Exhaust Sleeving question

[jimmyV8]

I am considering getting the exhaust on my Chim 400 sleeved. I have read about it on here and had a look and listen on youtube and sounds awesome. I would get it done at Offords as i have read they offer this service but i live in Telford and is a fair way to travel so wanted to get it done locally. I popped down to a local custom exhaust place and the chap said he had never heard of the sleeving as i described it, but would totally remove the silencer and fabricate some pipework from stainless steel which i guess would give a similar effect? Am i right in thinking this? They want £200 for this, pricey or sound reasonable??

[im]

What your talking about from your description is a straight-through system where the original perforated pipes are cut out and replaced with "straight-through" (unperforated) pipes.

The surrounding wading is either discarded or not according to taste.

Austec and Dave Batty do this for about £150.

[bigdods]

Sounds not far off the mark. Had mine done at topcats. Its pretty simple. Remove box from car, cut open. Cut out perforated pipes, weld solid pipes in their place. Replace wadding (to stop resonance). Weld box back up and replace. Looks standard but sounds loud !

[GAVC]

Yep, fully agree with bigdods, had mine done by TVR Power 4 years ago for cheap money..... also just had the most recent one in to Offords for the cherry bomb, sounds very similar to just being sleeved, but they charge about £140.

Either way its a straight forward job.

[johnbear]

If you're in Telford just pop it down to Dom at TVR Power. Your not even an hour away.

[gralin69]

Hi there just had mine done at Top Gear Wolverhampton Martin & Kevin 2 great guys both ex TVR only 20 mins down road i live in Telford also, Green Chimeara
www.topgearautomotive.co.uk 01902 780008
regards Graham

[Slacey]

James, you have email. Definitely take it to Top Gear.

[Meatball]

i paid £40 for mine

[jimmyV8]

Cheers for the quick feedback, it sounds like the silencer sleeving was exactly how i explained it to the chap at the exhaust place but he said he wouldnt be able to do that only fabricate me a straight through exhaust which i assume is essentially what welding solid pipes into the silencer box is anyway, just without the standard look? I will definately look into getting it done at Top Gear as so far they have been brilliant.