(S) custom exhaust

Yo fellow Stilo owners. Been a long time since i was last on here.
I've just had a custom backbox and tailpipe fitted to my 1.8 3 door stilo.
It now has a decent size letterbox tailpipe and new backbox, all stainless steel. Don't need the radio anymore just listen to the growl of the exhaust.
My apologies to all Abarth owners, got aftermarket fiat sideskirts fitted to my car, not trying to impersonate an Abarth just trying to make it look a bit sportier.Will take a pic of my new exhaust and post it here soon!!!

have you got any kind of rear difuser or splitter on your car or have you just got it hanging under the standard bumper, id be intrigued to see pics as i havent been overly keen on the look of stilos with exhausts unless they have some kind of difuser

They look perfectly fine if you don't have a rear splitter, mine was nice before and after but you do need to be quite carefull about what type of tailpipe you get..

Here's mine before i had the splitter on it.

See now to me, that just looks a bit awkward, i think some cars can get away without splitters but i cant honestly say that the Stilo is one of them

I know one thing for sure. My car looked better with the twin tailpipe and no splitter than it did with the poxy tailpipe that comes as standard, so I know for sure what i would choose...

I had some before and after shots of it but i deleted them after i got the splitter

i cant agree with you more than on that point, why they put such a bad pipe on the stilo i dont know, if only they'd made it an inch shorter so it didnt emerge from the bumper it would of been great.

Dont get me wrong id rather have a custom exhaust any day over the standard, i just think they look funny without a splitter

@frester can we have a pic to have a look at... sounds like the design i want for mine?!

Well I ordered a full Supersprint stainless system & BMC carbon dynamic airbox today & was sent a lovely invoice for £720

Way to go M8 - I'm jealous you've got Supersprint before me!! When you say full system do you mean the manifold as well? The £'s spent will be well worth it.

Then next on the list will be an Angel tune-up

The exhaust sits under the bumper i'm afraid, no splitter.
It is still far far better than the standard exhaust.
Got a made by a local guy, only 150 notes for pipe and backbox, fitted, with a lifetime guarantee.
It doesn't point straight out the back, it is angled to suit the curve of the bumper.
Will put a pic on once i've donated to the forum.
Sounds quite loud inside the car, sounds even better outside.

No only the centre section & backbox so it's a cat back system if you like A: I can't afford the manifold ( £478 or something on it's own) B: I need at least 1 cat it still has to pass an MOT. Stu the next thing I do will be to sell the Eibachs & plumb straight for the Bilstein kit & uprated anti-roll bars (if I can find them). If my wheels don't show then I might think about a remap.

Thats pretty good, you must have got the manifold cheap as we do the centre section (814803), rear section (814709 or 6) and CDA (CDASP05) for £650 all inc. for remap customers - and that doesnt include the SS manifold!

Hi Nige! I haven't bought the manifold just the rest of the system cat/manifold back.

So whats the extra BHP increase with a SS exhaust then from the cat back ?

Is it really worth paying a couple of hundred extra compared to the powerflow for example ?
Just curious because when i was looking for mine, i was told the SS would give me a 8% bhp increase if it was the FULL system, but the powerflow would give a 4-5% bhp increase for just the cat back system..
I figured that pound for power, the powerflow would be a better option ?