I treated myself to a new Stainless Steel Longlife axle back exhaust today, told the fitter i didnt want anything loud. We started off by taking off the original one to hear what it sounded like. It wasnt loud by any means, i couldve got away with putting a straight pipe on with a tailpipe only! Decided against it and fitted a small back box, increasing the bore from 38 mm to 50mm (this is the max recommended for a 1.4 engine). I chose a 75mm slash cut tail pipe, which is quite subtle, rolled out one nearly looked too big. In reflection, i couldve gotten away with a 100mm one. So how does it sound? A nice quiet but deep purr/burble at idle and a nice deep but not too loud note under acceleration. Am very pleased with the result

 

Nice work on that fab, looks good/used stock hangers which is nice.

 

Thanks The alignment on the S bend isn't perfect, but it was the first one the bloke had ever done and I don't think the reduction in airflow will hurt too much lol

 

haha no I think it will be fine.

You can't really see any of it from the back and the tip looks nice. As long as the welds don't break I think he did a decent job putting everything together

 

The fitter said the sound would deepen as the box got sooted up. The exhaust comes with a lifetime guarantee, so that's a bit of peace of mind built in

 

Heres a quick video so you hear what its like

 

Sound good. That tip is like the ones on old school muscle cars.

 

Thanks, i went with the slash cut since the profile seemed to match the back the the car, a bit more subtle was the look i was going for