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anyone used this company ?

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im having a s/s backbox fitted on satutday and wondered if anyone had used this company ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Camper-Van ... 6rk%3D1%26" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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no but i bet they don`t do many t25 with the rate the studs snap !!
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There are no studs on the backbox. :)
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jeffdub wrote:im having a s/s backbox fitted on satutday and wondered if anyone had used this company ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Camper-Van ... 6rk%3D1%26" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

thanks jeff

Jeff I haven't used them.
..but i would like to know why a similar exhaust is twice the price at Bluebird.
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i'll let you know how i get on with them kev ,spoke to the bloke today and he seemed to know what he was talking about . oh by the way i meant to ask whats happened to ian hulley havent seen him post for ages ? i appreciate the advice you both gave me
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Ians about.. :wink:
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glad to hear it ! took my van for a pre mot last week expecting 5 sheets of advisories and was told i needed a backbox and rear brakes adjusting :D
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I've just repaired my silencer..

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thats me baking the repair paste on, over the welded patches and new tailpipe :D
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very delia smith kev :rofl
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Nigella more like.Have you seen kevs chest :rollin
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well that was a waste of time ! got there and the fitter said he didnt fancy taking the back box off because the flanges were rusty ?
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?????
So an exhaust fitter didn't want to mess with a rusty exhaust?
Cant be doing much work. Not many unrusty knackered exhausts around. :rofl
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sorry to hear you wasted your time :(
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Will they fit it if the box is off?
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to be honest they didnt seem that bothered about fitting it , does the backbox just bolt to the exhaust ? if so im going to grind the heads off , get a fitting kit and do it myself
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