Backbox for Mk3

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:11 pm

Hi everyone.
I would really like a nice, LOUD backbox for my Mk3. I don't want anything fancy like a complete custom exhaust system, I just want the backbox, but I need your advice.
Can anyone advise me of places where I can look for one, that is specific to the Mk3, so its simply a case of out with the old and in with the new, with no modifications. It would be handy if you could suggest something nearby. Also, I'm looking to keep below Â£100

can you help?
Thanks.

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:24 pm

Oh yeah, wot about a DIY job, so I can make my original backbox loud?

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:29 pm

I think Dan (Hardhitter) can sort you out there m8. I may be getting a de-catted down pipe from him within the next few weeks

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:23 pm

Theres not much you can get for under Â£100. I think the Ashley Mk 2 backbox might be around Â£90, but that the only one. The rest are over Â£100.
Have a look on ebay theres a Jetex going cheap.

dub envy · Post by **dub envy** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 10:02 pm

I'm gonna be getting a new backbox this summer.

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:14 am

Thanks Dan. I did have a go at looking on eBay, but I wouldn't really know wot I'm looking for, exept for typing "Polo Backbox" which returns hardly any results anyway. Maybe you could help me here, as I'm not well informed on exhaust systems at all

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 4:49 pm

If you dont mind travelling to Bradford i can put you in touch with a guy that will make you a custom back box for Â£150 notes

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:11 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... egory=9889

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:25 am

Cheers. I had that in my Watch list on eBay, but it looked a little tatty to me

not too sure bout it, wot u think?

There is a Powerflow garage about 20mins away from me in Bolton. Worth getting a quote off them?

Thanks for all the help up to now

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:46 pm

Anyone Else?

concept-e · Post by **concept-e** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:59 pm

Powerflow will rape you on price! If you want a decent sound, well the nicest note ive heard is from Longlife exhausts. But once again they are custom stainless steel and mine cost Â£200. You could get a tailpipe trim from Halfords etc, weld it onto an original backbox, couple of coats of heat-proof paint, a polish to give it that pro-look and you have a ("custom"!) backbox!!! Then weld it back onto your orginal system. Not sure how that would sound though!!

Try your nearest scrappy if anything else. Demon Tweeks are worth a try, although they told me all I could get was a Jetex full system. But at Â£195 that wasn't bad.

Steve

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 6:40 am

If you just want loud.... get a claw hammer and use the sharp end to make some holes in the one you've got.

There's loud... and there's LOUD

Plus it'll sound more like a large V6 than a small straight 4.

(why waste money? its all the same effect)