(Now I've got the missus seal of approval!) Here's some photo's of my custom stainless steel exhaust being made specifically for the car and fitted last week. Pictures of the 11 year old original to start with:
Ignore the box at the very top right of the picture.
What remains of the old flexi hose, it was like paper!
It was blowing from the junction of this Y section.
Looking up past the new front flexi towards the cat (still standard . . . for now)
Looking towards the back, notice no middle box
A closer view of the new Y section
I've tried to keep the tail as standard as possible
A close up of the new n/s pipe. The silencers are half the size and weight of the originals.
And yes, it sounds amazing! A low burble at idle developing into a full roar when your right foot gets heavy, and it's tuneful too.
I had it done at
www.pipetech1.co.uk just outside Scarborough. Len is a top bloke who will do anything to help and ensure you're happy with the result. He does all his own pipe bending, welding and silencer construction on site and will design and build the system to match the car. He's reasonably priced too. My system was comparable to a similar Powerflow one and the same as a Magnex (excl. fitting) one but of course it included free fitting and the knowledge that I have a bespoke system.
He will happily make any exhaust for any vehicle, but while I was there he had a constant stream of happy VW, Skoda and Nissan owners popping in a for a chat and a cup of tea and just to watch him work. He'd recently done a full exhaust on an S4 and so is pretty familiar with B6's.