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| DonH2000 Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: North Kent Posts: 551   
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Try the guys at Pipecraft in Basildon. They will build you whatever you want in mild steel or stainless. They did a great job on my old Discovery.
Pipecraft Unit 23 Orion Court Cranes Farm Road Basildon Essex SS14 3DB T: 01268 285 535 Cheers Don. |
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16th Jan 2017 2:07pm |
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| Cake Member Since: 10 Jun 2015 Location: Essex Posts: 277
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Thanks - heard these popup a little bit so may drop by and see what they can do
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18th Jan 2017 12:17pm |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2041 
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What about either Alive Tuning or Griffin Performance ?
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18th Jan 2017 12:35pm |
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| Cake Member Since: 10 Jun 2015 Location: Essex Posts: 277
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I've looked at both but I cant see any pictures for the Griffin one to see what you actually get, though they are well regarded.
The Alive one looks just right but cant really find any reviews on it and price top money too (for me). |
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18th Jan 2017 12:45pm |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2041
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The Griffin exhausts I saw at Peterborough Landy show looked very well made.
Might be some info here you might want to read including the links?: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic13619.html?highlight=griffin |
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18th Jan 2017 1:31pm |
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| josefk Member Since: 09 Jun 2014 Location: lincolnshire Posts: 113 
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My experience may not be typical but I had a "made to measure" SS exhaust on mine and I was (and am) pretty disappointed with the execution of the exit - it isn't properly curved and swept out of the corner (I have a 90) and even at the second attempt the vendor managed to disappoint. This wasn't something I imagined would be a problem and wasn't something I screwed down in my specification/description before having the job done. Afterwards is too late of course.
With the non made to measure - i.e. Griffin (look good in the flesh), Alive, and the one TMD sell (but I've forgotten the brand) you can at least check this kind of thing before committing. FWIW I wish I had gone for a Griffin or TMD one... Per noise and other non-cosmetic considerations - straight through and out after the DPF/CAT on my TDCI hasn't increased noise at all (there is a v.small "tizz" on revs for about one minute after first starting and I presume this is a resonance due to temperature/dimensions of something or other) and has really physically tidied up both back towards and over the rear axle (losing the big muffler was my main motivation) and has made the rear arch more open and moderately easier to jet wash down (it wasn't exactly tricky before... .
Cheers |
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18th Jan 2017 2:50pm |
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| Chopperone Member Since: 13 Nov 2016 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 396
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I am having a Griffin fitted in a couple of weeks time to my 2.4.
Fortunately I live near to Griffin & James is going to have a play around at giving it a slightly more aggressive sound without being intrusive. Watch this space Guy |
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20th Jan 2017 9:46pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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The turbo will dissipate most exhaust noise anyway
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20th Jan 2017 9:56pm |
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| Oakseywick Member Since: 20 Dec 2014 Location: Cirencester Posts: 1000 
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I have a full griffen on my 90 td5 great exhaust well made nice people to deal with
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20th Jan 2017 10:18pm |
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| Wild Card 90 Member Since: 03 Dec 2014 Location: Gerlingen Posts: 1060  
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I had a local specialist build a stainless side exit tailpipe about a year or so back. Then I replaced the middle box with straight through pipe. The exhaust isnīt noisier at the tailpipe, but removing the middle box did result in a little more resonance under the cabin, at speed, but not so much to be a bother.
The tailpipe gets the system up and out of the way. It took a couple of goes to get it positioned right so the it didnīt touch the edge of the aluminium bezel under extreme temperatures (heavy trailer in summer), when the system expands. The pipe moved about 6-8mm rearwards, and needed a stiffer rear mounting to reduce this. Works perfectly, and in my view, it suits the Defender really well. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 1998 Tdi 90 SW, 2008 Td4 90 SW, 2012 2.2 90 SW, 2" raised Trailmaster/Terrafirma Heavy Track Raids, 255 MTīs, Recaro CSīs, anorak, wellingtons |
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21st Jan 2017 7:33am |
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| Froglaise Member Since: 24 Sep 2016 Location: left forum Posts: 212 |
Nice looking piece/mod that, but I thought custom exhausts were illegal in Germany?
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21st Jan 2017 8:00am |
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| Morepower Member Since: 08 Jan 2013 Location: Fife, Scotland Posts: 630 
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I have Bowler Cat back systems on both the 110 and 90... Stunning pieces of kit but not cheap... No real noise increase (maybe slightly)... However, there is a noticeable improvement in low end turbo spool up...
Regards Tim It doesn't matter how bad it is, It can always get worse... 2013 Bowler 110 (Sold) 2016 Bowler 90 Rally Spec (Sold) |
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21st Jan 2017 8:59am |
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| Wild Card 90 Member Since: 03 Dec 2014 Location: Gerlingen Posts: 1060
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Not at all. You need to get the TÜV to look at it, and they are very touchy about the db's . Not an issue here. 1998 Tdi 90 SW, 2008 Td4 90 SW, 2012 2.2 90 SW, 2" raised Trailmaster/Terrafirma Heavy Track Raids, 255 MTīs, Recaro CSīs, anorak, wellingtons |
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21st Jan 2017 9:19am |
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| 5 POT Member Since: 24 Nov 2014 Location: UK Posts: 81 
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Twisted full system for the 2.4 sounds great - I got mine with the extra silencer in the mid pipe, so it has no drone in the cabin at all but makes a 4 cylinder transit engine sound quite nice under load! Full stainless steel and the workmanship is great. It was around Ģ600 but well worth it - you pay for what you get
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21st Jan 2017 11:58am |
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