Exhaust Bracket Corrosion

[lawlessdj]

Hi All,

 

My exhaust has gone....AGAIN!!

 

4 years ago i had to replace the rear exhaust section as the bracket joining the rear section to the mid section was heavily corroded....two years later the mid section side of the bracket went....this time the very same bracket is totally corroded and think BOTH sections need to be replaced, as one side of the bracket comes attached to it's specific section!!

 

These are all OEM parts and as such I'm pretty raging I've got to replace them both so soon!

 

Is there any way around this with a separate bracket? I've been told this is a known issue...

 

Would a stainless steel exhaust be massively expensive?

 

I'll probably only have the car till the summer so don't want to fork out loads of money before selling it - can anyone help???

 

Dan

[glrnet]

[MITZ@CougarStore]

Dan, if its where the mid meets the rear then this is a common fail area, you can have a sleeve welded in place or we can suggest some aftermarket exhausts for you...

[MITZ@CougarStore]

We can do the Scorpion exhaust for £374 or a Cobra Sports exhaust for either £395 or £425 depending on the volume you choose...

 

The above can be seen on our site - www.cougarstore.co.uk

[lawlessdj]

Thanks CS

 

The rear exhaust has completely come away from the bracket (or is it called a gasket?) - in the case would welding a sleeve be any good, would you have to weld the pipe back onto the bracket first?

 

Those exhausts you mentioned are those prices for the individual sections or the whole thing?

 

Many thanks

 

Dan

[lawlessdj]

Hey CS

 

Also in addition to the above - just had a look at your exhausts and do the Y pipes run as far as the front section or are they just an alternative to the rear section and so connect to the mid section?

 

Cheers

 

Dan

[MITZ@CougarStore]

Dan, 350z system is as follows cats > Y Pipe > Midpipe > Rear box. You can replace just the mid and rear, like the Cobra system and this will overcome the issue you currently have but if you wanted to keep the system consistent you can also add the Y pipe too...

[Jay]

Go for the full system fella as it will be consistent as Mitz has pointed out but then you have nothing to worry about as its new. Plus if your going to spend a bit of money you may as well treat yourself and the zed

[MITZ@CougarStore]

Some images of the Cobra system we've supplied and fitted can be seen here - http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/63096-cobra-sports-exhaust-from-cougar-store/

[scubapics]

It's called a flange.

 

The same thing happened to me in that the back box pipe rusted through at the flange connection. I replaced the back box with OEM box as I needed a replacement quickly. I then found out that the mid pipe side also had a crack and it is just a matter of time before that fails or fails an mot. So I decided this year to replace the lot with stainless steel.

 

Luckily I managed to get a low mileage second hand miltek which will be fitted on Saturday.

 

It seems to me that it is the join between the two parts that is the weak point. It doesn't seal very well and condensate will leak and cause premature corrosion.

[rabbitstew]

From my experience the metals Nissan seem to use rust like mad. When i changed the exhaust on my 20,000 mile old zed i was shocked at just how rusty the exhaust, brackets and bolts were. Shocking. Id replace the system with a nice stainless one - something like a scorpian one. Much cheaper than OEM system and not too loud.