Hacked off with speed bumps......

[Azman]

Hi guys,

As per the thread an some advice please.

The story.....

Went to a wedding at the weekend at a really nice hotel... speed bumps up the drive to the actual place, I think you all know the ones - the little width bumps that are made of the plastic really narrow bits of plastic bolted to the road. steep with a big drop off. Went over the first one really slowly. not seeing the potholes on the other side just wide enough for both front wheels to go down. Came over it nice and slow then huge bang as the car grounded on it. Moved over the bump and same bang with the rears....

Piddling down with rain so didn't stop and carried on, same over the next three bumps (of the same variety) and then fine over the next 4 which were made into the road.

looked under the car on sunday and the cats have got nice big dents in them.

Now that is going to have put lots of pressure on the turbo and ex manifold will it not???

Question is what do I do now as the drivers side cat has a bit of a rattle to it.

Not a happy bunny.

Is it worth replacing the cats? If so where is the best place to get them?
Do I gut the ones I have???

What would you guys do?

Cheers

Aaron

[dest]

Id say that the dent has caused the honeycomb inside to either break up a bit or come loose.
If you have a friendly MOT tester then Id gut them, mine are too
Yes, of course people will say get proper decat pipes, but mine runs fine and sounds spot on, and its a free mod!

[Trist28]

Ill second that - I ran gutted cats and it went like a rocket with a homefried chip and sounded fine. MOT wise, anything after K needs cats so you will need a fiendly MOT tester, or if you get de-cat pipes (as another S2 I had) old CO testing kit will not list an S2 so it can be tested as unknown non cat vehicle allowing higher CO levels

[JMLAudi]

Reclaim

Hiya mate

IF speed humps where on the premise of event i would try to claim back from the owners of the hotel/ etc.......get pics of road/holes in road.....of the depth etc

My 2 cents worth
cheers
john

P.s................I wouldve driven onthe lawn...after the 2 hump lol

[mcandmar]

Thats annoying to say the least. Worth checking to see if you have the two black brackets bolted to the car either side, my avant has them and if i run over those nasty little ramps too quick they hit first to protect the cats. Guess that dosent really help you now though

As for decat pipes i bought a set from ur1980 on ebay which i plan to fit this week, they look nicely made but i cant speak for how well they fit yet. Will post a few pics when i get them on. Seemed the more sensible approach to me, and keep the cats in the shed until MOT time.

[Azman]

Yup I have the black brakets on the car, the drivers side one is a bit knacked... bent out of all description. lookslike the previous owner reversed up a kerb or something bending the thing flat. been looking to get a replacement for it but keeps slipping my mind!!! will have to remeber it from now on!!! Cheers