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whiterhino
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:49 pm

:twisted: doe anyone on the zone know how good powerflow exhausts are.Ive been offered a custom made one with letterbox back box forԚ£350 fitted plus i saw an ad on the zone for bilstein sport dampers but cant find the ad anymore could someone please give me the contact number for the supplier.Finally i will post pics of my sport soon shes totally standard thanks.
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:12 pm

Hi there mate,

I am the one selling the bilstiens.

Just pm me if you want them..
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:12 pm

They are very good for the money mate. I have 2 twin exit's on my car and they look and sound fat like me :wink:
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:15 pm

Powerflow all depends on where you get it made. Some outlets are great some are bad news.

For Ԛ£350 you can buy an exhaust which will fit your existing system and probably flow alot better aswell and not be as loud.

For Ԛ£350 you can have Sebring, Mongoose, Scorpion......long list.
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:17 pm

Hi, i had a powerflow on my xr3i was awesome system sounds really deep and loud, kind of a boy racer exhaust really though and does get on your nerves a bit on long journeys.

i kept the system when i sold car as i liked the sound and quality of the exhaust.

also had a powerflow on my 320i some years ago, i found it very loud it definately got the looks when driving round, but again motorway cruising/long journeys were not as nice.

my recommended exhaust for a bimmer is a scorpion i have one on my 325i sounds the business and its ok on long journeys
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:28 pm

Powerflow can match the type of sound you want. I told them i wanted the sound of a purring loud cat, not a jap style rumble and they got it right. Saying that I know the boss of my local brach on a personal basis, so i guess that helped.
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:44 pm

my best mate had his powerflow system done at Top Gear st Albans which is supposed to be the best.

I will let you judge that from these photos:
from this

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to this

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in half a year!

if you want the full story read the thread below!

http://www.clubgti.com/forum/forum_post ... =powerflow


powerrust!
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:10 pm

Yeah most Powerflow exhausts I have seen are made from low quality stainless and all have surface rust..

I have a powerflow on my Sport which I bought s'hand for Ԛ£50 :D and sounds real well great for Diff'n & Drift'n

I have an HKS Super Dragger on my Teg R which is three years old and is still mint..

And I had a Scorpion on a VR6 Corrado and it was still perfect after two years..
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:14 pm

Ive just taken a custom powerflow system off a Calibra V6 Im breaking.
Looks just as rusty as the one in Rags photos. Not impressed with it at all, its under a year old but doesnt look it!
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:15 pm

my powerflow from my xr3i was on the car for a year and had no rust at all when i took it off, didn`t take much to pollish it up to near new condition
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:17 pm

I got one on the M50, well the midbox anyway. It was a lot fatter than the Scorpion and thus scraped on speed humps :(

I didnt have it for long enough to see if it rusted to $h!t but i was disatisfied with their service (St Albans branch), i asked them to save the mid section so i could give it to a friend but instead they cut it out when they coudlnt get it off. If i wanted that id have paid half the price and got them to cut and chop the midbox :roll: :x :up:
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:20 pm

Not overly impressed with mine either, didn't fit right at first and it now rattles, and there are some rust spots appearing after only a year! :x

But it was the only exhaust i could afford at the time and does make a nice noise IMO
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