Ducato 2016 exhaust

Carrerasax

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Heat shield outer casing gave way falling down onto the road surface when away locally this w/e.
It is a side venting exhaust .
I managed to last the w/e strapping it up but will need a new silencer, exhaust itself seems sound.
Anyone gone down the stainless route as I like to think the vehicle should last some years.
Any advice or recommendations 🤔
 
Carrerasax said:
Heat shield outer casing gave way falling down onto the road surface when away locally this w/e.
It is a side venting exhaust .
I managed to last the w/e strapping it up but will need a new silencer, exhaust itself seems sound.
Anyone gone down the stainless route as I like to think the vehicle should last some years.
Any advice or recommendations 🤔
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No experience for Ducato S/S, but please post what you find.
I really need to get the final side-exit outlet pipe replaced on mine and could well consider swapping the pipe AND box to a stainless setup as I think it is a worthwhile idea.

FWIW, quite a few years ago (maybe 2014?) I went to PP Tuning - https://pptuning.co.uk/exhaust-pipes/ - to get a replacement system for my VW T4 and found the service excellent and the price compared to a standard mild steel system very acceptable.
I think they do a mail order system but I went to their premises in Louth, Lincolnshire to have mine fitted.
They are VW specialists but do custom systems and I am sure they will have made Ducato systems.
 
Checking on the Fiat forums, some of the specialist tuning companies will do bespoke as David suggests, not sure where you are but Powerflow Exhausts with workshops in Dorset area will quote for Ducatos.

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Carrerasax said:
Heat shield outer casing gave way falling down onto the road surface when away locally this w/e.
It is a side venting exhaust .
I managed to last the w/e strapping it up but will need a new silencer, exhaust itself seems sound.
Anyone gone down the stainless route as I like to think the vehicle should last some years.
Any advice or recommendations 🤔
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There a firm in Holsworthy that makes them why you wait
 
Carrerasax said:
Heat shield outer casing gave way falling down onto the road surface when away locally this w/e.
It is a side venting exhaust .
I managed to last the w/e strapping it up but will need a new silencer, exhaust itself seems sound.
Anyone gone down the stainless route as I like to think the vehicle should last some years.
Any advice or recommendations 🤔
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Go see a local fabrication co they could knock one up. Or get the pressed ends and parts from Birchills then get a fab shop to assemble. https://birchillsautomotive.com/about-birchills/birchills-automotive-exhaust-products/
 
Definitely worth the effort. I had a SS exhaust on my last Burstner (Nissan engine), it's a fit and forget item. My previous Burstner (on a Ducato) had a hard to find and very expensive exhaust to replace. I had the exhaust converted to the UK spec, both for cost and ease of replacement.
 
I was surprised at the very reasonable cost of having a custom made stainless exhaust for my 1983 Mercedes car. In fact it compared almost the same as a regular steel exhaust for a newer model. I have a SS one fitted to my 1999 Transit camper, it was there when I bought the van probably because of non availability of standard ones. There is no deterioration and bits won't fall off.
 
I think this 'making up an exhaust' is a lot more common than you may think. If that one isn't near you, you could just try your local exhaust shop. I'm just back from Norway and there is an incredible company called Biltema. Their shops are like B&Q would be in America. You could park outside a Biltema, go in, buy trolley jacks, spanners, zip guns, a compressor, welder, - all the tools you might ever need to change your exhaust. Then having put the wagon up in the air you could go back in and select all the tubes and clamps and silencers you would need to completely replace the exhaust. Then you could go to the cafe area and have lunch and a superb one at that, far better than Ikea.
If you do fishing you could go back in, buy a small boat and all the fishing gear you would need. And a trailer. And a tow bar for your vehicle and all the tools to fit it.
Of course you would then go back and buy everything you need , tools and paints to respray your motorhome, ladders, planks and so on to stand on. You would of course need a decent generator to run the powerful compressor, both of which you can get in store.
Having parked up in their massive car park overnight you could spend the next day getting everything you need to carry out a major service.

These shops are in every town in Norway, you don't have to go looking for them. And their prices are excellent, cheaper than the DIY shops here.
 
gasgas said:
I think this 'making up an exhaust' is a lot more common than you may think. If that one isn't near you, you could just try your local exhaust shop. I'm just back from Norway and there is an incredible company called Biltema. Their shops are like B&Q would be in America. You could park outside a Biltema, go in, buy trolley jacks, spanners, zip guns, a compressor, welder, - all the tools you might ever need to change your exhaust. Then having put the wagon up in the air you could go back in and select all the tubes and clamps and silencers you would need to completely replace the exhaust. Then you could go to the cafe area and have lunch and a superb one at that, far better than Ikea.
If you do fishing you could go back in, buy a small boat and all the fishing gear you would need. And a trailer. And a tow bar for your vehicle and all the tools to fit it.
Of course you would then go back and buy everything you need , tools and paints to respray your motorhome, ladders, planks and so on to stand on. You would of course need a decent generator to run the powerful compressor, both of which you can get in store.
Having parked up in their massive car park overnight you could spend the next day getting everything you need to carry out a major service.

These shops are in every town in Norway, you don't have to go looking for them. And their prices are excellent, cheaper than the DIY shops here.
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No such thing here we live in the back woods of Devon an Cornwall
 
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