I have a small problem that is escalating into a larger problem.

Basically I'm building a car on behalf of a mate and about a year ago he brought a load of parts of a mate of mine (who I have now fallen out with) I got everything I needed except for the exhuast system as that was still in use on his car for a a bit until he finished breaking the car up.

Anyway I have been asking for 6 months now for this exhaust and had no result, the bad mouthing and abuse has gone on so much I really can't be arsed to sort it out myself as I've had enough and really its not my exhaust, problem is my mate who I'm building the car for lives 250miles away so he cant exactly pop up to sort it out.

I have basicaly now been told to get fucked, I wont be getting the exhaust end of,

If this was you what would you do ?

I can't break into the garage where it is kept as I'll have the police round here within minutes, he's not exaclty a small bloke so I'd only approach him with a bat and once again I'll get a visit of the Police immediately.

Before anyone thinks, fuck me its only a exhaust, it was custom made by Matt Simpson and its worth nearly £450 just for the system.

Some advice would be handy as I need to know how to approach this correctly

Thanks