[MickyD]

Yes, I'm sure you're asking WHY????

I've got a oneballed '04 MCS, and am sick of the sound of the oneball.... I'm helping a friend install a Remus cat back on his '03 this weekend, and he's said I can put his stock exhaust on mine if I like.

I know there was a change in the hangers at the start of '04, so I was planning to just use the outer hangers, however having a look at some threads last night it appears that the hangers actually connect to a 'strap' that goes around the silencer/muffler. Is this strap identical on '03s and '04s apart from the orientation of the hangers? If so, I'll use my existing straps on the '03 exhaust and all will be sweet

[Rakey]

I think its to do with the direction of the hangers, not sure which is which, but they point in a different direction on the later cars to the older ones

[bards]

Quote: Originally Posted by MickyD

Yes, I'm sure you're asking WHY????

I've got a oneballed '04 MCS, and am sick of the sound of the oneball.... I'm helping a friend install a Remus cat back on his '03 this weekend, and he's said I can put his stock exhaust on mine if I like.

I know there was a change in the hangers at the start of '04, so I was planning to just use the outer hangers, however having a look at some threads last night it appears that the hangers actually connect to a 'strap' that goes around the silencer/muffler. Is this strap identical on '03s and '04s apart from the orientation of the hangers? If so, I'll use my existing straps on the '03 exhaust and all will be sweet

As far as i know, the straps are the same, it is just the orientation of the center hangars. I have an 03 milltek on my 04 cooper s, with no probs

[MickyD]

to answer my own question, here's a VERY good diagram showing the differences between the hangers, parts 11 and 12 are the parts that changed (hence the two different parts shown).



edit: fixed image

[Rakey]

they don't like you hotlinking

maybe save the pics and put them in your gallery