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[Cornish Crow]

hey people, 3 days and im still loving the site.  

well, my heater vent on the ver far right of the dash by the drivers window is rattling like F***,
how the hell do i get it out? or do you boys know of a way to stop it rattling?
   it doesnt help i got a mega big exhaust on ,but the rattle is louder right now.
also the drivers exterior mirror is rattling, i reckon its due to the exhaust aswell,  

also there a little cover on the trim on the drivers seat, it keeps falling off, i ve blue tacked it, glued it and it still falls off, what the F***!

finally, has any one put a staright through on the exhaust, ie taking the baffles off the centre box and rear box so only the cat is restricting flow? does it still go ok?

is that enough questions?  

love from the crow

[TheBoy]

LOL.  I'm of an age now where I try to make my cars quieter

[Paul M]

LOL me too.... and I'm only in my mid 20s  

Spent ages trying to find an original VX exhaust so it's as quiet as possible. Actually I don't mind a bit of noise, my BMW makes a nice roar but that's a V8 so a different kettle of fish, much nicer sounding and being a low-mileage sports car it's OK, I just don't like it on a 4-door saloon that I use for pounding the M-ways.

I can sell you my old exhaust, although I doubt it'll be anywhere near noisy enough for you . I'm sure you could fit straight through pipes without any adverse effect (don't believe the 'dangle berries' about back-pressure, it's gas velocity that counts and removing the baffles won't hurt) but it'll sound like a tank and is guaranteed to get you pulled by the cops

[Bo Bo]

IIRC the vent can be removed by using two "butter knives" or similar either side about half way up...

[Cornish Crow]

okay dokey guys, ill try the butter knive thing on the weekend
at present i got a back box with 4 inch diamiter you see all the way through, but sounds shit, guy at work says he has pipe to replace centre box or we can cut open the centre box, remove the baffles and weld it back up, im more for the pipe, at least thenthe box can go back on at some point.
   i may have solved exhaust noisde any way, its well loud now due to i lowerd car 40mm a month or two ago and cained it over a bump at work earlier, i reckon (without looking) the cat is broke or similar due the noise its making. il put it on the ramp saturday afternoon and see.
   i also gotta do a corsa indicator stalk saturday, ive been given the tool to remove steering wheel but work guy said no need for that if i turn the wheel round, do you guys know?
  love from the crow

[hotel21]

As for the steering wheel and shrouds, if its a 3 point steering wheel ( a T shaped centre) its probable that if you turn the wheel so the open part of the T or the 'missing spoke' bit, if you follow, is at the 9 o'clock then the 3 oclock, theres a pair of screws you can remove and, if the other screws from below are out too, the shrouds are free to be taken off.

As for the 'zorst, I'm happy with a standard.  Saves the Polis giving me a tug more often than I can put up with!

B

[Cornish Crow]

As for the steering wheel and shrouds, if its a 3 point steering wheel ( a T shaped centre) its probable that if you turn the wheel so the open part of the T or the 'missing spoke' bit, if you follow, is at the 9 o'clock then the 3 oclock, theres a pair of screws you can remove and, if the other screws from below are out too, the shrouds are free to be taken off.

As for the 'zorst, I'm happy with a standard.  Saves the Polis giving me a tug more often than I can put up with!

B

thanks for confirming that about the wheel, its my uncles car, dont wanna go telling him i can do the job in ten minutes if it gonna be longer, hes enough of a kn0b as it is lol
i dont see that many police around here to be fair, so aint too worried, if i do get pulled i can change it back at work quick enough for any mot or such like

[TheBoy]

Dunno about Corsa, but despite what book of lies says, wheel does not have to come off on Omegas...