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centre console broken, and exhaust advice

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:01 pm
by itsasony
Hi,

my centre console (surrouding the gearbox and up to the cd player location) is entirely broken. the whole plastic. Where to get a replacement?

Also my exhaust has been modded. It has an extra big muffer so it sounds too hardcore for me. i want to tame it down and want it to be quiet. What can i do with the exhaust to lower the sound.


thanks for advice

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:09 pm
by I8A4RE
dstocks maybe able to provide you with a consol shoot him a pm or he will probably answer in this thread shortly.

As for exhaust depends on what you have already. Probably a resonator would do the trick but you may already have one. If you take some pics of the exhaust maybe able to help you more otherwise just take it to an exhaust place and for a couple of hundred dollars they should be able to quieten down for you

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:45 pm
by dstocks
Yeah, I can get them from Japan. The exchange rate is not pretty atm though. I reckon itll end up at around $200 (for a genuine brand new one)

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:36 pm
by itsasony
how long will it take to arrive in brisbane

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:54 am
by I8A4RE
Hey mate if you live in brisbane come to our xmas dinner this saturday and we will be able to give you better advice about your exhaust. There will be a lot of people going for their first meet up

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:33 pm
by itsasony
ooh thanks for the invitation, unfortunate that i have a whole day shift on saturday however.

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:16 pm
by Bennoz
A good quality 16" resonator to start with, then a good quality muffler. And by good quality muffler, I mean a straight through unit that sits up under the boot of the car. Not one of these dickhead cannon style mufflers that provide absolutely no muffling effect whatsoever apart from just blowing raw exhaust straight out the rear of the car.

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:06 pm
by aza013
2nd that ^^^

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:44 pm
by dstocks
couple of weeks once ordered

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:15 pm
by I8A4RE
Bennoz wrote:A good quality 16" resonator to start with, then a good quality muffler. And by good quality muffler, I mean a straight through unit that sits up under the boot of the car. Not one of these dickhead cannon style mufflers that provide absolutely no muffling effect whatsoever apart from just blowing raw exhaust straight out the rear of the car.
I couldnt agree more but the only problem with that advice is without seeing the exhaust it could be something as simple as a hole in the exhaust or a shot resonator/exhaust.

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:35 am
by itsasony
Will it take less than 8 weeks?

I will try to get some photos for you guys of the muffler. Also the missing centre console haha it's totally broken and there's nothing left.

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:10 am
by dstocks
itsasony wrote:Will it take less than 8 weeks?
If this was a question for me, then yes, probably a couple of weeks once ordered

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:00 pm
by RallyMad
If you urgently need one itsasony I am willing to sell you mine. It's brand new, I just haven't fitted it cause I want to do something to it first. You'd have to pay me the replacement price though. Whatever that would be dstocks would have to let us know.

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:33 pm
by itsasony
sure, ReallyMad, first i will take a photo of the console so you can see if it's suitable or the right part.

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:12 pm
by RallyMad
ok, do that and we can verify that we are talking about the right part.

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:36 pm
by itsasony
hi guys finally got the pictures taken
and here is the console, it's pretty dodgy yeah - the whole thing is missing... what you have is suitable?

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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:53 pm
by MR2YEN
holy moly!

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:16 am
by RallyMad
ok mate. I might not be able to help you.

Someone might prove me wrong but it looks like your missing the whole passenger side of the floor console as well as the center console I'd say your probably going to need to order both from dstocks. sorry mate. Just figure it's not worth me selling you my bit when you will need both.

This is what I have: The stereo surround. Looks like they've cut around the lighter on yours, should be able to remove that and fit your lighter assembly to a new stereo surround.
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The thing outlined with the red lines in this photo is the floor console. From your photo I think yours is broken on the passenger side.
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Not sure if this is going to help you anymore but this is what mine looks like with the stereo surround and gear boot removed. Sorry I don't have a pick of the upper section but I think your missing a part of the passenger side of the panel that is still in (the floor console) cause yours doesn't come all the way back up again. It doesn't look right around the bottom edge either.

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Sorry mate. I'd say you will need both panels at least. Any chance of a wider photo so that we can see what you might need around the bottom edge as well?

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:40 am
by itsasony
Thanks RallyMad :D

waiting for a response from dstore, too.

but in the meantime, i will try to get more photos from different angles, too.

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:59 am
by RallyMad
not a problem mate :D

:lol: While he is a great asset to the FTO community and most peoples first port of call when they need something I don't think Dwayne is a store . It's dstocks if that wasn't meant to be a joke mate ;)