Lude Generation

Howzit all.

Very soon, I will be looking to have a custom cat back system installed on my 5th Gen 2.2.

I've browsed a few sites and Powerflow seem to be a pretty good option. I live in Brighton, so am willing to travel but not too far north if I can help it.

Has anybody else got any other suggestions apart from Powerflow? There are so many Powerflow sites, I am not sure which one to choose?

Many thanks in advance.

Solid Fabrication is in East London (Brixton). If you can travel up to there then I'd say get your system done by him. It will be custom so will be just how you want it.

You traveled up to mine for that V2 so should be ok for East London.

Thanks mate. East London sounds good.

Have not heard of them before... does their work come with any sort of guarantee if something goes wrong after the install? Also, what sort of price range am I looking at?

I think he gives life time guarantees. Check his websites for prices: http://solid-fabrications.co.uk/default.aspx

He used to be a member on PreludeUK but I don't think he has logged on this forum yet. His name is Alan by the way.

Thanks dude, will give him a bell tomorrow.

He's a respected forum member and I've never heard a bad word about his work.
He also knows Preludes quite well.

I have a powerflow on mine, it been on 3 years now with no problems. But I know people that have a powerflow system fitted and they have had problems, its down to the skill of the person fitting it at the garage I guess.

A powerflow exhaust is not even in the same league of build quality as a solid fab exhaust, and if your planing big mods engine wise in the future a powerflow won't be suitable.

It depends on your budget really, if you can afford it - solid fab all day. If you go for a powerflow - do some research on your local fitting centre.

I had a Powerflow cat back on my 2.0 Prelude, the workmanship on it was very good as was the price but it didn't half drone at motorway cruising speed.

Having had a Powerflow catback system on a past lude fitted from new, and my current daily lude came with a powerflow backbox, I can say they're decent enough for the money (free up a few restrictions for sure), but then I also have a Pro-Speed custom exhaust on my project lude and I can honestly say the build quality of it really puts the Powerflow to shame.

Pro-Speed is over in Cardiff, so probably a little out your way, but they're in the same league as SolidFabs so I definitely say for the extra money it's worth the venture out to visit one of them

I paid £300 back in the day for a Powerflow catback and I think Pro-Speed/SolidFabs charge around the £400-£450 mark for their equivalent, but honestly the two true custom exhaust manufacturers make Powerflow systems look cheap and nasty and are definitely worth the extra.

I spank my testicles with my Solid Fabs exhaust...