I've been trying to get a custom exhaust fitted to my girlfriends mk6 fiesta, and have been offered a pukka price on a Powerflow custom cat-back system.

As above, has anybody got/had one, if so, what kind of noise can we expect to get from it and are they any good??

Thanks

 

I had 1 made before mate, there all franchised though so workmanship will vary from place to place, they build it to how u ask for it basically, i had a 5 inch tailpipe on my T5. System was £270 cat back.

 

Very impressed with the one fitted to a mates car. Sounds unreal and has made a noticeable difference.

 

All depends on who made/fitted it. Some places use shitty 410 stainless, others use 309. All depends. I had one years ago, it fell off 3 times, rattled constantly, then after 9 months it had rusted. Bought a magnex, much better.

 

Pretty sure it's 409 (low-grade stainless steel, designed to get a surface-coating of rust to protect against further corrosion - useless if you want the exhaust to keep the "shine" usually attached to stainless-steel) and 304 (better quality stainless steel, with protection against surface and deep corrosion - better for exhausts, if you want it to last a while and keep that nice reflective shine, but also more expensive to use and harder to work with).

Guess which one a Powerflow franchise used on mine (I only found out afterwards, after discussing with them, when ordering, that the car was going to be going to shows/etc. quite often)!

After 9 months on the car...

 

wow , was it parked in a puddle???

 

maybe check the grade before commiting to buy matey

 

Normal everyday use......the garage that fitted it tried to blame it on sea-air, but I didn't live anywhere near the sea at the time, and I'm pretty sure that level of corrosion would have required me to live IN the sea!

 

the bull**** some people will tell to shift the blame. lol

 

i had a powerflow exhaust on my metro it sounded really nice considering it was a rover. mine never corroded like DAN B's did either.

 

Mine after 9 months of sheer hell

 

having seen various jobs like these, i would only consider it if your car was so rare that a magnex/janspeed/mongoose/piper or even a PECO was not available.

hayward and scott?

their work has always been well regarded

 

You have a PM

 

Ended up having the 309 fitted. The missus is well chuffed. Looks and sounds pukka. Comes with a lifetime guarantee too, so all in all