I treated myself to a new Stainless Steel Longlife axle back exhaust today, told the fitter i didnt want anything loud. We started off by taking off the original one to hear what it sounded like. It wasnt loud by any means, i couldve got away with putting a straight pipe on with a tailpipe only! Decided against it and fitted a small back box, increasing the bore from 38 mm to 50mm (this is the max recommended for a 1.4 engine). I chose a 75mm slash cut tail pipe, which is quite subtle, rolled out one nearly looked too big. In reflection, i couldve gotten away with a 100mm one. So how does it sound? A nice quiet but deep purr/burble at idle and a nice deep but not too loud note under acceleration. Am very pleased with the result
