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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: MarkG on 02 March 2010, 08:17:42
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I fitted my Eternal exhaust on Saturday and thought I'd share my experiences.
Ordering was tricky. When I called them on the phone they insisted I order through eBay which would have been OK, except it is not clear which parts I needed. The centre sections were not labelled left and right so they emailed me eBay item numbers for the 3 sections and 3 fitting kits. You then have to 'buy' 6 seperate items but not pay for them otherwise you will pay too much postage. You have to buy first but not complete, requesting a shipping price. All a bit complicated but I got there. £133 and some change delivered.
The system arrived 3 days later. All the right bits were there.
Getting my old OEM exhaust off was a nighmare. I had to dremmel through 3 of the 4 studs on the cats and then drill out new fixing holes.
The new left hand section went on OK and fitted nicely. But the right hand section was tight. It looks like the hanger was too short so I had to pull down hard to make it fit the cat.
When it was all assembled, the tailpipe looked 3 inches too short. Measuring my old end exhaust section I could see it was. So I took a hacksaw and cut off the end section of my old tailpipe, used an angle grinder to cut two slots in it and slipped it on the end of the new tailpipe. Finally I secured it with a U clamp.
Had I known, I would have saved myself £16 and not bothered with a fitting kit for each section. My old rubber hangers would have been fine, the bolts for fitting to the cats come without nuts and washers anyway and you end up with 4 U clamps when you should only need 2. So save yourself some money and buy 2 U clamps and 4 bolts seperately.
Despite these minor irritations, I'm really pleased with it. It is nice and quiet with no booming of the cheaper Kwik-Fit type systems I had once before. So it's a recommendation for Eternal from me.
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If the back box is to short....its the wrong back box and probably for a pre-facelift model.
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If the back box is to short....its the wrong back box and probably for a pre-facelift model.
I believe Eternal only list the pre-facelift models. They certainly did when I bought mine. I just got some exhaust trims to make up the shortfall.
Agreed that, when replacing the whole system, just the fitting kits for the centre sections is probably sufficient. It gives you the clamps and bolts and enough rubber hangers to swap any that are looking weak.
Kevin
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If I did it again, I'd buy the sections from eternal, and then any fitting accessories from the local ATS, as the fitting kits weren't great.
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If I did it again, I'd buy the sections from eternal, and then any fitting accessories from the local ATS, as the fitting kits weren't great.
They didn't even provide enough bolts ;D
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I emailed Eternal to let them know about fitting niggles and their response was to thank me, they'll let the supplier know and they credited £10 back to my paypal account. Can't be any fairer than that can they? So they go up to a 'highly recommended' from me.
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Sorry mate but I can beat that.....
Ordered cat back system from NeuCarParts on Ebay
£144 delivered including fitting kit, exhaust cement etc
fits like a glove, expertly done last night by MarkDTM
during shipping, one tailpipe got chipped, for which they refunded me 50 quid and Mark knocked it back into shape in 20 seconds last night!!!
Lovely and quiet and also well happy with it...!!
:)