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When I specced my 200bhp RCZ I ticked almost every box :crazy: . I was trading down (cubic capacity wise anyway) from a fantastic spec 2.7 (diesel) 407 SE coupe and was worried that I would miss all the goodies! Anyway finally about 5 weeks ago the phone call came and 8 weeks waiting was over. When I went to pick her up initially I wasnt dissapointed, the car was/is stunning, simple as that.... But, parked nearby was another brand new, much lower spec, RCZ which was fitted with quad pipes. As soon as I noticed the pipes I was gutted, to me it was exactly what the car needed to balance out the look of 'double bubble' window. When I asked why I hadnt been given the option to order it I was told it was a retrofit option only (wondering if it is now avaliable in the spec as it appears on some of the advertising??). I have been driving the car and loving its handling and (just about enough) power, but that quad system kept entering my mind. Now I have had my fair share of high end cars (inc a couple of supercars when business was better! 
) and never been one of the 'mines bigger than yours (exhaust that is) brigade', and the Rcz being only a 1.6cc in my opinion quad pipes are a bit of an over the top statment, but when a friend commented "all that car needs is a matching exhaust the other side", needless to say I ordred the system anyway. So getting to the point :sleeping-yellow: , I had them fitted today and just returned from the dealer, feeling so angry at myself! When I walked up to the car at the dealers it looked great and to be honest it did look better 'balanced', but I was shocked at what I saw when I looked underneath the back of the car....
Basically the exhaust now incorporates a wierd cross-over pipe running behind the bumper with fake twin pipes on each side (actually only single outlet behind each of them), but that was only the start of it. They had removed my original twin chrome tail pipes and hacked a few inches of the end of the two exhaust pipes where they exit the rear exhaust box, then they had wrapped some heat resistant 'gauze' type material round both ends which has been held in place with plastic(!!) cable ties, then pushed the new piece of quad exhaust section over the gauze. I estimate that the female pipes of the new (quad) section are 20-30mm bigger in diameter than the existing (cut down) 'male' pipes they push onto! This gauze is used to pad-out the difference in size! Dont ask me why the female 'joining' pipes in the new section are so much bigger, I asked, but all I got was a shrug!! Then I noticed on the drivers side that they had hacked out a piece of my rear lower apron/valance to accomodate the additional twin tail pipes. This hacked out piece looks just that 'hacked out'! Then I noticed that if I looked into the end of the twin pipes on the passenger side, I could see surplus 'gauze' wadded up inside the small section where the now single pipe splits to form twin pipes in order to resemble the original twin pipes. WTF!!!
In short I had a long conversation with the service manager who explained "this is how Peugeot reccomend they fit the quad system", which I didnt believe for a moment until he went off and found the instructions that were supplied with the system, including pictures that show how to cut down the exhaust and wrap the gauze as well as hack out the section of rear apron by using a template (by the state of it, not sure they even used it the template!). So being not sure of what to do next, in the end I had to pay the bill to get my car back, despite the crummy workmanship and poorly fitting parts.
So now I have a poorly fitted/fitting 'semi fake' quad system replacing my (at least) proper twin tailpipe. I feel like my new car has been devalued by this horrible and very temporary looking bodge-up that was (amazingly) caried out to Peugeot's own instructions (I have kept them for proof!). What were they thinking with this so called 'upgrade', its so poorly designed, its like something you would see on a boy racer's old banger, cobbled together on a sunday afternoon to impress his mates!
I cant even refit my old twin exit tail pipe because the exhust pipe tips and rear apron have been hacked about. I wish I had just left it alone and spent the £600 on something else!! :x
I used to work in the motor trade and a lash-up like this in the very least would have lost someone thier job, I cannot believe it has been done to my lovely new car, Peugeot, be very ashamed, you had me converted, I even leased a new Partner van while ordering my car so third Peugeut in under 2 years!
Guess my hard earned advice is, if you want quad pipes and decent workmanship, buy an Audi TT!!!!
) and never been one of the 'mines bigger than yours (exhaust that is) brigade', and the Rcz being only a 1.6cc in my opinion quad pipes are a bit of an over the top statment, but when a friend commented "all that car needs is a matching exhaust the other side", needless to say I ordred the system anyway. So getting to the point :sleeping-yellow: , I had them fitted today and just returned from the dealer, feeling so angry at myself! When I walked up to the car at the dealers it looked great and to be honest it did look better 'balanced', but I was shocked at what I saw when I looked underneath the back of the car.... Basically the exhaust now incorporates a wierd cross-over pipe running behind the bumper with fake twin pipes on each side (actually only single outlet behind each of them), but that was only the start of it. They had removed my original twin chrome tail pipes and hacked a few inches of the end of the two exhaust pipes where they exit the rear exhaust box, then they had wrapped some heat resistant 'gauze' type material round both ends which has been held in place with plastic(!!) cable ties, then pushed the new piece of quad exhaust section over the gauze. I estimate that the female pipes of the new (quad) section are 20-30mm bigger in diameter than the existing (cut down) 'male' pipes they push onto! This gauze is used to pad-out the difference in size! Dont ask me why the female 'joining' pipes in the new section are so much bigger, I asked, but all I got was a shrug!! Then I noticed on the drivers side that they had hacked out a piece of my rear lower apron/valance to accomodate the additional twin tail pipes. This hacked out piece looks just that 'hacked out'! Then I noticed that if I looked into the end of the twin pipes on the passenger side, I could see surplus 'gauze' wadded up inside the small section where the now single pipe splits to form twin pipes in order to resemble the original twin pipes. WTF!!!
In short I had a long conversation with the service manager who explained "this is how Peugeot reccomend they fit the quad system", which I didnt believe for a moment until he went off and found the instructions that were supplied with the system, including pictures that show how to cut down the exhaust and wrap the gauze as well as hack out the section of rear apron by using a template (by the state of it, not sure they even used it the template!). So being not sure of what to do next, in the end I had to pay the bill to get my car back, despite the crummy workmanship and poorly fitting parts.
So now I have a poorly fitted/fitting 'semi fake' quad system replacing my (at least) proper twin tailpipe. I feel like my new car has been devalued by this horrible and very temporary looking bodge-up that was (amazingly) caried out to Peugeot's own instructions (I have kept them for proof!). What were they thinking with this so called 'upgrade', its so poorly designed, its like something you would see on a boy racer's old banger, cobbled together on a sunday afternoon to impress his mates!
I cant even refit my old twin exit tail pipe because the exhust pipe tips and rear apron have been hacked about. I wish I had just left it alone and spent the £600 on something else!! :x
I used to work in the motor trade and a lash-up like this in the very least would have lost someone thier job, I cannot believe it has been done to my lovely new car, Peugeot, be very ashamed, you had me converted, I even leased a new Partner van while ordering my car so third Peugeut in under 2 years!
Guess my hard earned advice is, if you want quad pipes and decent workmanship, buy an Audi TT!!!!
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