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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: albitz on 10 December 2009, 23:18:47

Title: Back box.
Post by: albitz on 10 December 2009, 23:18:47

simple question really,Is the back box from a saloon the same as the one from an estate ? (pre facelift) Tia.  :-/

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: Boracic on 10 December 2009, 23:38:33

Don't think so

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: feeutfo on 10 December 2009, 23:47:53

a cautious no. Well fairly sure tbh. When ordering my rip off vx cat back system, they gave me a mid section from an estate by mistake. Cant see how estate box would fit a saloon by the angle the pipes enter the box.

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: dbug on 11 December 2009, 00:07:15

No - different  :y

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: albitz on 11 December 2009, 00:25:15

Thanks for the info fellas. :y :(

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: feeutfo on 11 December 2009, 00:58:15

differant part numbers on eternal car web site.
P 17294 Estate.
P 17328 saloon.
Looking at 3.0 v6 ? Which is the same as 2.5 ????

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: Boracic on 11 December 2009, 11:51:37

I thought the mounts were in a different place? Why do they offer a choice for saloon and estate if they are the same?

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Post by: djac on 11 December 2009, 12:02:01

Tails pipes are longer on the estate version...

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: Boracic on 11 December 2009, 12:10:46

Well they do look longer, also the mounts look different
http://store.eternalcar.com/exhaust-rear-silencer-vauxhall-p-120978.html

http://store.eternalcar.com/exhaust-rear-silencer-vauxhall-p-120952.html

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: davethediver on 11 December 2009, 12:38:49

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differant part numbers on eternal car web site.
P 17294 Estate.
P 17328 saloon.
Looking at 3.0 v6 ? Which is the same as 2.5 ????

Think so chris think i remeber joshwatt putting the 3.0 twin pipe backbox on his 2.2 that he sold. Looked the dogs danglies, of course i could be completly wrong wouldn't be the first time ;D ;D

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: joshwyatt on 11 December 2009, 18:21:24

You're right Dave, the 3.2 backbox will fit the 2.2 and 2.6...as you correctly remember I fitted a 3.2 backbox to my 2.2.
However, the estate and saloon backboxes are different. So you can't put an estate backbox on a saloon or the vice versa.

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 December 2009, 18:55:09

Back boxes are different, centre sections are the same

Title: Re: Back box.
Post by: feeutfo on 12 December 2009, 01:22:27

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centre sections are the same

Er...... Oh bugger it.

No their not. Differant.

There, said it. Have disagreed with the master.


Unless my dealer gave me one from a saloon and one from an Estate from another car? They gave me an Estate centre section by mistake so have seen, what a beleive to be both, side by side. The pipes enter the rear box at a very differant angle.
Provided the parts dept told me correctly of course.
Part no was Estate of some sort anyway.