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[Viral_Jim]

New cat-back sections are on the list for the desmond (slight blowing and looking underneath, there are half a dozen spots on the way out), had a ring round and my local places want no less than £380 to do the work  .

Now I realise that everyone has to make a living, workshop costs etc etc. But the parts are available online with a 2yr warranty for under £100 so I would have thought it would be a similar cast for trade (at most). Even allowing £150 for the kit, I've yet to see an exhaust change take an hour, even allowing for two, that's still charging the sunny side of £110/hr  . Even my BMW main stealer doesn't have the balls to try and charge that much!

Methinks they either don't want the work or are out for a scalp.

I really didn't want to DIY this as I don't have a lift or a pit, but for over £300, I'd best get my a$$ on the driveway.

[Lazydocker]

Eternal/ETS and DIY is the only way to go

[Viral_Jim]

Eternal/ETS and DIY is the only way to go

Them's the beggers! I've been trying to think who they were for a good hour. I did the front section about 9 months ago as the flexi was knacked. Time to place an order I think

[Elite_L0ver]

New cat-back sections are on the list for the desmond (slight blowing and looking underneath, there are half a dozen spots on the way out), had a ring round and my local places want no less than £380 to do the work  .

Now I realise that everyone has to make a living, workshop costs etc etc. But the parts are available online with a 2yr warranty for under £100 so I would have thought it would be a similar cast for trade (at most). Even allowing £150 for the kit, I've yet to see an exhaust change take an hour, even allowing for two, that's still charging the sunny side of £110/hr  . Even my BMW main stealer doesn't have the balls to try and charge that much!

Methinks they either don't want the work or are out for a scalp.

I really didn't want to DIY this as I don't have a lift or a pit, but for over £300, I'd best get my a$$ on the driveway.

Eternal/ETS and DIY is the only way to go

I done a diy centre/backbox on SWMBO Zaffy took me a little over 2 hours on the driveway and not blowing my own trumpet but i only have use of one hand and half arm long as you have strength and abit of heat (blowtorch for me) it can be done 

[Viral_Jim]

I should be fine, I did the front section less than a yr ago so that joint should come apart just fine. For the rest I may just cut the rubber hangers 

Call me paranoid, but I don't like using heat under a car on the drive. A guy I knew from school died that way in his 20's. Admittedly that was welding, he did a Niki Lauda, to put it  euphemistically.   

[78bex]

Just fit a 2.0 system with one centre box, easier to fit & cheaper

[Viral_Jim]

Interesting!

So the 2.0 system fits onto the 2.2 cat pipe (one with the flexor section on it)?

[78bex]

Yes Tunnie confirmed it worked &  several others have tried it 

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=123557.msg1573246#msg1573246

Just noticed you have an estate, could be different 

[Viral_Jim]

Thanks,

Reading the thread you linked, a user called Glynn confirmed it worked fine on his 2.2 FL estate.

Good enough for me 

[ronnyd]

I was going to fit a 2.0 exhaust on my Desmond, but when i looked into prices a bit further i found that i could get a two centre pipe version for very little extra so went that way.

[78bex]

I was going to fit a 2.0 exhaust on my Desmond, but when i looked into prices a bit further i found that i could get a two centre pipe version for very little extra so went that way.

Yes I took that route too & what a job  I was on my own with just ramps 

Lying in the dirt & heaving around those heavy Polish double skinned boxes 

If you get the angles wrong the pair of pipes refuse to line up correctly for the rear box
My  JR terrior even crawled under & growled at those Polish gremlins 

The air tuned blue as the light faded, never again