years before being replaced with quality components) what shocks me are the mangled nuts and terrible angle grinding.
It just shouts COWBOY!
Use a correct spanner to tighten nuts and spend an extra 5 seconds aligning the grinder before each initial cut if you are going to 'save money' on cheap components.
Imagine if they replaced an IMS!!
Hi Iain, sorry to hear you caught Covid again! Hope you're back to firing on all cylinders but as we've said before, there's a lot of it around and your wife and my Dawn, happen to be in situations where it's all around them :nooo:
Regarding the exhaust: Hmm, there are times when it's worth saving a few pounds and times when it's not and clearly this is the latter.
If the car came up for sale and I looked underneath and saw that, I'd seriously wonder what else had been penny pinched.
A truly horrible standard of work on a Porsche :yuk: :yuk:
Stay well my friend!
You pays your money and take your choice - and accept the level of quality you pay for. I'm always a fan of "if it's worth doing, then it's worth doing properly" - but then I can also take that to extremes as Mr DeMort knows too well from looking after my cars
The way it looks under there is just sad. I always thought you don't buy a Porsche to let it deteriorate like that...
But then I can imagine why someone would not want to pour more than absolute minimum cash into this car, as it would require some serious overhaul to make it actually worthwhile.
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