ShortyNavros
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Great customer service, good price and fast/free shipping. Exhaust I bought was for my 2004 ZD30 D22, 3 inch aluminised with car and muffler.
Install was relatively simple and anyone with basic car knowledge can do themselves in 3-4 hours, just make sure you soak all your own exhaust bolts/nuts well with penetrent beforehand.The worst part was trying to install the nut and washer on the lower engine side stud off the turbo, damn near impossible to get a socket or spanner on it, I ended up using a flexi-joint adaptor to just tighten it enough. I didnt remove my turbo before hand, I used the double nut technique to remove the lower studs so I was able to pull the dump pipe out.
Picture on the website is all coated black paint, the first two pieces of pipe (dump and next) are black coated as they are stainless I am lead to believe, the rest of the system is you have the option of black paint on mild steel or aluminised. Aluminised is always the best option to prevent rust.
Have a tiny exhaust rattle intermittently, I think it may come from the rear passenger side shackle on the leaf spring, however almost all 3 inch systems no matter the manufacturer will rattle here. Plenty of clearance elsewhere including next to the front drive shaft which is a notorious place for the exhaust to contact.
A pleasure to deal with, exhaust sounds/looks great.
Great price, only thing I can fault is the welds weren't super pretty, but it's a pipe to get rid of exhaust, doesn't have to be flawless. Cost me $880 with delivery included as they had a special on for March. They even included two rear tail pipe sections free of charge, one with a muffler and one without as I wasn't sure if I was going to like all the noise. Dump pipe also comes with a EGT bung ready to go, just have to modify the heat shield to make some room for the new larger sump
The noise is awesome and basically the difference is a heap of turbo whistle. I wouldn't say there is a heap of performance difference, but in conjuction with a custom tune it will keep your EGTs lower, which was my main reason for buying it.
http://www.factorydirect4x4exhausts.com.au/nissan-navara-d22-3-0l-3-aluminised-exhaust-system/
Cheers,
Shorty
Install was relatively simple and anyone with basic car knowledge can do themselves in 3-4 hours, just make sure you soak all your own exhaust bolts/nuts well with penetrent beforehand.The worst part was trying to install the nut and washer on the lower engine side stud off the turbo, damn near impossible to get a socket or spanner on it, I ended up using a flexi-joint adaptor to just tighten it enough. I didnt remove my turbo before hand, I used the double nut technique to remove the lower studs so I was able to pull the dump pipe out.
Picture on the website is all coated black paint, the first two pieces of pipe (dump and next) are black coated as they are stainless I am lead to believe, the rest of the system is you have the option of black paint on mild steel or aluminised. Aluminised is always the best option to prevent rust.
Have a tiny exhaust rattle intermittently, I think it may come from the rear passenger side shackle on the leaf spring, however almost all 3 inch systems no matter the manufacturer will rattle here. Plenty of clearance elsewhere including next to the front drive shaft which is a notorious place for the exhaust to contact.
A pleasure to deal with, exhaust sounds/looks great.
Great price, only thing I can fault is the welds weren't super pretty, but it's a pipe to get rid of exhaust, doesn't have to be flawless. Cost me $880 with delivery included as they had a special on for March. They even included two rear tail pipe sections free of charge, one with a muffler and one without as I wasn't sure if I was going to like all the noise. Dump pipe also comes with a EGT bung ready to go, just have to modify the heat shield to make some room for the new larger sump
The noise is awesome and basically the difference is a heap of turbo whistle. I wouldn't say there is a heap of performance difference, but in conjuction with a custom tune it will keep your EGTs lower, which was my main reason for buying it.
http://www.factorydirect4x4exhausts.com.au/nissan-navara-d22-3-0l-3-aluminised-exhaust-system/
Cheers,
Shorty