Stainless Steel exhaust trims

rubble2

Simple question really, can anyone recommend a supplier of decent quality stainless steel exhaust trims please?

Tried the likes of Halfords but not impressed with the range or quality of what is on offer. I am not looking for anything too bling or like a baked bean can size, just something to finish off the back of the car nicely.

Thanks

neilmcl

Have you looked to see if there's a manufacturer OEM or aftermarket version available for your car? What make/model is it?

giraffe69

I am not looking for anything too bling

Stainless steel trims. Too bling? Perish the thought.

Stooby2

Ebay would seem to be the place to look - just about any size or shape, bling or otherwise on there.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

question is is your exhaust tail pipe compatable with mounting a tip onto it. if its downturned its like that for a reason as not to touch the bumper or hit the rear framework.


only cutting this type of exhaust and possibly the bumper aswell will make fitment of a tip possible you may require a heat shield to go on the bumper to stop contact and melting of the bumper.


secondly, most tips have various fitment sizes to sleeve over the existing pipe, youll to measure the circumference of the exhaust tail pipe to accurately know and order the correct bore size to mount it.


thirdly, if there a manufacturers tip available your looking at, make sure it comes with a fitting kit, manufacturers often sell the tip on its own then the mounting brackets separately just make more money off parts.


If you cannot find one that is to your liking places that make stainless exhausts also make custom tips and fit them.

rubble2

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

question is is your exhaust tail pipe compatable with mounting a tip onto it. if its downturned its like that for a reason as not to touch the bumper or hit the rear framework.


only cutting this type of exhaust and possibly the bumper aswell will make fitment of a tip possible you may require a heat shield to go on the bumper to stop contact and melting of the bumper.


secondly, most tips have various fitment sizes to sleeve over the existing pipe, youll to measure the circumference of the exhaust tail pipe to accurately know and order the correct bore size to mount it.


thirdly, if there a manufacturers tip available your looking at, make sure it comes with a fitting kit, manufacturers often sell the tip on its own then the mounting brackets separately just make more money off parts.


If you cannot find one that is to your liking places that make stainless exhausts also make custom tips and fit them.

The car is a Saab 9-3, it does have twin downward pointing tail pipes which originally were hidden by the bumper. I have fitted a replacement lower rear bumper (Saab part) which has a cut out to allow two straight tailpipes to be fitted which will end flush with the bumper line

Unfortunately due to Saab's halt in production, genuine parts are now quite difficult to source so I am looking for an aftermarket solution.

londonTiger

you will have to cut the downward pointing pipes and weld in the new straight pipes.

no idea where youd get them from. Maybe just go to a car modding garage and get them to do the job and source the tips/

Edit. bumpers are typical in two parts, the colour part, and then black ABS plastic lower. They are ususally interchangable. If you're just fitting tips in order to fit the cutaway then it might be quite exepnsive. You may find it cheaper to just buy a lower bumper from scrappers that was originally intended for your model.

Weigh up the costs

New tips + insurance disclosure vs finding and fitting a new lower bumper.

Most big insurers just will blanket refuse to cover you for any exhaust mods. Even though it's wholly cosmetic they will be blind to it and their reps probably will not know enough about cars to tell the difference.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

londonTiger wrote: »

you will have to cut the downward pointing pipes and weld in the new straight pipes.

no idea where youd get them from. Maybe just go to a car modding garage and get them to do the job and source the tips/

Edit. bumpers are typical in two parts, the colour part, and then black ABS plastic lower. They are ususally interchangable. If you're just fitting tips in order to fit the cutaway then it might be quite exepnsive. You may find it cheaper to just buy a lower bumper from scrappers that was originally intended for your model.

Weigh up the costs

New tips + insurance disclosure vs finding and fitting a new lower bumper.

Most big insurers just will blanket refuse to cover you for any exhaust mods. Even though it's wholly cosmetic they will be blind to it and their reps probably will not know enough about cars to tell the difference.

OP says replacement part a SAAB PART!.


theres no need to weld in this scenario depending if the OP can find the twin chrome tails.


op if the twin pipes are close together then you need something like this. note there two inlets for twin tail mounts. again measurements are key.

londonTiger

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

OP says replacement part a SAAB PART!.

It doesn't matter if it's a saab part or aftermarket. Anything that alters the appearance of the car to other than what the car looked like when it left the factory would be regarded as a mod.

E.g. if you have a stand SE golf, and then you put an golf r32 body kit on it. It doesn't matter if it's a VW body kit - it would need to be disclosed as a after market mod.

londonTiger

I thought downward pointing tailpipe were these


i.e. physically curved downwards.

This is ususally done where bumper has no cutaway, so exhaust gases are blown down so the heat doesn't melt and abs plastic bumper.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

londonTiger wrote: »

It doesn't matter if it's a saab part or aftermarket. Anything that alters the appearance of the car to other than what the car looked like when it left the factory would be regarded as a mod.

E.g. if you have a stand SE golf, and then you put an golf r32 body kit on it. It doesn't matter if it's a VW body kit - it would need to be disclosed as a after market mod.

that's not the part of the comment I was refuring to, getting one that OEM form scrappy was the part I was refuring to.


I know the style exhaust OP may have depending on the year of the saab in question as ive seen many of them in my previous line of work.


I know the OEM chrome tip replacement back boxes on the 9-3 aero are expensive ones aswell as they were fully welded to the rear box and came that way on certain years, some year models had a removable tip.


you are correct in that a down turned rear muffler smartie tubes direct gasses away from the bumper if the bumper over hangs them not to melt them or restrict output, once you taken away the over hang, i.e replaced with a factory lower skirt to expose the exhaust outlet then this is a rather a dormant feature you can replace with a tail pipe exit to go in the cut out, a heatshild would be advisable and I think I covered that in my post.


im not concerned about the insurance aspect that's down to the OP.