406 'After Market' Exhaust

I've just had a 'After Market' full exhaust system fitted to my 406
(diesel). With the new exhaust at certain revs when pulling the car
vibrates /rattles and it feel more like a transit van than an exec car.

Personally I think this is duff exhaust and I'm asking the garage to
fit a replacement ASAP. Is this a problem with non pug exhausts? I've
never had a problem with 'After Market' parts in the past. Garage also
said that it has seen this problem with later vauxhalls and a 306.

 

a lot of after market ones are pretty crap
the unipart range used to be excellent
but dont think they exist any more
may be worth pricing a performance option against genuine price

 

My bro used to have a J reg 106 and had to have his exhaust fitted
twice because of rattling; the mechanic said he often had problems
with after market peugeot exhausts rattling.

I’d try and get a Pug exhaust from a independant specialist, if you
hadn’t already bought one. You should, apparently, be able to get this
one to stop rattling with some fiddling.

 

in general aftermarket exhaust systems SUCK! especially those frome
kwikfit, halfords, feu vert ect which al come frome the same crapyard

also! a pug exhaust ( @ least here in holland) is cheaper!


FI

recently i had to change the mid section on my 406

kwikfit 197 euro's retro part ( the one that sucks and has rockwool
in it)
Pug dealer incl fitting 118 euro's original pug part

same with changing oil

kwikfit

89 euro including some vague brand full synthetic oil


pugdealer

98 euro ( cheaper if you bring your own lube ) including full sunth
lube ( 4.5 liters ) premium brand like total, mobile, shell helix
ultra if given advanced notice


tyres

Michelin primacy 195/65/15 H ( 210km/h classification)

Kwikfit 105 euros excluding fitting, valve, balancing ( + 16 euro's
each )


primacy 195/65/15 V ( 240 km/h classification) @ my local tyre shop

117 euro including fitting, valve, rimms cleaned, balanced, and
rebalanced on the car itself, better ( turkish) coffee and i can
come back the tyre lifespan to have it balanced again


good havens KF goes in to glass repair as wel




so DO NOT i repeat DO NOT go kwikfit et al just dref on them and let
them **** off

 

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I've bought the exhaust sytstem from a local independent garage and I'm
going to ask them to try and re-fit the same system as I think it's due
to a faulty cat. It's not really a rattling or knocking but the exhaust
creates a vibrartion which creates noises in the dashboard ect and can
be felt between certain revs.

Garage has also tried to stop the vibration with a bit of fiddling and
re-aligning the exhaust but no joy. For the money a performance exhaust
might not be a bad option. As the genuine part is nearly twice the
price of the after market.

 

where the heel did you buy one then? because all i found was more
expensive then the orig pug part

sur you a found cheaper cat , but i'd sy use the original part for
it....

 

not in the UK pug parts are more expensive - but I guess you get what
you pay for.