Offroading and that exhaust!!!!

After reading a few off road prep posts and looking underneath my Freelander, it's easy to see the exhaust silencer is MAHOOSIVE and likely to plough a trench!

I know a few people have modded/manufactured their own solution, I just wondered if there were any aftermarket options which did away with the stock silencer??

Si

Sit said:

After reading a few off road prep posts and looking underneath my Freelander, it's easy to see the exhaust silencer is MAHOOSIVE and likely to plough a trench!

I know a few people have modded/manufactured their own solution, I just wondered if there were any aftermarket options which did away with the stock silencer??

Si

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My center box is dented due it hitting things while off road. I was going to replace it with a strait piece of pipe!

I guess that does the trick! It's the horizontal silencer just underneath the rear bumper I would like to reduce in size.

Si

We moved my exhaust to allow the fitment of a LPG tank,
removal of the rear cubby a piece of pipe and a powerflow "silencer"
free up a lot of space/ clearance underneath the rear floor

saw a smart car with a motorbike exhaust the other day. they have massive exhausts normally... may do the trick

edge said:

We moved my exhaust to allow the fitment of a LPG tank,
removal of the rear cubby a piece of pipe and a powerflow "silencer"
free up a lot of space/ clearance underneath the rear floor

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That looks excellent! Exactly what I had in mind, what a difference underneath that makes!

Thanks - just the inspiration I needed!

Si

Bear in mind that the silencer is used as underbody protection. Without it you might need something else.

I have just fitted a Bosal rear box which is a bit smaller and uses the original rubber hanger mounts. I replaced the rubbers with stronger ones.

Having said that - I have a swan-neck towbar which offers extra protection on descents and on ruts.

Some folks report the rear box becoming detached - but I've never had that bother, and I've been along roads in the Balkans that a UK farmer wouldn't take a tractor.

Singvogel.

I pulled the exhaust off both rubbers while off roading once. The whole weight of the car was sat on the silencer which was squashed against the floor of the car, and slid sideways on a slope.

Never damaged it at all. I think the exhausts get ripped off, if they are old, and fragile already. Mine was barely 6weeks old

disco_mikey said:

I pulled the exhaust off both rubbers while off roading once. The whole weight of the car was sat on the silencer which was squashed against the floor of the car, and slid sideways on a slope.

Never damaged it at all. I think the exhausts get ripped off, if they are old, and fragile already. Mine was barely 6weeks old

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That's certainly the worst case possible - both rubbers on the rear box off.

As a matter of interest - did the rubbers come off or did the rubbers break? Did they come totally off and get lost?

If they did break then my next question is were they new rubbers, replaced 6 weeks before with the new rear box?

In my spares box I always have a set of the harder blue rubbers - just in case!!!!

So far I've clouted the tow-bar a good few times entering fords usually rather than off-roading. My original double-skinned box which lasted 8 years had a few dents and scrapes on it but never actually came loose right up until a hanger rusted through.

Singvogel.

I run a very similar set up to Edge - I bashed the rear box a number of times off road and removed it to increase clearance.

From where the centre pipe sits horizontalish and pointing straight back over the rear lower arm, I have now fitted a stubby silencer in it's place.

http://cl.jroo.me/z3/S/W/-/d/a.baa-Cool-Exhaust-System-Accessor.jpg

The answer!


DD

Diesel Do said:

http://cl.jroo.me/z3/S/W/-/d/a.baa-Cool-Exhaust-System-Accessor.jpg

The answer!


DD

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Fantastic.

Why didn't I think of that?

And they're available free at a Travelodge near U.