1996 ABY S2 Coupe Modified Concours Project

[Rusty]

Good luck trying to work out what goes where

My car should still see you tomorrow despite it dropping all the coolant over my face yesterday. Hopefully sorting a running repair tonight... and to the car

[MikeLarwood]

Well, all done - all I can say is how absolutely marvellous the guys there are - from Ali making the silencers from scratch, putting the Y-piece in the silencer for the tails due to space constraints at the back, to Charlie's hospitality and occasional expertise whilst Paul spent from 9am until 7pm getting it absolutely perfect. I've got a slight blowing from the de-cat/mild steel middle pipes, but that's more likely to be crap de-cats that I bought. Not too impressed with those tbh! But I'll probably be booking in to go back again at some point to get the joints hacked off the back of those, and the pipes extended to the middle section Y-piece.

Absolutely astonished with the quality of the work, and very, very happy. Many thanks to all of the guys, and I'll definately be giving them all my praise and recommendation when anyone is looking for an exhaust.

[MikeLarwood]

[MikeLarwood]

[MikeLarwood]

Finished:

[Rusty]

Looks like we went for the same tailpipes nice and subtle.

Loads of pics there too.

[MikeLarwood]

Yeah - I wanted something that looked like Audi put it there - hence the twin exit with the *slight* slash on them, and about an 8mm stagger...

[Rusty]

Yeah, I liked the 2.5" pipes on my Milltek but wanted them to be slash/straight rather than rolled in.

What's the noise like?

[MikeLarwood]

A *smidge* more than standard, but with more depth... Sounds brilliant IMO - just what it needs!

[Rusty]

Yeah, wait till you're in a tunnel and then gun it. Sweet.

[MikeLarwood]

Yeah, wait till you're in a tunnel and then gun it. Sweet.

There's 2 on my way home from Cardiff

[MikeLarwood]

CoolCar have been back out to look at the air conditioning (brilliant guys - can't praise them enough!) and the Condenser is broked. Pissing out in 3 places! Jesus H, what have I gotten myself into!

[Rusty]

Repairing my air con was looking like 500+ quid so I ditched it. Good luck! Wait till you start overhauling the suspension

[MikeLarwood]

Already spent £200 on it, and now the guy wants another £250 - £110 for parts, 2hrs labour plus a regas!

[Rusty]

Welcome to S2 ownership! Somehow my restoration project seems to have cost about £10k in 4 years and it's not had the engine done yet