Britpart TD5 exhaust....

lightning · Dec 31, 2016

Front pipe with CAT.....acceptable.
First one leaked from manifold flange.
Second one OK. Holes in flange to centre pipe didn't line up and flange needed the holes elongating.
But with an OE costing £900 it has to be the £250 Britpart.
Centre box.....not great. Cost £35. Fitted fine but resonated at certain RPM. Banging the casing with my knuckles made it ring like a bell.
OE just dull thud with same test. Much quieter in use (OE new "take off" available for about £70)
Rear pipe....£35....garbage. Exit pipe 10mm from crossmember and banged on it if you hit a bump in the road. Replacement the same. Bought an OE for £170 and in comparison it was like a work of pipe bending art with the cleanest welding l have ever seen.

mikescuba · Dec 31, 2016

I Have bought two Britpart exhaust for my 200 tdi. The first one lasted a year. The second one has been on there for three years and needs replacing. I'm thinking of going stainless steel for the next one.

guineafowl21 · Jan 1, 2017

My FL's Britpart back box after 18 months:

raywin · Jan 1, 2017

guineafowl21 said:
My FL's Britpart back box after 18 months:

View attachment 114375

You can see where the "newness" has gone off it.

DaveM-sport · Jan 1, 2017

I've had a Britpart front section and center pipe for over three years and they're fine but it's a decat and center box delete so it's hard to **** them up. My dad's decat pipe cracked at the flexi alright but the third one with a different design is perfect

Brown · Jan 2, 2017

I think the stainless ones are worth getting. I fitted a stainless exhaust around four years ago and it is still as good as new. I think it was a Janspeed brand. The only complaint is that it's not quite the same shape as the original so that the exit comes out slightly further back. I had to elongate the hole in the bracket on the crossmember so as not to put the rubber hanger under too much strain, and cut a little more out of the mudflap so as not to foul it. But aside from that, it has been a fit and forget experience. Rather than being a once every year or two expense.

ER1C · Jan 2, 2017

I think I was on a thread on this a few months back when I considered it...... the conclusion was

1. there are a few types of stainless, so make sure its a quality one if you go that way.
2. You can replace a hell of a lot of back boxes for the cost of a stainless exhaust.

I think with it would have taken 18 years to pay off by which time the stainless is likely to be on the way out anyway, they do still rust.

Its heart-breaking how cheap exhausts last so little time. But the pic above shows a lot of dried mud which really will eat into it, if its not jet washed off.

Flossie · Jan 2, 2017

My britpart mild steel exhaust has been on about 8 maybe 10 yrs and still good.
I had it metal sprayed or zinc sprayed what ever it was called from new.

guineafowl21 · Jan 2, 2017

Britpart - the blue box lottery. I still buy some of their stuff and it's pretty good, but I've had some real howlers over the years too.

Litch · Jan 2, 2017

I specifically bought a BP back-box last time as it was stamped Bosal and it was cheaper to buy the BP item than a Bosal pipe from a motor-factors. Been fitted for 3-years and still in perfect nick.
Ordered a BP tailpipe for my wife's Freelander 1 and a Bosal item arrived. No worries with quality there.

zeaphod · Jan 3, 2017

I recently "fitted" a full BP turbo diesel system - "fitted" as in wrestled with for two days, the rear section was so badly made I had to drop both hangers to stop it hitting the chassis. Cheap though, and you get what you pay for mostly.

lightning · Jan 3, 2017

Yes it was certainly cheaper! The OE was five times the price.
It would have been better than nothing.

zeaphod · Jan 3, 2017

The BP standard one is pretty close to the cost of a SS one, next time...

lightning · Jan 3, 2017

The Britpart was £35 each for the centre and rear sections (110 TD5) and £250 for the front pipe with CAT. The front pipe without CAT was quoted at £60 but it was a Bosal one.

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