Midnight
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Before I start, I'd like to say that I'm sure some members have had parts from Solid Fabrications with good and bad results. This is solely based on our experience / findings. If yours works, great. If yours doesn't work, sorry to hear that. This is our experience...
To start, my brother got his partner to Facebook message Solid Fabrications for a performance but track friendly exhaust.
Within minutes she got a message back with the 3" track friendly exhaust and the off the shelf cost.
We wanted a bit of an angle and titanium tip, so addition £50 to the standard cost.
A week later and it arrives. What a piece of art it looked. Welds were perfect and the look was great.
Noticed straight away that it was MUCH heavier than the Kakimoto. In fact I'd say double the weight which we didn't expect.
Fitting:
No gaskets were supplied however Area MS fitted the exhaust and everything seemed to be ok.
However (the exhaust comes in 3 sections) when they were installing the rear section it looked around 3" too short.
Fully fitted it anyway and brother collected it.
Area MS have an engineering company they use who can extend and correctly measure the exhaust to fit better on the DC5.
So the decision was made to keep the exhaust, getting it rolling roared and get it extended so you could see the titanium tip.
Today the car was at EFI Parts (Runcorn) who originally mapped the car 4-6 weeks ago. They mapped it the best they could with the Kakimoto and also today mapped it with the Solid Fabrications 3" track friendly exhaust.
I'll let the graph overlay do the talking:
As you can see an additional 29.9bhp has been gained with a map with the exhaust.
So clearly the performance aspect of the exhaust is on point.
Fitment: In truth I think the exhaust is specifically made for the EP3 and not the DC5. Not only is the tailpipe 2-3" the middle section (silencer) hits the DC5 tunnel which creates a really tedious noise.
Performance: Yes we gained 29.9bhp however I'm not convinced that another exhaust like the RM01A wouldn't achieve those results. I think the power increase shows that the Kakimoto on our set up was EXTREMELY restrictive.
Sound: Drones really bad 3000-5000rpm when cruising on a motorway. I'd say it's MUCH louder than the kakimoto on start up and hasn't got the distinctive sound the Regu offers. It sounds ok but like any other car with a large exhaust now.
Weight: It is a heavy exhaust, in fact very heavy however I think that's because of the material used and should last the life of the car. So can take positive as well as negative there I guess.
Overview: I think the really annoying thing is that the welds and off the car the exhaust looks beautiful so when it's not fitting the DC5 correctly just comes down to a mistake or laziness on Solid Fabrications behalf.
If it fit correctly I'd score the exhaust 8/10 due to performance and the workmanship (looks) of it. The fact it doesn't fit and drones really bad for something that is specific for track a 4/10 is realistic.
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To start, my brother got his partner to Facebook message Solid Fabrications for a performance but track friendly exhaust.
Within minutes she got a message back with the 3" track friendly exhaust and the off the shelf cost.
We wanted a bit of an angle and titanium tip, so addition £50 to the standard cost.
A week later and it arrives. What a piece of art it looked. Welds were perfect and the look was great.
Noticed straight away that it was MUCH heavier than the Kakimoto. In fact I'd say double the weight which we didn't expect.
Fitting:
No gaskets were supplied however Area MS fitted the exhaust and everything seemed to be ok.
However (the exhaust comes in 3 sections) when they were installing the rear section it looked around 3" too short.
Fully fitted it anyway and brother collected it.
Area MS have an engineering company they use who can extend and correctly measure the exhaust to fit better on the DC5.
So the decision was made to keep the exhaust, getting it rolling roared and get it extended so you could see the titanium tip.
Today the car was at EFI Parts (Runcorn) who originally mapped the car 4-6 weeks ago. They mapped it the best they could with the Kakimoto and also today mapped it with the Solid Fabrications 3" track friendly exhaust.
I'll let the graph overlay do the talking:
As you can see an additional 29.9bhp has been gained with a map with the exhaust.
So clearly the performance aspect of the exhaust is on point.
Fitment: In truth I think the exhaust is specifically made for the EP3 and not the DC5. Not only is the tailpipe 2-3" the middle section (silencer) hits the DC5 tunnel which creates a really tedious noise.
Performance: Yes we gained 29.9bhp however I'm not convinced that another exhaust like the RM01A wouldn't achieve those results. I think the power increase shows that the Kakimoto on our set up was EXTREMELY restrictive.
Sound: Drones really bad 3000-5000rpm when cruising on a motorway. I'd say it's MUCH louder than the kakimoto on start up and hasn't got the distinctive sound the Regu offers. It sounds ok but like any other car with a large exhaust now.
Weight: It is a heavy exhaust, in fact very heavy however I think that's because of the material used and should last the life of the car. So can take positive as well as negative there I guess.
Overview: I think the really annoying thing is that the welds and off the car the exhaust looks beautiful so when it's not fitting the DC5 correctly just comes down to a mistake or laziness on Solid Fabrications behalf.
If it fit correctly I'd score the exhaust 8/10 due to performance and the workmanship (looks) of it. The fact it doesn't fit and drones really bad for something that is specific for track a 4/10 is realistic.
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great system as far as i am concerned .. 9/10 only reason i will give it 9 .. cause i had to wait so long for a great system. 
