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https://oldsite.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl Omega Help >> Omega General Help >> Back box. https://oldsite.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1260487127 Message started by Albs on 10. Dec 2009 at 23:18

Title: Back box.
Post by Albs on 10. Dec 2009 at 23:18

simple question really,Is the back box from a saloon the same as the one from an estate ? (pre facelift) Tia. :-/

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by Boracic on 10. Dec 2009 at 23:38

Don't think so

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by chrisgixer on 10. Dec 2009 at 23:47

a cautious no. Well fairly sure tbh. When ordering my rip off vx cat back system, they gave me a mid section from an estate by mistake. Cant see how estate box would fit a saloon by the angle the pipes enter the box.

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by dbug on 11. Dec 2009 at 00:07

No - different :y

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by Albs on 11. Dec 2009 at 00:25

Thanks for the info fellas. :y :(

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by chrisgixer on 11. Dec 2009 at 00:58

differant part numbers on eternal car web site.
P 17294 Estate.
P 17328 saloon.
Looking at 3.0 v6 ? Which is the same as 2.5 ????

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by Boracic on 11. Dec 2009 at 11:51

I thought the mounts were in a different place? Why do they offer a choice for saloon and estate if they are the same?

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by djac on 11. Dec 2009 at 12:02

Tails pipes are longer on the estate version...

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by Boracic on 11. Dec 2009 at 12:10

Well they do look longer, also the mounts look different
http://store.eternalcar.com/exhaust-rear-silencer-vauxhall-p-120978.html

http://store.eternalcar.com/exhaust-rear-silencer-vauxhall-p-120952.html

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by davethediver on 11. Dec 2009 at 12:38

chrisgixer wrote on 11. Dec 2009 at 00:58:

differant part numbers on eternal car web site.
P 17294 Estate.
P 17328 saloon.
Looking at 3.0 v6 ? Which is the same as 2.5 ????

Think so chris think i remeber joshwatt putting the 3.0 twin pipe backbox on his 2.2 that he sold. Looked the dogs danglies, of course i could be completly wrong wouldn't be the first time ;D ;D

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by joshwyatt on 11. Dec 2009 at 18:21

You're right Dave, the 3.2 backbox will fit the 2.2 and 2.6...as you correctly remember I fitted a 3.2 backbox to my 2.2.
However, the estate and saloon backboxes are different. So you can't put an estate backbox on a saloon or the vice versa.

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by Marks DTM Calib on 11. Dec 2009 at 18:55

Back boxes are different, centre sections are the same

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by chrisgixer on 12. Dec 2009 at 01:22

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 11. Dec 2009 at 18:55:

centre sections are the same

Er...... Oh bugger it.

No their not. Differant.

There, said it. Have disagreed with the master.

Unless my dealer gave me one from a saloon and one from an Estate from another car? They gave me an Estate centre section by mistake so have seen, what a beleive to be both, side by side. The pipes enter the rear box at a very differant angle.
Provided the parts dept told me correctly of course.
Part no was Estate of some sort anyway.