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Old 03 April 2008, 10:01 AM
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ive recently fitted a decat downpipe and i just wondered if it is possable to heat wrap it while its on the car. i know it will be difficult but can it be done
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Im thinking the same thing,to try and quieten it down a little,be a bit of a task i'd imagine.I was thinking of starting at the turbo and work down,using locking wire or metal ties at seveal points to stop it going loose on the way.

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Im thinking the same thing,to try and quieten it down a little,be a bit of a task i'd imagine.I was thinking of starting at the turbo and work down,using locking wire or metal ties at seveal points to stop it going loose on the way.

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me too mate, since fitting it ive acquired a tinny sort of sound due to it being just a through pipe now,so i thought by wrapping it i may deaden the tinny sound abit. if that makes sense
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I spose the only tricky point would be round the centre mount, as mine has no sensor in the downpipe to worry about. Mine makes a more of deeper drone than tinny noise,and being an RA it's usually reving higher.A bit painfull on the motorway
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i have a much deeper exhaust note now also but at the same time i have the other noise too
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The other noise,is it like a high pitch whine? That'd be the missis moaning about the noise!
Seriously,is it like a high pitch tapping noise,that increases with reves,but most notable when letting off? Mine does this to,i thought it was my boost sol going mad,and was going to fit a dawes device to try and calm it down.Also thought about wastegate chatter,again a dawes should cure this.
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I think it must be faster to take the downpipe off, surely? If you've got it off, it's so much easier (I wrapped a part of mine whilst it was on the car and it was a pain in the ****).

The part I wrapped with the downpipe off the car looks mint, the other part looks shoddy at best
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