Downpipes...anyone used RSJ exhausts?

Sorry - just seen this.

Yes got mine from them - good service :thumbsup:

Thanks Tigger...though it has been pointed out that its mild steel...not stainless....

broon wrote: Thanks Tigger...though it has been pointed out that its mild steel...not stainless....

Yeah - sorry should have mentioned that, but i opted for mild steel option as it's cheaper and out of sight. (my wallet came with its own crowbar) :lol:

The downpipe looks good, all the gaskets are there and as are 6 nuts and bolts for the cat and the middle hanger rubber and the 2 rear rubber mounts.

The cat heat sheilds look a bit battered and the silencer has a couple of dents, both possibly from poor packing and carrage but I don't think they will effect perfomance. The chrome ends seem to be shorter than the O/E pipe and they don't go as far back, I'll have to wait until it is fitted to see if it makes a difference.

Overall the silencer looks ok but there is a bit of splatter from the welds. Interestingly the tail pipes are slightly bigger bore than the O/E but they have been manderal bent rather than drawn so loos a bit of circumference (that bit sounds like I know what I am talking about).

I wish I'd known how much better the O/E band was than the new one or I wouldn't have cut it to remove it. It will do the job but just isn't as nice.

I was a bit disappointed that they didn't supply a clamp bolt for the band or bolts for the O/S silencer mount.

The lambda probe looks correct.

Anyway, back on topic, the downpipe looks good.

I have now fitted this and got an MOT pass - overall there were no problems except the bolts on the O/S were a bit glose so had to be "split" to fit the mounting bracket and now it is on the car the O/S pipe is a little high, again I suspect the same bolts are a little low so when it's dry outside I shall look at adjusting them some more.

Unfortunatly the tips don't look quite as good as O/E.

I haven't noticed any difference in performance but I've only done 20 miles with it in rush hour traffic and previously hadn't really driven the car for 8 months.