Exhaust back box

[dtr]

Hi,

My exhaust back box has been diagnosed with rust and holes. The dealer quoted £304 for the job.

The car is 06' 1.9TDI Seat Toledo and may be in my possession for 1-2 years max.

Could I expect to get a reasonable quality job done for less elsewhere, and how quickly does it need fixing? I can't say the car feels bad in any way. Do I fit straight replacement or look for straight pass options, etc (same-ish money). Thanks.

edit: here is the pic

Edited by dtr on Sunday 13th July 18:16

[dtr]

andyiley said:

Phone around your local fast fit centres & play them off against each other, you will probably get it done for 60% of that.

Or do it yourself with ebay/ECP parts for half.

Thanks. Will phone them as I am no good at welding, etc.

[dtr]

Snake the Sniper said:

What would you need to weld? As long as you have some spanners for ever Seat use to join the exhaust sections together you're good to go. They only hang on big rubber grommet things.

The rods holding the tailpipe need replacing and welding on too. I doubt I can get away with that myself.

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Mr2Mike said:

That doesn't look like a Toledo back box, they don't sit transversely like that. Are you sure you don't mean Altea?

There should be no welding needed, the new back box will come with the mounting points already welded on, they simply need to be threaded through the rubber hangers.

Altea and Toledo are pretty much identical cars except for tailgate design...

are these mounting points called mid-section bracket or something similar or is that another thing I haven't located?

[dtr]

andyiley said:

Instead of using up your time on an internet forum trying to find out information we may not have to hand, why not just ring round your local exhaust fitting centres & go get it done?

You could have had it fitted by now.

I'm sorry, I could have had it fitted at £304 on saturday, but not today or any other day this week. Is it wrong to find out about my own car and save some cash for new set of tyres?

[dtr]

Mr2Mike said:

They share many similarities, but the exhaust is not one of them.

Thanks for the schemes. The car is certainly a Toledo with big silver letters on the curvy tailgate and dealership papers to match but it is clearly like the bottom pic. Maybe the layout changed at some point during the production cycle, or there are differences between DPF and non-DPF (mine) version? I don't know what else to suggest.