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SMD Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 299 London Gender: Drives: Nothing. Waiting for someone to sell me their 3.2 Elite	Are new exhausts always loud? 25. Mar 2011 at 23:47 My new exhaust is too loud and is its getting really annoying now. Even my boy racer friend from Southend commented that 'its a bit loud innit'. Will it quieten down in time?
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #1 - 25. Mar 2011 at 23:58 SMD wrote on 25. Mar 2011 at 23:47: .............. Will it quieten down in time? I WOULDN'T THINK SO .................
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SMD Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 299 London Gender: Drives: Nothing. Waiting for someone to sell me their 3.2 Elite	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #2 - 26. Mar 2011 at 00:03
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geoffr70 Omega Knight Offline Join the 3 litre club! Then the 10.5 l club woo! Posts: 1881 Sunderland Gender: Drives: 2000 f/l 3.0 Elite Saloon auto, 2000 f/l 3.0 MV6 Saloon manual, Dennis RS133 (occasionally!)	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #3 - 26. Mar 2011 at 00:05 Does anyone know the best place to get new exhausts for migs, that are very quiet? Customs s/s or eternal? Thanks
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #4 - 26. Mar 2011 at 00:07 SMD wrote on 26. Mar 2011 at 00:03: Although not ridiculously loud, my Jetex system has been on for the last 5 or 6 yrs & hasn't quietened down any ........ but s/s exhausts are generally a bit louder than a comparable mild steel system.
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SMD Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 299 London Gender: Drives: Nothing. Waiting for someone to sell me their 3.2 Elite	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #5 - 26. Mar 2011 at 00:08 I was driving with the windows down yesterday and the noise was unbearable and mind numbing. Mine is mild steel BTW, off the shelf jobbie
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Re: Are new exhausts always loud?
Reply #6 - 26. Mar 2011 at 06:31

SMD wrote on 26. Mar 2011 at 00:08:

I was driving with the windows down yesterday and the noise was unbearable and mind numbing. Sad

Mine is mild steel BTW, off the shelf jobbie

If it's for road use and British standard stamped(?) or whatever the road designation is these days then it's not road legal or fit for purpose. Take it back, should still be under warranty anyway.

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Re: Are new exhausts always loud?
Reply #7 - 26. Mar 2011 at 07:57

geoffr70 wrote on 26. Mar 2011 at 00:05:

Does anyone know the best place to get new exhausts for migs, that are very quiet? Customs s/s or eternal? Thanks

Long Life will make you a system and you tell 'em what sort of noise you want and they build it that way.

Mine is (along with the majority - so they'll have me believe) 'Mild Sport'. Not especially noisy but sounds good when you need it to!

Matthew

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bigegg Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 449 Leeds Gender: Drives: '98 mv6 estate manual, 2.5di Transit Rustbucket	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #8 - 26. Mar 2011 at 09:17 what sort of money we talking for a full system in s/s ?
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #9 - 26. Mar 2011 at 10:51 been some recent discussions here : http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1299272792 I was quoted £440 +vat for an estate system
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Re: Are new exhausts always loud?
Reply #10 - 26. Mar 2011 at 11:56

Assume you mean "booming" noise. Seems a lot of the aftermarkets do that. One of the reasons is that the tail pipes don't extend out far enough from beyond the body and the gases exit and linger under the rear bumper.

Buy some chrome pipe extensions, cheap from Wilco and it helps quite a bit.

In fairness, each of my tail pipes has got two, one over the other and its now just got a very gentle "big V6" burble.

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Boracic Junior Member Offline Posts: 115 Dartford Kent Gender: Drives: Omega 2.6 CDX	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #11 - 26. Mar 2011 at 14:35 My eternal one is pretty close to the VX one I took off in terms of noise and cheap
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dbug Omega Lord Offline Dont knock Linux! Posts: 7822 Northants Gender: Drives: 98 V6 Elite auto	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #12 - 26. Mar 2011 at 17:21 Just put an eternal one on the Estate - pretty quiet
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #13 - 26. Mar 2011 at 20:16 Eternal on the MV6, a little bit louder than the genuine (old style) GM on the Elite, but still better than most patterns...
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MV6Matt Senior Member Offline On 19's with 3 litre cams and Irmscher kit Posts: 812 London Gender: Drives: '98 2.5 V6 CDX Estate (in MV6 guise with lots of Irmscher)	Re: Are new exhausts always loud? Reply #14 - 26. Mar 2011 at 23:18 bigegg wrote on 26. Mar 2011 at 09:17: what sort of money we talking for a full system in s/s ? Mine cost me £900+ in March 2007. Dunno what'd be now.............
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